diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index e273780..d390dfb 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
     $redis_url = $pulpcore::redis_url
   } else {
     contain redis
-    $redis_url = "redis://localhost:${redis::port}/${pulpcore::redis_db}"
+    if $redis::unixsocket != '' {
+      $redis_url = "redis+unix://${redis::unixsocket}?db=${pulpcore::redis_db}"
+    } elsif $redis::port != 0 {
+      # TODO: this assumes $redis::bind at least has localhost in it
+      $redis_url = "redis://localhost:${redis::port}/${pulpcore::redis_db}"
+    } else {
+      fail('Unable to determine Redis URL')
+    }
   }
 
   file { [$pulpcore::config_dir, $pulpcore::certs_dir]:
diff --git a/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb b/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
index 2b260af..6d2882b 100644
--- a/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
             .with_content(%r{ALLOWED_EXPORT_PATHS = \[\]})
             .with_content(%r{ALLOWED_IMPORT_PATHS = \["/var/lib/pulp/sync_imports"\]})
             .with_content(%r{ALLOWED_CONTENT_CHECKSUMS = \["sha224", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512"\]})
-            .with_content(%r{REDIS_URL = "redis://localhost:6379/8"})
+            .with_content(%r{REDIS_URL = "redis\+unix:///var/run/redis/redis\.sock\?db=8"})
             .with_content(%r{CACHE_ENABLED = False})
             .with_content(%r{# ANALYTICS = False})
             .without_content(%r{sslmode})