diff --git a/src/socketio/async_redis_manager.py b/src/socketio/async_redis_manager.py
index 4f9e3264..b099d9eb 100644
--- a/src/socketio/async_redis_manager.py
+++ b/src/socketio/async_redis_manager.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def __init__(self, url='redis://localhost:6379/0', channel='socketio',
     def _get_redis_module_and_error(self):
         parsed_url = urlparse(self.redis_url)
         schema = parsed_url.scheme.split('+', 1)[0].lower()
-        if schema == 'redis':
+        if schema in ['redis', 'unix']:
             if aioredis is None or RedisError is None:
                 raise RuntimeError('Redis package is not installed '
                                    '(Run "pip install redis" '
diff --git a/src/socketio/redis_manager.py b/src/socketio/redis_manager.py
index 4f701b92..13d20228 100644
--- a/src/socketio/redis_manager.py
+++ b/src/socketio/redis_manager.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def initialize(self):
     def _get_redis_module_and_error(self):
         parsed_url = urlparse(self.redis_url)
         schema = parsed_url.scheme.split('+', 1)[0].lower()
-        if schema == 'redis':
+        if schema in ['redis', 'unix']:
             if redis is None or RedisError is None:
                 raise RuntimeError('Redis package is not installed '
                                    '(Run "pip install redis" '