diff --git a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client.go b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client.go
index ceb8b0722..d9f595cd3 100644
--- a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client.go
+++ b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const (
 	protoWSS   = "wss"
 	protoWS    = "ws"
 	protoTCP   = "tcp"
+	protoUNIX  = "unix"
 
 	defaultMaxIdleConns          = 10000
 	defaultIdleConnTimeout       = 60 // sec
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ const (
 // Parsed URL structure
 type parsedURL struct {
 	url.URL
+
+	isUnixSocket bool
 }
 
 // Parse URL and set defaults
@@ -47,7 +50,16 @@ func newParsedURL(remoteAddr string) (*parsedURL, error) {
 		u.Scheme = protoTCP
 	}
 
-	return &parsedURL{*u}, nil
+	pu := &parsedURL{
+		URL:          *u,
+		isUnixSocket: false,
+	}
+
+	if u.Scheme == protoUNIX {
+		pu.isUnixSocket = true
+	}
+
+	return pu, nil
 }
 
 // Change protocol to HTTP for unknown protocols and TCP protocol - useful for RPC connections
@@ -70,10 +82,26 @@ func (u parsedURL) GetHostWithPath() string {
 
 // Get a trimmed address - useful for WS connections
 func (u parsedURL) GetTrimmedHostWithPath() string {
-	// replace / with . for http requests (kvstore domain)
+	// if it's not an unix socket we return the normal URL
+	if !u.isUnixSocket {
+		return u.GetHostWithPath()
+	}
+	// if it's a unix socket we replace the host slashes with a period
+	// this is because otherwise the http.Client would think that the
+	// domain is invalid.
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(u.GetHostWithPath(), "/", ".")
 }
 
+// GetDialAddress returns the endpoint to dial for the parsed URL
+func (u parsedURL) GetDialAddress() string {
+	// if it's not a unix socket we return the host, example: localhost:443
+	if !u.isUnixSocket {
+		return u.Host
+	}
+	// otherwise we return the path of the unix socket, ex /tmp/socket
+	return u.GetHostWithPath()
+}
+
 // Get a trimmed address with protocol - useful as address in RPC connections
 func (u parsedURL) GetTrimmedURL() string {
 	return u.Scheme + "://" + u.GetTrimmedHostWithPath()
@@ -355,7 +383,7 @@ func makeHTTPDialer(remoteAddr string) (func(string, string) (net.Conn, error),
 	}
 
 	dialFn := func(proto, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
-		return net.Dial(protocol, u.GetHostWithPath())
+		return net.Dial(protocol, u.GetDialAddress())
 	}
 
 	return dialFn, nil
diff --git a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client_test.go b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client_test.go
index 5c8ef1a25..4b82ff1eb 100644
--- a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client_test.go
+++ b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client_test.go
@@ -34,3 +34,53 @@ func TestHTTPClientMakeHTTPDialer(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NotNil(t, addr)
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_parsedURL(t *testing.T) {
+	type test struct {
+		url                  string
+		expectedURL          string
+		expectedHostWithPath string
+		expectedDialAddress  string
+	}
+
+	tests := map[string]test{
+		"unix endpoint": {
+			url:                  "unix:///tmp/test",
+			expectedURL:          "unix://.tmp.test",
+			expectedHostWithPath: "/tmp/test",
+			expectedDialAddress:  "/tmp/test",
+		},
+
+		"http endpoint": {
+			url:                  "https://example.com",
+			expectedURL:          "https://example.com",
+			expectedHostWithPath: "example.com",
+			expectedDialAddress:  "example.com",
+		},
+
+		"http endpoint with port": {
+			url:                  "https://example.com:8080",
+			expectedURL:          "https://example.com:8080",
+			expectedHostWithPath: "example.com:8080",
+			expectedDialAddress:  "example.com:8080",
+		},
+
+		"http path routed endpoint": {
+			url:                  "https://example.com:8080/rpc",
+			expectedURL:          "https://example.com:8080/rpc",
+			expectedHostWithPath: "example.com:8080/rpc",
+			expectedDialAddress:  "example.com:8080",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt // suppressing linter
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			parsed, err := newParsedURL(tt.url)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.expectedDialAddress, parsed.GetDialAddress())
+			require.Equal(t, tt.expectedURL, parsed.GetTrimmedURL())
+			require.Equal(t, tt.expectedHostWithPath, parsed.GetHostWithPath())
+		})
+	}
+}