diff --git a/lib/websocket.js b/lib/websocket.js
index 68405dceb..3132cc150 100644
--- a/lib/websocket.js
+++ b/lib/websocket.js
@@ -771,8 +771,11 @@ function initAsClient(websocket, address, protocols, options) {
 
   if (opts.followRedirects) {
     if (websocket._redirects === 0) {
+      websocket._originalUnixSocket = isUnixSocket;
       websocket._originalSecure = isSecure;
-      websocket._originalHost = parsedUrl.host;
+      websocket._originalHostOrSocketPath = isUnixSocket
+        ? opts.socketPath
+        : parsedUrl.host;
 
       const headers = options && options.headers;
 
@@ -788,7 +791,13 @@ function initAsClient(websocket, address, protocols, options) {
         }
       }
     } else if (websocket.listenerCount('redirect') === 0) {
-      const isSameHost = parsedUrl.host === websocket._originalHost;
+      const isSameHost = isUnixSocket
+        ? websocket._originalUnixSocket
+          ? opts.socketPath === websocket._originalHostOrSocketPath
+          : false
+        : websocket._originalUnixSocket
+        ? false
+        : parsedUrl.host === websocket._originalHostOrSocketPath;
 
       if (!isSameHost || (websocket._originalSecure && !isSecure)) {
         //
diff --git a/test/websocket.test.js b/test/websocket.test.js
index 64b5bf224..f5fbf1650 100644
--- a/test/websocket.test.js
+++ b/test/websocket.test.js
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 const https = require('https');
 const http = require('http');
+const path = require('path');
 const net = require('net');
 const tls = require('tls');
+const os = require('os');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const { URL } = require('url');
 
@@ -1477,7 +1479,9 @@ describe('WebSocket', () => {
           });
         });
 
-        it('drops the Authorization, Cookie and Host headers', (done) => {
+        it('drops the Authorization, Cookie and Host headers (1/4)', (done) => {
+          // Test the `ws:` to `ws:` case.
+
           const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
             const port = wss.address().port;
 
@@ -1531,6 +1535,221 @@ describe('WebSocket', () => {
             ws.close();
           });
         });
+
+        it('drops the Authorization, Cookie and Host headers (2/4)', function (done) {
+          if (process.platform === 'win32') return this.skip();
+
+          // Test the `ws:` to `ws+unix:` case.
+
+          const socketPath = path.join(
+            os.tmpdir(),
+            `ws.${crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex')}.sock`
+          );
+
+          server.once('upgrade', (req, socket) => {
+            socket.end(
+              `HTTP/1.1 302 Found\r\nLocation: ws+unix://${socketPath}\r\n\r\n`
+            );
+          });
+
+          const redirectedServer = http.createServer();
+          const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ server: redirectedServer });
+
+          wss.on('connection', (ws, req) => {
+            assert.strictEqual(req.headers.authorization, undefined);
+            assert.strictEqual(req.headers.cookie, undefined);
+            assert.strictEqual(req.headers.host, 'localhost');
+
+            ws.close();
+          });
+
+          redirectedServer.listen(socketPath, () => {
+            const headers = {
+              authorization: 'Basic Zm9vOmJhcg==',
+              cookie: 'foo=bar',
+              host: 'foo'
+            };
+
+            const ws = new WebSocket(
+              `ws://localhost:${server.address().port}`,
+              { followRedirects: true, headers }
+            );
+
+            const firstRequest = ws._req;
+
+            assert.strictEqual(
+              firstRequest.getHeader('Authorization'),
+              headers.authorization
+            );
+            assert.strictEqual(
+              firstRequest.getHeader('Cookie'),
+              headers.cookie
+            );
+            assert.strictEqual(firstRequest.getHeader('Host'), headers.host);
+
+            ws.on('close', (code) => {
+              assert.strictEqual(code, 1005);
+              assert.strictEqual(ws.url, `ws+unix://${socketPath}`);
+              assert.strictEqual(ws._redirects, 1);
+
+              redirectedServer.close(done);
+            });
+          });
+        });
+
+        it('drops the Authorization, Cookie and Host headers (3/4)', function (done) {
+          if (process.platform === 'win32') return this.skip();
+
+          // Test the `ws+unix:` to `ws+unix:` case.
+
+          const redirectingServerSocketPath = path.join(
+            os.tmpdir(),
+            `ws.${crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex')}.sock`
+          );
+          const redirectedServerSocketPath = path.join(
+            os.tmpdir(),
+            `ws.${crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex')}.sock`
+          );
+
+          const redirectingServer = http.createServer();
+
+          redirectingServer.on('upgrade', (req, socket) => {
+            socket.end(
+              'HTTP/1.1 302 Found\r\n' +
+                `Location: ws+unix://${redirectedServerSocketPath}\r\n\r\n`
+            );
+          });
+
+          const redirectedServer = http.createServer();
+          const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ server: redirectedServer });
+
+          wss.on('connection', (ws, req) => {
+            assert.strictEqual(req.headers.authorization, undefined);
+            assert.strictEqual(req.headers.cookie, undefined);
+            assert.strictEqual(req.headers.host, 'localhost');
+
+            ws.close();
+          });
+
+          redirectingServer.listen(redirectingServerSocketPath, listening);
+          redirectedServer.listen(redirectedServerSocketPath, listening);
+
+          let callCount = 0;
+
+          function listening() {
+            if (++callCount !== 2) return;
+
+            const headers = {
+              authorization: 'Basic Zm9vOmJhcg==',
+              cookie: 'foo=bar',
+              host: 'foo'
+            };
+
+            const ws = new WebSocket(
+              `ws+unix://${redirectingServerSocketPath}`,
+              { followRedirects: true, headers }
+            );
+
+            const firstRequest = ws._req;
+
+            assert.strictEqual(
+              firstRequest.getHeader('Authorization'),
+              headers.authorization
+            );
+            assert.strictEqual(
+              firstRequest.getHeader('Cookie'),
+              headers.cookie
+            );
+            assert.strictEqual(firstRequest.getHeader('Host'), headers.host);
+
+            ws.on('close', (code) => {
+              assert.strictEqual(code, 1005);
+              assert.strictEqual(
+                ws.url,
+                `ws+unix://${redirectedServerSocketPath}`
+              );
+              assert.strictEqual(ws._redirects, 1);
+
+              redirectingServer.close();
+              redirectedServer.close(done);
+            });
+          }
+        });
+
+        it('drops the Authorization, Cookie and Host headers (4/4)', function (done) {
+          if (process.platform === 'win32') return this.skip();
+
+          // Test the `ws+unix:` to `ws:` case.
+
+          const redirectingServer = http.createServer();
+          const redirectedServer = http.createServer();
+          const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ server: redirectedServer });
+
+          wss.on('connection', (ws, req) => {
+            assert.strictEqual(req.headers.authorization, undefined);
+            assert.strictEqual(req.headers.cookie, undefined);
+            assert.strictEqual(
+              req.headers.host,
+              `localhost:${redirectedServer.address().port}`
+            );
+
+            ws.close();
+          });
+
+          const socketPath = path.join(
+            os.tmpdir(),
+            `ws.${crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex')}.sock`
+          );
+
+          redirectingServer.listen(socketPath, listening);
+          redirectedServer.listen(0, listening);
+
+          let callCount = 0;
+
+          function listening() {
+            if (++callCount !== 2) return;
+
+            const port = redirectedServer.address().port;
+
+            redirectingServer.on('upgrade', (req, socket) => {
+              socket.end(
+                `HTTP/1.1 302 Found\r\nLocation: ws://localhost:${port}\r\n\r\n`
+              );
+            });
+
+            const headers = {
+              authorization: 'Basic Zm9vOmJhcg==',
+              cookie: 'foo=bar',
+              host: 'foo'
+            };
+
+            const ws = new WebSocket(`ws+unix://${socketPath}`, {
+              followRedirects: true,
+              headers
+            });
+
+            const firstRequest = ws._req;
+
+            assert.strictEqual(
+              firstRequest.getHeader('Authorization'),
+              headers.authorization
+            );
+            assert.strictEqual(
+              firstRequest.getHeader('Cookie'),
+              headers.cookie
+            );
+            assert.strictEqual(firstRequest.getHeader('Host'), headers.host);
+
+            ws.on('close', (code) => {
+              assert.strictEqual(code, 1005);
+              assert.strictEqual(ws.url, `ws://localhost:${port}/`);
+              assert.strictEqual(ws._redirects, 1);
+
+              redirectingServer.close();
+              redirectedServer.close(done);
+            });
+          }
+        });
       });
 
       describe("If there is at least one 'redirect' event listener", () => {