diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 1de60c5..35623e4 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -579,6 +581,7 @@ static int server_accept_unix(patty_ax25_server *server,
                               patty_ax25_call_accept_response *response,
                               patty_ax25_sock *sock) {
     struct sockaddr_un addr;
+    struct stat st;
 
     if ((sock->fd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
         goto error_socket;
@@ -591,6 +594,10 @@ static int server_accept_unix(patty_ax25_server *server,
         goto error_snprintf;
     }
 
+    if (stat(response->path, &st) >= 0) {
+        unlink(response->path);
+    }
+
     memset(&addr, '\0', sizeof(addr));
     addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     strncpy(addr.sun_path, response->path, sizeof(addr.sun_path));
@@ -813,6 +820,7 @@ static patty_ax25_server_call server_calls[PATTY_AX25_CALL_COUNT] = {
 
 static int listen_unix(patty_ax25_server *server, const char *path) {
     struct sockaddr_un addr;
+    struct stat st;
 
     if (server->fd) {
         errno = EBUSY;
@@ -820,6 +828,10 @@ static int listen_unix(patty_ax25_server *server, const char *path) {
         goto error_listening;
     }
 
+    if (stat(path, &st) >= 0) {
+        unlink(path);
+    }
+
     if ((server->fd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
         goto error_socket;
     }