diff --git a/lib/swift/Sources/TSocketServer.swift b/lib/swift/Sources/TSocketServer.swift
index 6cd9adf..27b4b55 100644
--- a/lib/swift/Sources/TSocketServer.swift
+++ b/lib/swift/Sources/TSocketServer.swift
@@ -102,6 +102,49 @@
     // tell socket to listen
     acceptConnectionInBackgroundAndNotify(handle: socketFileHandle)
   }
+
+  public init(path: String,
+              inProtocol: InProtocol.Type,
+              outProtocol: OutProtocol.Type,
+              processor: Processor) throws {
+      self.processor = processor
+      // create a socket
+      let socket = UnixSocket(path: path)
+      let fd = socket.fd
+
+      if fd == -1 {
+          print("TSocketServer: No server socket")
+          throw TTransportError(error: .notOpen, message: "Could not create socket")
+      }
+
+      // wrap it in a file handle so we can get messages from it
+      socketFileHandle = FileHandle(fileDescriptor: fd, closeOnDealloc: true)
+
+      // register for notifications of accepted incoming connections
+      _ = NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: .NSFileHandleConnectionAccepted,
+                                                 object: nil, queue: nil) {
+          [weak self] notification in
+          guard let strongSelf = self else { return }
+          guard let clientSocket = notification.userInfo?[NSFileHandleNotificationFileHandleItem] as? FileHandle else { return }
+          strongSelf.connectionAccepted(clientSocket)
+      }
+
+      let bindRes = socket.bind()
+      guard bindRes == 0 else {
+          print("TServerSocket: bind failed")
+          throw TTransportError(error: .notOpen, message: "Could not create socket")
+      }
+      let listenRes = listen(fd, 1024)
+      guard listenRes == 0 else {
+          print("TServerSocket: listen failed")
+          throw TTransportError(error: .notOpen, message: "Could not create socket")
+      }
+
+      // tell socket to listen
+      acceptConnectionInBackgroundAndNotify(handle: socketFileHandle)
+
+      print("TSocketServer: Listening on unix path \(path)")
+  }
   
   private func acceptConnectionInBackgroundAndNotify(handle: FileHandle) {
     DispatchQueue(label: "TSocketServer.connectionAccept").async {
@@ -111,6 +154,7 @@
       }
     }
   }
+  
   func connectionAccepted(_ clientSocket: FileHandle) {
     // Now that we have a client connected, handle the request on queue
     processingQueue.async {