diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 873c2443..eba0de95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 - Added the triggered rate rimit rule in the error log `details`.
 
+- Added optional `ServeEvent.Listener` field to initialize a custom network listener (e.g. `unix`) instead of the default `tcp` ([#3233](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/3233)).
+
 - Other minor improvements (wrapped the backup restore in a transaction as an extra precaution, updated npm deps, regenerated JSVM docs with the recent tygoja changes, etc.).
 
 
diff --git a/apis/serve.go b/apis/serve.go
index 8095a4ee..d2af0c76 100644
--- a/apis/serve.go
+++ b/apis/serve.go
@@ -153,13 +153,6 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 		ErrorLog: log.New(&serverErrorLogWriter{app: app}, "", 0),
 	}
 
-	serveEvent := new(core.ServeEvent)
-	serveEvent.App = app
-	serveEvent.Router = pbRouter
-	serveEvent.Server = server
-	serveEvent.CertManager = certManager
-	serveEvent.InstallerFunc = DefaultInstallerFunc
-
 	var listener net.Listener
 
 	// graceful shutdown
@@ -207,6 +200,13 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 
 	var baseURL string
 
+	serveEvent := new(core.ServeEvent)
+	serveEvent.App = app
+	serveEvent.Router = pbRouter
+	serveEvent.Server = server
+	serveEvent.CertManager = certManager
+	serveEvent.InstallerFunc = DefaultInstallerFunc
+
 	// trigger the OnServe hook and start the tcp listener
 	serveHookErr := app.OnServe().Trigger(serveEvent, func(e *core.ServeEvent) error {
 		handler, err := e.Router.BuildMux()
@@ -237,9 +237,13 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 			}
 		}
 
-		listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", addr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+		if e.Listener == nil {
+			listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", addr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			listener = e.Listener
 		}
 
 		if e.InstallerFunc != nil {
@@ -260,7 +264,7 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 
 	if listener == nil {
 		//nolint:staticcheck
-		return errors.New("The OnServe finalizer wasn't invoked. Did you forget to call the ServeEvent.Next() method?")
+		return errors.New("The OnServe listener was not initialized. Did you forget to call the ServeEvent.Next() method?")
 	}
 
 	if config.ShowStartBanner {
diff --git a/core/events.go b/core/events.go
index 41511e7a..5f54f583 100644
--- a/core/events.go
+++ b/core/events.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package core
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ type ServeEvent struct {
 	Server      *http.Server
 	CertManager *autocert.Manager
 
+	// Listener allow specifying a custom network listener.
+	//
+	// Leave it nil to use the default net.Listen("tcp", e.Server.Addr).
+	Listener net.Listener
+
 	// InstallerFunc is the "installer" function that is called after
 	// successful server tcp bind but only if there is no explicit
 	// superuser record created yet.