diff --git a/src/libvirt_remote.syms b/src/libvirt_remote.syms
index b63eac123f8bfd3b2e949b8a76773dfba092645c..99fe3dd07c03d7875dee919a50eb4aec1abd87fa 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_remote.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_remote.syms
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ virNetSocketCheckProtocols;
 virNetSocketClose;
 virNetSocketDupFD;
 virNetSocketGetFD;
+virNetSocketGetPath;
 virNetSocketGetPort;
 virNetSocketGetSELinuxContext;
 virNetSocketGetUNIXIdentity;
diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c b/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c
index bfa195298969c435eec09bb1ac42070e9f629618..254f39c4ec8572ae3047493f03392cb9b8fc35a8 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c
@@ -1408,6 +1408,14 @@ bool virNetSocketHasPassFD(virNetSocketPtr sock)
     return hasPassFD;
 }
 
+char *virNetSocketGetPath(virNetSocketPtr sock)
+{
+    char *path = NULL;
+    virObjectLock(sock);
+    path = virSocketAddrGetPath(&sock->localAddr);
+    virObjectUnlock(sock);
+    return path;
+}
 
 int virNetSocketGetPort(virNetSocketPtr sock)
 {
diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetsocket.h b/src/rpc/virnetsocket.h
index 343c8f43e00a575514a02d2e1dfced8a4878b110..de5a465cdecaa30aae7e7558fd426d7fcf33351f 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetsocket.h
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetsocket.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ bool virNetSocketIsLocal(virNetSocketPtr sock);
 
 bool virNetSocketHasPassFD(virNetSocketPtr sock);
 
+char *virNetSocketGetPath(virNetSocketPtr sock);
 int virNetSocketGetPort(virNetSocketPtr sock);
 
 int virNetSocketGetUNIXIdentity(virNetSocketPtr sock,