diff --git a/src/standard.c b/src/standard.c
index 04df94e..ae1f54e 100644
--- a/src/standard.c
+++ b/src/standard.c
@@ -894,7 +894,22 @@
 	else
 		ss.ss_family = AF_UNSPEC;
 
-	if (ss.ss_family == AF_UNSPEC && strncmp(str2, "fd@", 3) == 0) {
+	if (ss.ss_family == AF_UNSPEC && strncmp(str2, "sockpair@", 9) == 0) {
+		char *endptr;
+
+		str2 += 9;
+
+		((struct sockaddr_in *)&ss)->sin_addr.s_addr = strtol(str2, &endptr, 10);
+
+		if (!*str2 || *endptr) {
+			memprintf(err, "file descriptor '%s' is not a valid integer in '%s'\n", str2, str);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ss.ss_family = AF_CUST_SOCKPAIR;
+
+	}
+	else if (ss.ss_family == AF_UNSPEC && strncmp(str2, "fd@", 3) == 0) {
 		char *endptr;
 
 		str2 += 3;