diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scalasbt/ipcsocket/UnixDomainSocket.java b/src/main/java/org/scalasbt/ipcsocket/UnixDomainSocket.java
index ed7a1d4..1273224 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scalasbt/ipcsocket/UnixDomainSocket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scalasbt/ipcsocket/UnixDomainSocket.java
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ public UnixDomainSocket(int fd) {
     this(fd, false);
   }
 
+  public String toString() {
+    return "UnixDomainSocket(path = " + this.path + ")";
+  }
+
   public InputStream getInputStream() {
     return is;
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/scalasbt/ipcsocket/SocketTest.java b/src/test/java/org/scalasbt/ipcsocket/SocketTest.java
index fdecadc..86341fa 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/scalasbt/ipcsocket/SocketTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/scalasbt/ipcsocket/SocketTest.java
@@ -113,4 +113,20 @@ public void shortReadWrite() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
           });
     }
   */
+
+  @Test
+  public void testToString() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    withSocket(
+        sock -> {
+          System.out.println("SocketTest#testToString(" + Boolean.toString(useJNI()) + ")");
+          ServerSocket serverSocket = newServerSocket(sock);
+          Socket client = newClientSocket(sock);
+          try {
+            assertTrue(client.toString().startsWith("UnixDomainSocket(path ="));
+          } finally {
+            client.close();
+            serverSocket.close();
+          }
+        });
+  }
 }