diff --git a/components/drivers/include/ipc/pipe.h b/components/drivers/include/ipc/pipe.h
index 25b19f540d8d30750368a1860a516132f76fcec7..93ba95cd2c1234cb68df4b16b0bbe8e618f45b94 100644
--- a/components/drivers/include/ipc/pipe.h
+++ b/components/drivers/include/ipc/pipe.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 struct rt_pipe_device
 {
     struct rt_device parent;
+    rt_bool_t is_named;
 
     /* ring buffer in pipe device */
     struct rt_ringbuffer *fifo;
diff --git a/components/drivers/src/pipe.c b/components/drivers/src/pipe.c
index 065fd21dc1b66b8dad09c698fb864a69922aaff2..16fb82dbfbf9a03c0904b637e4d95c07c2497beb 100644
--- a/components/drivers/src/pipe.c
+++ b/components/drivers/src/pipe.c
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ static int pipe_fops_close(struct dfs_fd *fd)
 
     rt_mutex_release(&(pipe->lock));
 
+    if (device->ref_count == 0 && pipe->is_named == RT_FALSE)
+    {
+        /* delete the unamed pipe */
+        rt_pipe_delete(device->parent.name);
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -423,6 +429,7 @@ rt_pipe_t *rt_pipe_create(const char *name, int bufsz)
     if (pipe == RT_NULL) return RT_NULL;
 
     rt_memset(pipe, 0, sizeof(rt_pipe_t));
+    pipe->is_named = RT_TRUE; /* initialize as a named pipe */
     rt_mutex_init(&(pipe->lock), name, RT_IPC_FLAG_FIFO);
     rt_wqueue_init(&(pipe->reader_queue));
     rt_wqueue_init(&(pipe->writer_queue));
@@ -517,6 +524,7 @@ int pipe(int fildes[2])
         return -1;
     }
 
+    pipe->is_named = RT_FALSE; /* unamed pipe */
     rt_snprintf(dev_name, sizeof(dev_name), "/dev/%s", dname);
     fildes[0] = open(dev_name, O_RDONLY, 0);
     if (fildes[0] < 0)