1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/deps/uv/src/unix/tty.c b/deps/uv/src/unix/tty.c
index 54c9055a08..7cc5b714ed 100644
--- a/deps/uv/src/unix/tty.c
+++ b/deps/uv/src/unix/tty.c
@@ -236,6 +236,15 @@ uv_handle_type uv_guess_handle(uv_file file) {
       return UV_UDP;
 
   if (type == SOCK_STREAM) {
+#if defined(_AIX)
+    /* on AIX the getsockname call returns an empty sa structure
+     * for sockets of type AF_UNIX.  For all other types it will
+     * return a properly filled in structure.
+     */
+    if (len == 0)
+      return UV_NAMED_PIPE;
+#endif /* defined(_AIX) */
+
     if (sa.sa_family == AF_INET || sa.sa_family == AF_INET6)
       return UV_TCP;
     if (sa.sa_family == AF_UNIX)