diff --git a/gunicorn/http/message.py b/gunicorn/http/message.py
index 0c6bc053..0dda58db 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/message.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/message.py
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ class Message(object):
             secure_scheme_headers = cfg.secure_scheme_headers
         elif isinstance(self.unreader, SocketUnreader):
             remote_addr = self.unreader.sock.getpeername()
-            if isinstance(remote_addr, tuple):
+            if self.unreader.sock.family in (socket.AF_INET, socket.AF_INET6):
                 remote_host = remote_addr[0]
                 if remote_host in cfg.forwarded_allow_ips:
                     secure_scheme_headers = cfg.secure_scheme_headers
-            elif isinstance(remote_addr, str):
+            elif self.unreader.sock.family == socket.AF_UNIX:
                 secure_scheme_headers = cfg.secure_scheme_headers
 
         # Parse headers into key/value pairs paying attention
diff --git a/gunicorn/sock.py b/gunicorn/sock.py
index 08ede89e..f61443a1 100644
--- a/gunicorn/sock.py
+++ b/gunicorn/sock.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def _sock_type(addr):
             sock_type = TCP6Socket
         else:
             sock_type = TCPSocket
-    elif isinstance(addr, str):
+    elif isinstance(addr, (str, bytes)):
         sock_type = UnixSocket
     else:
         raise TypeError("Unable to create socket from: %r" % addr)
diff --git a/tests/test_sock.py b/tests/test_sock.py
index 29522349..f70ae09e 100644
--- a/tests/test_sock.py
+++ b/tests/test_sock.py
@@ -11,6 +11,27 @@ except ImportError:
 from gunicorn import sock
 
 
+@mock.patch('os.stat')
+def test_create_sockets_unix_bytes(stat):
+    conf = mock.Mock(address=[b'127.0.0.1:8000'])
+    log = mock.Mock()
+    with mock.patch.object(sock.UnixSocket, '__init__', lambda *args: None):
+        listeners = sock.create_sockets(conf, log)
+        assert len(listeners) == 1
+        print(type(listeners[0]))
+        assert isinstance(listeners[0], sock.UnixSocket)
+
+
+@mock.patch('os.stat')
+def test_create_sockets_unix_strings(stat):
+    conf = mock.Mock(address=['127.0.0.1:8000'])
+    log = mock.Mock()
+    with mock.patch.object(sock.UnixSocket, '__init__', lambda *args: None):
+        listeners = sock.create_sockets(conf, log)
+        assert len(listeners) == 1
+        assert isinstance(listeners[0], sock.UnixSocket)
+
+
 def test_socket_close():
     listener1 = mock.Mock()
     listener1.getsockname.return_value = ('127.0.0.1', '80')