diff --git a/lib/httpx/connection.rb b/lib/httpx/connection.rb
index 9c15e11d..39314db7 100644
--- a/lib/httpx/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/httpx/connection.rb
@@ -526,7 +526,8 @@ module HTTPX
            Errno::EHOSTUNREACH,
            Errno::EINVAL,
            Errno::ENETUNREACH,
-           Errno::EPIPE => e
+           Errno::EPIPE,
+           Errno::ENOENT => e
       # connect errors, exit gracefully
       error = ConnectionError.new(e.message)
       error.set_backtrace(e.backtrace)
diff --git a/test/io/unix_test.rb b/test/io/unix_test.rb
index 3f53bf29..00e9998a 100644
--- a/test/io/unix_test.rb
+++ b/test/io/unix_test.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ class UnixTest < Minitest::Test
       end
     end
 
+    def test_unix_session_no_path
+      response = HTTPX.get("http://does-not-matter", transport: "unix", addresses: "blabla.sock")
+      verify_error_response(response, /No such file or directory/)
+    end
+
     def test_unix_session_io
       on_unix_server(__method__) do |path|
         io = UNIXSocket.new(path)