diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libredirect/libredirect.c b/pkgs/by-name/li/libredirect/libredirect.c
index 15dd549a6bcb..bb88453216a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libredirect/libredirect.c
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libredirect/libredirect.c
@@ -130,6 +130,25 @@ WRAPPER(int, bind)(int socket, const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addr_len)
 }
 WRAPPER_DEF(bind)
 
+WRAPPER(int, connect)(int socket, const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addr_len)
+{
+    int (*connect_real) (int, const struct sockaddr *, socklen_t) = LOOKUP_REAL(connect);
+    char buf[PATH_MAX];
+    const struct sockaddr *real_addr = addr;
+    if (addr->sa_family == AF_UNIX) {
+	    struct sockaddr_un real_addr_un = *(struct sockaddr_un *)addr;
+	    const char *sun_path = rewrite(real_addr_un.sun_path, buf);
+	    if (sun_path != real_addr_un.sun_path) {
+		    strncpy(real_addr_un.sun_path, buf, sizeof(real_addr_un.sun_path) - 1);
+		    real_addr_un.sun_path[sizeof(real_addr_un.sun_path) - 1] = '\0';
+		    real_addr = (struct sockaddr *)&real_addr_un;
+		    addr_len = offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + strlen(real_addr_un.sun_path) + 1;
+	    }
+    }
+    return connect_real(socket, real_addr, addr_len);
+}
+WRAPPER_DEF(connect)
+
 WRAPPER(int, open)(const char * path, int flags, ...)
 {
     int (*open_real) (const char *, int, ...) = LOOKUP_REAL(open);