diff --git a/include/proto/proto_uxst.h b/include/proto/proto_uxst.h
index 9422ea7c2..8e796ecd1 100644
--- a/include/proto/proto_uxst.h
+++ b/include/proto/proto_uxst.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <types/task.h>
 
 void uxst_add_listener(struct listener *listener);
+int uxst_pause_listener(struct listener *l);
 int uxst_get_src(int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t salen, int dir);
 int uxst_get_dst(int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t salen, int dir);
 
diff --git a/src/proto_uxst.c b/src/proto_uxst.c
index 409c65906..adc1b4660 100644
--- a/src/proto_uxst.c
+++ b/src/proto_uxst.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static struct protocol proto_unix = {
 	.disable_all = disable_all_listeners,
 	.get_src = uxst_get_src,
 	.get_dst = uxst_get_dst,
+	.pause = uxst_pause_listener,
 	.listeners = LIST_HEAD_INIT(proto_unix.listeners),
 	.nb_listeners = 0,
 };
@@ -373,6 +374,20 @@ void uxst_add_listener(struct listener *listener)
 	proto_unix.nb_listeners++;
 }
 
+/* Pause a listener. Returns < 0 in case of failure, 0 if the listener
+ * was totally stopped, or > 0 if correctly paused. Nothing is done for
+ * plain unix sockets since currently it's the new process which handles
+ * the renaming. Abstract sockets are completely unbound.
+ */
+int uxst_pause_listener(struct listener *l)
+{
+	if (((struct sockaddr_un *)&l->addr)->sun_path[0])
+		return 1;
+
+	unbind_listener(l);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 
 /*
  * This function initiates a UNIX connection establishment to the target assigned