diff --git a/bin/ax25dump.c b/bin/ax25dump.c
index f3df769..8f35455 100644
--- a/bin/ax25dump.c
+++ b/bin/ax25dump.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <patty/ax25.h>
 #include <patty/print.h>
-#include <patty/daemon.h>
 
 #include <patty/bin/kiss.h>
 
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     void *buf;
     ssize_t readlen;
 
-    char *sock   = PATTY_DAEMON_DEFAULT_SOCK,
+    char *sock   = NULL,
          *ifname = NULL;
 
     patty_kiss_tnc_info info;
diff --git a/bin/tncd.c b/bin/tncd.c
index 9f55fc6..080bed5 100644
--- a/bin/tncd.c
+++ b/bin/tncd.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <sysexits.h>
 
 #include <patty/ax25.h>
-#include <patty/daemon.h>
 #include <patty/print.h>
 
 #include <patty/bin/kiss.h>
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         { NULL,   0,                 NULL,  0  }
     };
 
-    char *sock   = PATTY_DAEMON_DEFAULT_SOCK,
+    char *sock   = NULL,
          *ifname = NULL;
 
     int ch,
diff --git a/include/patty/client.h b/include/patty/client.h
index e804f28..7059542 100644
--- a/include/patty/client.h
+++ b/include/patty/client.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _PATTY_CLIENT_H
 #define _PATTY_CLIENT_H
 
+#define PATTY_CLIENT_DEFAULT_SOCK_NAME "patty.sock"
+
 enum patty_client_call {
     PATTY_CLIENT_NONE,
     PATTY_CLIENT_PING,
diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
index 533b138..5db87cb 100644
--- a/src/client.c
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <termios.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 
 #include <patty/ax25.h>
+#include <patty/daemon.h>
 
 struct _patty_client_sock {
     int fd;
@@ -19,6 +21,15 @@ struct _patty_client {
     patty_dict *socks;
 };
 
+static const char *find_sock(const char *path) {
+    struct stat st;
+
+    return path?
+           path: stat(PATTY_CLIENT_DEFAULT_SOCK_NAME, &st) == 0?
+                      PATTY_CLIENT_DEFAULT_SOCK_NAME:
+                      PATTY_DAEMON_DEFAULT_SOCK;
+}
+
 patty_client *patty_client_new(const char *path) {
     patty_client *client;
     struct sockaddr_un addr;
@@ -37,7 +48,8 @@ patty_client *patty_client_new(const char *path) {
 
     memset(&addr, '\0', sizeof(addr));
     addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-    strncpy(addr.sun_path, path, sizeof(addr.sun_path)-1);
+
+    strncpy(addr.sun_path, find_sock(path), sizeof(addr.sun_path)-1);
 
     if (connect(client->fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
         goto error_connect;