diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fba518238c..1a5efc2a70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
   ([#1842](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1842))
 - Added `IP_TOS` `SO_PRIORITY` and `IPV6_TCLASS` sockopts for Linux
   ([#1853](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1853))
+- Added `new_unnamed` and `is_unnamed` for `UnixAddr` on Linux and Android.
+  ([#1857](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1857))
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/sys/socket/addr.rs b/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
index b80d78c1fb..2b3e491984 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
@@ -885,6 +885,20 @@ impl UnixAddr {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Create a new `sockaddr_un` representing an "unnamed" unix socket address.
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(all())))]
+    pub fn new_unnamed() -> UnixAddr {
+        let ret = libc::sockaddr_un {
+            sun_family: AddressFamily::Unix as sa_family_t,
+            .. unsafe { mem::zeroed() }
+        };
+
+        let sun_len: u8 = offset_of!(libc::sockaddr_un, sun_path).try_into().unwrap();
+
+        unsafe { UnixAddr::from_raw_parts(ret, sun_len) }
+    }
+
     /// Create a UnixAddr from a raw `sockaddr_un` struct and a size. `sun_len`
     /// is the size of the valid portion of the struct, excluding any trailing
     /// NUL.
@@ -941,6 +955,14 @@ impl UnixAddr {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Check if this address is an "unnamed" unix socket address.
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(all())))]
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn is_unnamed(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self.kind(), UnixAddrKind::Unnamed)
+    }
+
     /// Returns the addrlen of this socket - `offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path)`
     #[inline]
     pub fn path_len(&self) -> usize {
diff --git a/test/sys/test_socket.rs b/test/sys/test_socket.rs
index 7ab60ecc28..5adc77ed6b 100644
--- a/test/sys/test_socket.rs
+++ b/test/sys/test_socket.rs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ pub fn test_addr_equality_abstract() {
 }
 
 // Test getting/setting abstract addresses (without unix socket creation)
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
 #[test]
 pub fn test_abstract_uds_addr() {
     let empty = String::new();
@@ -244,6 +244,22 @@ pub fn test_abstract_uds_addr() {
     assert_eq!(unsafe { (*addr.as_ptr()).sun_path[0] }, 0);
 }
 
+// Test getting an unnamed address (without unix socket creation)
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
+#[test]
+pub fn test_unnamed_uds_addr() {
+    use crate::nix::sys::socket::SockaddrLike;
+
+    let addr = UnixAddr::new_unnamed();
+
+    assert!(addr.is_unnamed());
+    assert_eq!(addr.len(), 2);
+    assert!(addr.path().is_none());
+    assert_eq!(addr.path_len(), 0);
+
+    assert!(addr.as_abstract().is_none());
+}
+
 #[test]
 pub fn test_getsockname() {
     use nix::sys::socket::bind;
@@ -1484,7 +1500,7 @@ fn test_impl_scm_credentials_and_rights(mut space: Vec<u8>) {
 
 // Test creating and using named unix domain sockets
 #[test]
-pub fn test_unixdomain() {
+pub fn test_named_unixdomain() {
     use nix::sys::socket::{accept, bind, connect, listen, socket, UnixAddr};
     use nix::sys::socket::{SockFlag, SockType};
     use nix::unistd::{close, read, write};
@@ -1527,6 +1543,59 @@ pub fn test_unixdomain() {
     assert_eq!(&buf[..], b"hello");
 }
 
+// Test using unnamed unix domain addresses
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
+#[test]
+pub fn test_unnamed_unixdomain() {
+    use nix::sys::socket::{getsockname, socketpair};
+    use nix::sys::socket::{SockFlag, SockType};
+    use nix::unistd::close;
+
+    let (fd_1, fd_2) = socketpair(
+        AddressFamily::Unix,
+        SockType::Stream,
+        None,
+        SockFlag::empty(),
+    )
+    .expect("socketpair failed");
+
+    let addr_1: UnixAddr = getsockname(fd_1).expect("getsockname failed");
+    assert!(addr_1.is_unnamed());
+
+    close(fd_1).unwrap();
+    close(fd_2).unwrap();
+}
+
+// Test creating and using unnamed unix domain addresses for autobinding sockets
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
+#[test]
+pub fn test_unnamed_unixdomain_autobind() {
+    use nix::sys::socket::{bind, getsockname, socket};
+    use nix::sys::socket::{SockFlag, SockType};
+    use nix::unistd::close;
+
+    let fd = socket(
+        AddressFamily::Unix,
+        SockType::Stream,
+        SockFlag::empty(),
+        None,
+    )
+    .expect("socket failed");
+
+    // unix(7): "If a bind(2) call specifies addrlen as `sizeof(sa_family_t)`, or [...], then the
+    // socket is autobound to an abstract address"
+    bind(fd, &UnixAddr::new_unnamed()).expect("bind failed");
+
+    let addr: UnixAddr = getsockname(fd).expect("getsockname failed");
+    let addr = addr.as_abstract().unwrap();
+
+    // changed from 8 to 5 bytes in Linux 2.3.15, and rust's minimum supported Linux version is 3.2
+    // (as of 2022-11)
+    assert_eq!(addr.len(), 5);
+
+    close(fd).unwrap();
+}
+
 // Test creating and using named system control sockets
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "ios"))]
 #[test]