diff --git a/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp b/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp
index 424ecf0a09..0f37eee579 100644
--- a/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp
+++ b/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,24 @@ fextl::string GetServerSocketName() {
   return ServerSocketPath;
 }
 
+fextl::string GetServerSocketPath() {
+  FEX_CONFIG_OPT(ServerSocketPath, SERVERSOCKETPATH);
+
+  auto name = ServerSocketPath();
+
+  if (name.starts_with("/")) {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  auto Folder = GetTempFolder();
+
+  if (name.empty()) {
+    return fextl::fmt::format("{}/{}.FEXServer.Socket", Folder, ::geteuid());
+  } else {
+    return fextl::fmt::format("{}/{}", Folder, name);
+  }
+}
+
 int GetServerFD() {
   return ServerFD;
 }
@@ -172,11 +190,27 @@ int ConnectToServer(ConnectionOption ConnectionOption) {
     if (ConnectionOption == ConnectionOption::Default || errno != ECONNREFUSED) {
       LogMan::Msg::EFmt("Couldn't connect to FEXServer socket {} {} {}", ServerSocketName, errno, strerror(errno));
     }
-    close(SocketFD);
-    return -1;
+  } else {
+    return SocketFD;
   }
 
-  return SocketFD;
+  // Try again with a path-based socket, since abstract sockets will fail if we have been
+  // placed in a new netns as part of a sandbox.
+  auto ServerSocketPath = GetServerSocketPath();
+
+  SizeOfSocketString = std::min(ServerSocketPath.size(), sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+  strncpy(addr.sun_path, ServerSocketPath.data(), SizeOfSocketString);
+  SizeOfAddr = sizeof(addr.sun_family) + SizeOfSocketString;
+  if (connect(SocketFD, reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&addr), SizeOfAddr) == -1) {
+    if (ConnectionOption == ConnectionOption::Default || errno != ECONNREFUSED) {
+      LogMan::Msg::EFmt("Couldn't connect to FEXServer socket {} {} {}", ServerSocketPath, errno, strerror(errno));
+    }
+  } else {
+    return SocketFD;
+  }
+
+  close(SocketFD);
+  return -1;
 }
 
 bool SetupClient(char* InterpreterPath) {
diff --git a/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.h b/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.h
index 14599c102e..6bad43fc07 100644
--- a/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.h
+++ b/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ fextl::string GetServerRootFSLockFile();
 fextl::string GetTempFolder();
 fextl::string GetServerMountFolder();
 fextl::string GetServerSocketName();
+fextl::string GetServerSocketPath();
 int GetServerFD();
 
 bool SetupClient(char* InterpreterPath);
diff --git a/Source/Tools/FEXServer/Main.cpp b/Source/Tools/FEXServer/Main.cpp
index 40ae2116b7..36fc87279a 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/FEXServer/Main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Tools/FEXServer/Main.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** const envp) {
     return -1;
   }
 
-  if (!ProcessPipe::InitializeServerSocket()) {
+  if (!ProcessPipe::InitializeServerSocket(true)) {
+    // Couldn't create server socket for some reason
+    PipeScanner::ClosePipes();
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (!ProcessPipe::InitializeServerSocket(false)) {
     // Couldn't create server socket for some reason
     PipeScanner::ClosePipes();
     return -1;
diff --git a/Source/Tools/FEXServer/ProcessPipe.cpp b/Source/Tools/FEXServer/ProcessPipe.cpp
index e379dfe34b..ad88364798 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/FEXServer/ProcessPipe.cpp
+++ b/Source/Tools/FEXServer/ProcessPipe.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace ProcessPipe {
 constexpr int USER_PERMS = S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO;
 int ServerLockFD {-1};
 int ServerSocketFD {-1};
+int ServerFSSocketFD {-1};
 std::atomic<bool> ShouldShutdown {false};
 time_t RequestTimeout {10};
 bool Foreground {false};
@@ -175,40 +176,53 @@ bool InitializeServerPipe() {
   return true;
 }
 
-bool InitializeServerSocket() {
-  auto ServerSocketName = FEXServerClient::GetServerSocketName();
+bool InitializeServerSocket(bool abstract) {
 
   // Create the initial unix socket
-  ServerSocketFD = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
-  if (ServerSocketFD == -1) {
+  int fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+  if (fd == -1) {
     LogMan::Msg::EFmt("Couldn't create AF_UNIX socket: {} {}\n", errno, strerror(errno));
     return false;
   }
 
   struct sockaddr_un addr {};
   addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-  size_t SizeOfSocketString = std::min(ServerSocketName.size() + 1, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
-  addr.sun_path[0] = 0; // Abstract AF_UNIX sockets start with \0
-  strncpy(addr.sun_path + 1, ServerSocketName.data(), SizeOfSocketString);
+
+  size_t SizeOfSocketString;
+  if (abstract) {
+    auto ServerSocketName = FEXServerClient::GetServerSocketName();
+    SizeOfSocketString = std::min(ServerSocketName.size() + 1, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+    addr.sun_path[0] = 0; // Abstract AF_UNIX sockets start with \0
+    strncpy(addr.sun_path + 1, ServerSocketName.data(), SizeOfSocketString);
+  } else {
+    auto ServerSocketPath = FEXServerClient::GetServerSocketPath();
+    SizeOfSocketString = std::min(ServerSocketPath.size(), sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+    strncpy(addr.sun_path, ServerSocketPath.data(), SizeOfSocketString);
+  }
   // Include final null character.
   size_t SizeOfAddr = sizeof(addr.sun_family) + SizeOfSocketString;
 
   // Bind the socket to the path
-  int Result = bind(ServerSocketFD, reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&addr), SizeOfAddr);
+  int Result = bind(fd, reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&addr), SizeOfAddr);
   if (Result == -1) {
     LogMan::Msg::EFmt("Couldn't bind AF_UNIX socket '{}': {} {}\n", addr.sun_path, errno, strerror(errno));
-    close(ServerSocketFD);
-    ServerSocketFD = -1;
+    close(fd);
     return false;
   }
 
-  listen(ServerSocketFD, 16);
+  listen(fd, 16);
   PollFDs.emplace_back(pollfd {
-    .fd = ServerSocketFD,
+    .fd = fd,
     .events = POLLIN,
     .revents = 0,
   });
 
+  if (abstract) {
+    ServerSocketFD = fd;
+  } else {
+    ServerFSSocketFD = fd;
+  }
+
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -422,6 +436,7 @@ void CloseConnections() {
 
   // Close the server socket so no more connections can be started
   close(ServerSocketFD);
+  close(ServerFSSocketFD);
 }
 
 void WaitForRequests() {
@@ -441,12 +456,12 @@ void WaitForRequests() {
         bool Erase {};
 
         if (Event.revents != 0) {
-          if (Event.fd == ServerSocketFD) {
+          if (Event.fd == ServerSocketFD || Event.fd == ServerFSSocketFD) {
             if (Event.revents & POLLIN) {
               // If it is the listen socket then we have a new connection
               struct sockaddr_storage Addr {};
               socklen_t AddrSize {};
-              int NewFD = accept(ServerSocketFD, reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&Addr), &AddrSize);
+              int NewFD = accept(Event.fd, reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&Addr), &AddrSize);
 
               // Add the new client to the temporary array
               NewPollFDs.emplace_back(pollfd {
diff --git a/Source/Tools/FEXServer/ProcessPipe.h b/Source/Tools/FEXServer/ProcessPipe.h
index 5c3f4c9b51..e4379bd351 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/FEXServer/ProcessPipe.h
+++ b/Source/Tools/FEXServer/ProcessPipe.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace ProcessPipe {
 bool InitializeServerPipe();
-bool InitializeServerSocket();
+bool InitializeServerSocket(bool abstract);
 void WaitForRequests();
 void SetConfiguration(bool Foreground, uint32_t PersistentTimeout);
 void Shutdown();