diff -r -u nginx-1.0.2/src/core/ngx_inet.c ../nginx-1.0.2/src/core/ngx_inet.c
--- nginx-1.0.2/src/core/ngx_inet.c	2011-04-15 15:50:27.000000000 +0200
+++ ../nginx-1.0.2/src/core/ngx_inet.c	2011-05-23 15:59:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -575,6 +575,9 @@
     saun = (struct sockaddr_un *) &u->sockaddr;
     saun->sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     (void) ngx_cpystrn((u_char *) saun->sun_path, path, len);
+    /* abstract namespace support */
+    if (path[0] == '@')
+	saun->sun_path[0] = 0;
 
     u->addrs = ngx_pcalloc(pool, sizeof(ngx_addr_t));
     if (u->addrs == NULL) {
@@ -591,9 +594,14 @@
 
     saun->sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     (void) ngx_cpystrn((u_char *) saun->sun_path, path, len);
+    /* abstract namespace support */
+    if (path[0] == '@')
+	saun->sun_path[0] = 0;
 
     u->addrs[0].sockaddr = (struct sockaddr *) saun;
     u->addrs[0].socklen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_un);
+    if (path[0] == '@')
+        u->addrs[0].socklen = sizeof(saun->sun_family)+len;
     u->addrs[0].name.len = len + 4;
     u->addrs[0].name.data = u->url.data;