diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index efb4accaf..cfb98b992 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ else ()
 	add_executable(helloworld helloworld.cpp)
 	target_link_libraries(helloworld ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 	target_link_libraries(helloworld ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+	add_executable(hellounixsocketworld hellounixsocketworld.cpp)
+	target_link_libraries(hellounixsocketworld ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+	target_link_libraries(hellounixsocketworld ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
 	add_executable(example_ssl ssl/example_ssl.cpp)
diff --git a/examples/hellounixsocketworld.cpp b/examples/hellounixsocketworld.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..111996dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hellounixsocketworld.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "crow.h"
+
+int main()
+{
+    crow::LocalApp app;
+
+    CROW_ROUTE(app, "/")
+    ([]() {
+        return "Hello Unix Socket world!";
+    });
+
+    ::unlink("/tmp/local_sock"); // Remove previous binding.
+    app.path("/tmp/local_sock").run();
+}
diff --git a/include/crow/app.h b/include/crow/app.h
index a380a79f8..cf4611836 100644
--- a/include/crow/app.h
+++ b/include/crow/app.h
@@ -267,4 +267,51 @@ namespace crow
     template <typename ... Middlewares>
     using App = Crow<Middlewares...>;
     using SimpleApp = Crow<>;
+    
+    template <typename ... Middlewares>
+    class LocalCrow : public Crow<Middlewares...>
+    {
+    public:
+        using self_t = LocalCrow;
+        using server_t = LocalServer<LocalCrow, UnixSocketAdaptor, Middlewares...>;
+        
+        self_t& path(std::string path)
+        {
+            path_ = path;
+            return *this;
+        }
+        
+        void validate()
+        {
+            Crow<Middlewares...>::validate();
+        }
+        
+        void notify_server_start()
+        {
+            Crow<Middlewares...>::notify_server_start();
+        }
+        
+        void run()
+        {
+            validate();
+            {
+                server_ = std::move(std::unique_ptr<server_t>(new server_t(this, path_, &middlewares_, concurrency_, nullptr)));
+                server_->set_tick_function(tick_interval_, tick_function_);
+                notify_server_start();
+                server_->run();
+            }
+        }
+            
+    private:
+        std::string path_ = "/tmp/crowsock";
+        uint16_t concurrency_ = 1;
+
+        std::chrono::milliseconds tick_interval_;
+        std::function<void()> tick_function_;
+        
+        std::tuple<Middlewares...> middlewares_;
+        std::unique_ptr<server_t> server_;
+    };
+        
+    using LocalApp = LocalCrow<>;
 }
diff --git a/include/crow/http_server.h b/include/crow/http_server.h
index 548ea7a30..ec8cc5ab8 100644
--- a/include/crow/http_server.h
+++ b/include/crow/http_server.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ namespace crow
 {
     using namespace boost;
     using tcp = asio::ip::tcp;
+    using stream_protocol = asio::local::stream_protocol;
 
     template <typename Handler, typename Adaptor = SocketAdaptor, typename ... Middlewares>
     class Server
@@ -231,6 +232,220 @@ namespace crow
 
         std::tuple<Middlewares...>* middlewares_;
 
+#ifdef CROW_ENABLE_SSL
+        bool use_ssl_{false};
+        boost::asio::ssl::context ssl_context_{boost::asio::ssl::context::sslv23};
+#endif
+        typename Adaptor::context* adaptor_ctx_;
+    };
+    
+    template <typename Handler, typename Adaptor = UnixSocketAdaptor, typename ... Middlewares>
+    class LocalServer
+    {
+    public:
+    LocalServer(Handler* handler, std::string path, std::tuple<Middlewares...>* middlewares = nullptr, uint16_t concurrency = 1, typename Adaptor::context* adaptor_ctx = nullptr)
+            : acceptor_(io_service_,  stream_protocol::endpoint(path)),
+            signals_(io_service_, SIGINT, SIGTERM),
+            tick_timer_(io_service_),
+            handler_(handler),
+            concurrency_(concurrency),
+            socket_path_(path),
+            middlewares_(middlewares),
+            adaptor_ctx_(adaptor_ctx)
+        {
+        }
+        
+        void set_tick_function(std::chrono::milliseconds d, std::function<void()> f)
+        {
+            tick_interval_ = d;
+            tick_function_ = f;
+        }
+
+        void on_tick()
+        {
+            tick_function_();
+            tick_timer_.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(tick_interval_.count()));
+            tick_timer_.async_wait([this](const boost::system::error_code& ec)
+                    {
+                        if (ec)
+                            return;
+                        on_tick();
+                    });
+        }
+
+        void run()
+        {
+            if (concurrency_ < 0)
+                concurrency_ = 1;
+
+            for(int i = 0; i < concurrency_;  i++)
+                io_service_pool_.emplace_back(new boost::asio::io_service());
+            get_cached_date_str_pool_.resize(concurrency_);
+            timer_queue_pool_.resize(concurrency_);
+
+            std::vector<std::future<void>> v;
+            std::atomic<int> init_count(0);
+            for(uint16_t i = 0; i < concurrency_; i ++)
+                v.push_back(
+                        std::async(std::launch::async, [this, i, &init_count]{
+
+                            // thread local date string get function
+                            auto last = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+
+                            std::string date_str;
+                            auto update_date_str = [&]
+                            {
+                                auto last_time_t = time(0);
+                                tm my_tm;
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) or defined(__MINGW32__)
+                                gmtime_s(&my_tm, &last_time_t);
+#else
+                                gmtime_r(&last_time_t, &my_tm);
+#endif
+                                date_str.resize(100);
+                                size_t date_str_sz = strftime(&date_str[0], 99, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", &my_tm);
+                                date_str.resize(date_str_sz);
+                            };
+                            update_date_str();
+                            get_cached_date_str_pool_[i] = [&]()->std::string
+                            {
+                                if (std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - last >= std::chrono::seconds(1))
+                                {
+                                    last = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+                                    update_date_str();
+                                }
+                                return date_str;
+                            };
+
+                            // initializing timer queue
+                            detail::dumb_timer_queue timer_queue;
+                            timer_queue_pool_[i] = &timer_queue;
+
+                            timer_queue.set_io_service(*io_service_pool_[i]);
+                            boost::asio::deadline_timer timer(*io_service_pool_[i]);
+                            timer.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::seconds(1));
+
+                            std::function<void(const boost::system::error_code& ec)> handler;
+                            handler = [&](const boost::system::error_code& ec){
+                                if (ec)
+                                    return;
+                                timer_queue.process();
+                                timer.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::seconds(1));
+                                timer.async_wait(handler);
+                            };
+                            timer.async_wait(handler);
+
+                            init_count ++;
+                            while(1)
+                            {
+                                try 
+                                {
+                                    if (io_service_pool_[i]->run() == 0)
+                                    {
+                                        // when io_service.run returns 0, there are no more works to do.
+                                        break;
+                                    }
+                                } catch(std::exception& e)
+                                {
+                                    CROW_LOG_ERROR << "Worker Crash: An uncaught exception occurred: " << e.what();
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }));
+
+            if (tick_function_ && tick_interval_.count() > 0) 
+            {
+                tick_timer_.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(tick_interval_.count()));
+                tick_timer_.async_wait([this](const boost::system::error_code& ec)
+                        {
+                            if (ec)
+                                return;
+                            on_tick();
+                        });
+            }
+
+            CROW_LOG_INFO << server_name_ << " server is listening at " << socket_path_
+                          << " using " << concurrency_ << " threads";
+            CROW_LOG_INFO << "Call `app.loglevel(crow::LogLevel::Warning)` to hide Info level logs.";
+
+            signals_.async_wait(
+                [&](const boost::system::error_code& /*error*/, int /*signal_number*/){
+                    stop();
+                });
+
+            while(concurrency_ != init_count)
+                std::this_thread::yield();
+
+            do_accept();
+
+            std::thread([this]{
+                io_service_.run();
+                CROW_LOG_INFO << "Exiting.";
+            }).join();
+        }
+
+        void stop()
+        {
+            io_service_.stop();
+            for(auto& io_service:io_service_pool_)
+                io_service->stop();
+        }
+        
+    private:
+        asio::io_service& pick_io_service()
+        {
+            // TODO load balancing
+            roundrobin_index_++;
+            if (roundrobin_index_ >= io_service_pool_.size())
+                roundrobin_index_ = 0;
+            return *io_service_pool_[roundrobin_index_];
+        }
+
+        void do_accept()
+        {
+            asio::io_service& is = pick_io_service();
+            auto p = new Connection<Adaptor, Handler, Middlewares...>(
+                is, handler_, server_name_, middlewares_,
+                get_cached_date_str_pool_[roundrobin_index_], *timer_queue_pool_[roundrobin_index_],
+                adaptor_ctx_);
+            acceptor_.async_accept(p->socket(),
+                [this, p, &is](boost::system::error_code ec)
+                {
+                    if (!ec)
+                    {
+                        is.post([p]
+                        {
+                            p->start();
+                        });
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        delete p;
+                    }
+                    do_accept();
+                });
+        }
+
+    private:
+        asio::io_service io_service_;
+        std::vector<std::unique_ptr<asio::io_service>> io_service_pool_;
+        std::vector<detail::dumb_timer_queue*> timer_queue_pool_;
+        std::vector<std::function<std::string()>> get_cached_date_str_pool_;
+        stream_protocol::acceptor acceptor_;
+        boost::asio::signal_set signals_;
+        boost::asio::deadline_timer tick_timer_;
+
+        Handler* handler_;
+        uint16_t concurrency_{1};
+        std::string server_name_ = "Crow/0.1";
+        std::string socket_path_;
+        unsigned int roundrobin_index_{};
+
+        std::chrono::milliseconds tick_interval_;
+        std::function<void()> tick_function_;
+
+        std::tuple<Middlewares...>* middlewares_;
+
 #ifdef CROW_ENABLE_SSL
         bool use_ssl_{false};
         boost::asio::ssl::context ssl_context_{boost::asio::ssl::context::sslv23};
diff --git a/include/crow/routing.h b/include/crow/routing.h
index 83c43e820..c20eeaf3b 100644
--- a/include/crow/routing.h
+++ b/include/crow/routing.h
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ namespace crow
             res = response(404);
             res.end();
         }
+        virtual void handle_upgrade(const request&, response& res, UnixSocketAdaptor&&) 
+        {
+            res = response(404);
+            res.end();
+        }
 #ifdef CROW_ENABLE_SSL
         virtual void handle_upgrade(const request&, response& res, SSLAdaptor&&) 
         {
diff --git a/include/crow/socket_adaptors.h b/include/crow/socket_adaptors.h
index 901117f97..06167ec9f 100644
--- a/include/crow/socket_adaptors.h
+++ b/include/crow/socket_adaptors.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace crow
 {
     using namespace boost;
     using tcp = asio::ip::tcp;
+    using stream_protocol = asio::local::stream_protocol;
 
     struct SocketAdaptor
     {
@@ -56,6 +57,54 @@ namespace crow
 
         tcp::socket socket_;
     };
+    
+    struct UnixSocketAdaptor
+    {
+        using context = void;
+        UnixSocketAdaptor(boost::asio::io_service& io_service, context*)
+            : socket_(io_service)
+        {
+        }
+
+        boost::asio::io_service& get_io_service()
+        {
+            return socket_.get_io_service();
+        }
+
+        stream_protocol::socket& raw_socket()
+        {
+            return socket_;
+        }
+
+        stream_protocol::socket& socket()
+        {
+            return socket_;
+        }
+
+        stream_protocol::endpoint remote_endpoint()
+        {
+            return socket_.local_endpoint();
+        }
+
+        bool is_open()
+        {
+            return socket_.is_open();
+        }
+
+        void close()
+        {
+            boost::system::error_code ec;
+            socket_.close(ec);
+        }
+
+        template <typename F> 
+        void start(F f)
+        {
+            f(boost::system::error_code());
+        }
+
+        stream_protocol::socket socket_;
+    };
 
 #ifdef CROW_ENABLE_SSL
     struct SSLAdaptor