diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/serve.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/serve.ts
index 76f6276af5d..2955715f9f3 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/serve.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/serve.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import { Effect } from "effect"
 import { Server } from "../../server/server"
-import { effectCmd } from "../effect-cmd"
+import { effectCmd, fail } from "../effect-cmd"
 import { withNetworkOptions, resolveNetworkOptions } from "../network"
 import { Flag } from "@opencode-ai/core/flag/flag"
 
 export const ServeCommand = effectCmd({
   command: "serve",
-  builder: (yargs) => withNetworkOptions(yargs),
+  builder: (yargs) =>
+    withNetworkOptions(yargs)
+      .option("socket", {
+        type: "string",
+        describe: "Unix socket path or Windows named pipe name/path to listen on",
+      }),
   describe: "starts a headless opencode server",
   // Server loads instances per-request via x-opencode-directory header — no
   // need for an ambient project InstanceContext at startup.
@@ -15,10 +20,37 @@ export const ServeCommand = effectCmd({
     if (!Flag.OPENCODE_SERVER_PASSWORD) {
       console.log("Warning: OPENCODE_SERVER_PASSWORD is not set; server is unsecured.")
     }
+    if (args.socket) {
+      const conflicts = explicitNetworkConflicts()
+      if (conflicts.length) yield* fail(`--socket cannot be used with ${conflicts.join(", ")}`)
+    }
     const opts = yield* resolveNetworkOptions(args)
-    const server = yield* Effect.promise(() => Server.listen(opts))
+    const server = yield* Effect.promise(() =>
+      Server.listen(args.socket ? { ...opts, socket: resolveSocketPath(args.socket) } : opts),
+    )
+    if (server.socket) {
+      console.log(`opencode server listening on socket ${server.socket}`)
+      yield* Effect.never
+    }
     console.log(`opencode server listening on http://${server.hostname}:${server.port}`)
 
     yield* Effect.never
   }),
 })
+
+function resolveSocketPath(input: string) {
+  if (process.platform !== "win32") return input
+  const lower = input.toLowerCase()
+  if (lower.startsWith("\\\\.\\pipe\\") || lower.startsWith("\\\\?\\pipe\\")) return input
+  const name = input
+    .replace(/^[a-zA-Z]:/, (drive) => drive.slice(0, 1))
+    .replace(/[\\/:]+/g, "-")
+    .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "")
+  return `\\\\.\\pipe\\${name || "opencode"}`
+}
+
+function explicitNetworkConflicts() {
+  return ["--port", "--hostname", "--mdns", "--mdns-domain"].filter((flag) =>
+    process.argv.some((arg) => arg === flag || arg.startsWith(`${flag}=`)),
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts b/packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts
index 9a448b78d62..ffbbecc7091 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/server/server.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export type Listener = {
   hostname: string
   port: number
   url: URL
+  socket?: string
   stop: (close?: boolean) => Promise<void>
 }
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ type ServerApp = {
 type ListenOptions = CorsOptions & {
   port: number
   hostname: string
+  socket?: string
   mdns?: boolean
   mdnsDomain?: string
 }
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ export async function listen(opts: ListenOptions): Promise<Listener> {
     hostname: listener.hostname,
     port: listener.port,
     url: listener.url,
+    socket: listener.socket,
     stop: (close?: boolean) => Effect.runPromiseExit(listener.stop(close)).then(() => undefined),
   }
 }
@@ -85,6 +88,20 @@ export async function listen(opts: ListenOptions): Promise<Listener> {
 const listenEffect: (opts: ListenOptions) => Effect.Effect<EffectListener, unknown> = Effect.fn("Server.listen")(
   function* (opts: ListenOptions) {
     const state = yield* startWithPortFallback(opts)
+    if (opts.socket) {
+      const address = yield* unixAddress(state)
+      const listenerUrl = makeURL("localhost", 0)
+      url = listenerUrl
+
+      return {
+        hostname: "localhost",
+        port: 0,
+        socket: address.path,
+        url: listenerUrl,
+        stop: yield* makeStop(state, Effect.void),
+      }
+    }
+
     const address = yield* tcpAddress(state)
     const listenerUrl = makeURL(opts.hostname, address.port)
     url = listenerUrl
@@ -107,7 +124,7 @@ function listenerLayer(opts: ListenOptions, port: number) {
     disableListenLog: true,
   }).pipe(
     Layer.provideMerge(WebSocketTracker.layer),
-    Layer.provideMerge(serverLayer({ port, hostname: opts.hostname })),
+    Layer.provideMerge(serverLayer(opts.socket ? { socket: opts.socket } : { port, hostname: opts.hostname })),
     // Install a fresh `ConfigProvider` per listener so `Config.string(...)`
     // reads reflect the current `process.env`. Effect's default
     // `ConfigProvider` snapshots `process.env` on first read and caches the
@@ -118,6 +135,7 @@ function listenerLayer(opts: ListenOptions, port: number) {
 }
 
 function startWithPortFallback(opts: ListenOptions) {
+  if (opts.socket) return startListener(opts, opts.port)
   if (opts.port !== 0) return startListener(opts, opts.port)
   // Match the legacy listener port-resolution behavior: explicit `0` prefers
   // 4096 first, then any free port.
@@ -148,10 +166,18 @@ function tcpAddress(state: ListenerState) {
   })
 }
 
+function unixAddress(state: ListenerState) {
+  return Effect.gen(function* () {
+    if (state.server.address._tag === "UnixAddress") return state.server.address
+    yield* Scope.close(state.scope, Exit.void).pipe(Effect.ignore)
+    return yield* Effect.die(new Error(`Unexpected HttpServer address tag: ${state.server.address._tag}`))
+  })
+}
+
 function makeURL(hostname: string, port: number) {
   const result = new URL("http://localhost")
   result.hostname = hostname
-  result.port = String(port)
+  if (port) result.port = String(port)
   return result
 }
 
@@ -188,7 +214,7 @@ function forceClose(state: ListenerState) {
   return Effect.all([state.http.closeAll, state.websockets.closeAll], { concurrency: "unbounded", discard: true })
 }
 
-function serverLayer(opts: { port: number; hostname: string }) {
+function serverLayer(opts: { port: number; hostname: string } | { socket: string }) {
   const server = createServer()
   const serverRef = { closeStarted: false, forceStop: false }
   const close = server.close.bind(server)
@@ -203,7 +229,10 @@ function serverLayer(opts: { port: number; hostname: string }) {
   }) as typeof server.close
 
   return Layer.mergeAll(
-    NodeHttpServer.layer(() => server, { port: opts.port, host: opts.hostname, gracefulShutdownTimeout: "1 second" }),
+    NodeHttpServer.layer(() => server, {
+      ...("socket" in opts ? { path: opts.socket } : { port: opts.port, host: opts.hostname }),
+      gracefulShutdownTimeout: "1 second",
+    }),
     Layer.succeed(ListenerServerService)(
       ListenerServerService.of({
         closeAll: Effect.sync(() => {
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/server/httpapi-listen.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/server/httpapi-listen.test.ts
index f155521384a..f582de13e7a 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/server/httpapi-listen.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/server/httpapi-listen.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import http from "node:http"
 import net from "node:net"
+import path from "node:path"
 import { Flag } from "@opencode-ai/core/flag/flag"
 import * as Log from "@opencode-ai/core/util/log"
 import { Server } from "../../src/server/server"
@@ -285,6 +287,25 @@ describe("HttpApi Server.listen", () => {
     ).rejects.toThrow()
   })
 
+  test("listens on a socket path", async () => {
+    await using tmp = await tmpdir({ git: true, config: { formatter: false, lsp: false } })
+    const socket =
+      process.platform === "win32"
+        ? `\\\\.\\pipe\\opencode-test-${process.pid}-${Date.now()}`
+        : path.join(tmp.path, "opencode.sock")
+    const listener = await Server.listen({ hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 0, socket })
+    try {
+      expect(listener.port).toBe(0)
+      expect(listener.socket).toBe(socket)
+
+      const response = await requestSocketRoot(socket)
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
+      expect(response.body).toContain("OpenCode")
+    } finally {
+      await stop(listener, "timed out cleaning up socket listener")
+    }
+  })
+
   test("default in-process handler does not emit Effect HTTP response logs", async () => {
     let output = ""
     // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript-eslint/unbound-method -- restored in finally after temporarily capturing stderr.
@@ -433,3 +454,18 @@ function occupyPort(port: number) {
     server.listen(port, "127.0.0.1", () => resolve(server))
   })
 }
+
+function requestSocketRoot(socket: string) {
+  return new Promise<{ statusCode?: number; body: string }>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const request = http.request(
+      { socketPath: socket, path: "/", method: "GET" },
+      (response) => {
+        const chunks: Buffer[] = []
+        response.on("data", (chunk: Buffer) => chunks.push(chunk))
+        response.on("end", () => resolve({ statusCode: response.statusCode, body: Buffer.concat(chunks).toString() }))
+      },
+    )
+    request.on("error", reject)
+    request.end()
+  })
+}