diff --git a/lib/modem.js b/lib/modem.js
index ecf591f..9062eb7 100644
--- a/lib/modem.js
+++ b/lib/modem.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ var querystring = require('querystring'),
   utils = require('./utils'),
   util = require('util'),
   splitca = require('split-ca'),
-  isWin = require('os').type() === 'Windows_NT',
+  os = require('os'),
+  isWin = os.type() === 'Windows_NT',
   stream = require('stream');
 
 var defaultOpts = function () {
@@ -18,12 +19,12 @@ var defaultOpts = function () {
 
   if (!process.env.DOCKER_HOST) {
     // Windows socket path: //./pipe/docker_engine ( Windows 10 )
-    // Linux & Darwin socket path: /var/run/docker.sock
-    opts.socketPath = isWin ? '//./pipe/docker_engine' : '/var/run/docker.sock';
+    // Linux & Darwin socket path is /var/run/docker.sock when running system-wide,
+    // or $HOME/.docker/run/docker.sock in new Docker Desktop installs.
+    opts.socketPath = isWin ? '//./pipe/docker_engine' : findDefaultUnixSocket;
   } else if (process.env.DOCKER_HOST.indexOf('unix://') === 0) {
-    // Strip off unix://, fall back to default of /var/run/docker.sock if
-    // unix:// was passed without a path
-    opts.socketPath = process.env.DOCKER_HOST.substring(7) || '/var/run/docker.sock';
+    // Strip off unix://, fall back to default if unix:// was passed without a path
+    opts.socketPath = process.env.DOCKER_HOST.substring(7) || findDefaultUnixSocket;
   } else if (process.env.DOCKER_HOST.indexOf('npipe://') === 0) {
     // Strip off npipe://, fall back to default of //./pipe/docker_engine if
     // npipe:// was passed without a path
@@ -76,6 +77,16 @@ var defaultOpts = function () {
   return opts;
 };
 
+var findDefaultUnixSocket = function () {
+  return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+    var userDockerSocket = path.join(os.homedir(), '.docker', 'run', 'docker.sock');
+    fs.access(userDockerSocket, function (err) {
+      if (err) resolve('/var/run/docker.sock');
+      else resolve(userDockerSocket);
+    })
+  });
+}
+
 
 var Modem = function (options) {
   var optDefaults = defaultOpts();
@@ -220,17 +231,30 @@ Modem.prototype.dial = function (options, callback) {
   }
 
   if (this.socketPath) {
-    optionsf.socketPath = this.socketPath;
+    // SocketPath may be a function that can return a promise:
+    this.getSocketPath().then((socketPath) => {
+      optionsf.socketPath = socketPath;
+      this.buildRequest(optionsf, options, data, callback);
+    });
   } else {
     var urlp = url.parse(address);
     optionsf.hostname = urlp.hostname;
     optionsf.port = urlp.port;
     optionsf.path = urlp.path;
-  }
 
-  this.buildRequest(optionsf, options, data, callback);
+    this.buildRequest(optionsf, options, data, callback);
+  }
 };
 
+Modem.prototype.getSocketPath = function () {
+  if (!this.socketPath) return;
+
+  var socketPathValue = typeof this.socketPath === 'function'
+    ? this.socketPath() : this.socketPath;
+
+  return Promise.resolve(socketPathValue);
+}
+
 Modem.prototype.buildRequest = function (options, context, data, callback) {
   var self = this;
   var connectionTimeoutTimer;
diff --git a/test/modem_test.js b/test/modem_test.js
index 57e1855..d12e5a4 100644
--- a/test/modem_test.js
+++ b/test/modem_test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 var assert = require('assert');
+var path = require('path');
+var os = require('os');
 var http = require('http');
 var Modem = require('../lib/modem');
-var defaultSocketPath = require('os').type() === 'Windows_NT' ? '//./pipe/docker_engine' : '/var/run/docker.sock';
+
+var unixDefaultSocketPaths = ['/var/run/docker.sock', path.join(os.homedir(), '.docker/run/docker.sock')]
+var defaultSocketPaths = os.type() === 'Windows_NT' ? ['//./pipe/docker_engine'] : unixDefaultSocketPaths;
 
 describe('Modem', function () {
   beforeEach(function () {
@@ -10,8 +14,11 @@ describe('Modem', function () {
 
   it('should default to default socket path', function () {
     var modem = new Modem();
-    assert.ok(modem.socketPath);
-    assert.strictEqual(modem.socketPath, defaultSocketPath);
+
+    return modem.getSocketPath().then((socketPath) => {
+      assert.ok(socketPath);
+      assert.ok(defaultSocketPaths.includes(socketPath));
+    });
   });
 
   it('should use specific cert, key and ca', function () {
@@ -50,9 +57,12 @@ describe('Modem', function () {
       headers: customHeaders
     });
     assert.ok(modem.headers);
-    assert.ok(modem.socketPath);
-    assert.strictEqual(modem.socketPath, defaultSocketPath);
     assert.strictEqual(modem.headers, customHeaders);
+
+    return modem.getSocketPath().then((socketPath) => {
+      assert.ok(socketPath);
+      assert.ok(defaultSocketPaths.includes(socketPath));
+    });
   });
 
   it('should allow DOCKER_HOST=unix:///path/to/docker.sock', function () {
@@ -67,8 +77,10 @@ describe('Modem', function () {
     process.env.DOCKER_HOST = 'unix://';
 
     var modem = new Modem();
-    assert.ok(modem.socketPath);
-    assert.strictEqual(modem.socketPath, '/var/run/docker.sock');
+    return modem.getSocketPath().then((socketPath) => {
+      assert.ok(socketPath);
+      assert.ok(unixDefaultSocketPaths.includes(socketPath));
+    });
   });
 
   it('should interpret DOCKER_HOST=tcp://N.N.N.N:2376 as https', function () {