diff --git a/src/concurrency/thread.rs b/src/concurrency/thread.rs
index 59e2fdd428..750167ca78 100644
--- a/src/concurrency/thread.rs
+++ b/src/concurrency/thread.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ pub enum BlockReason {
     Epoll,
     /// Blocked on eventfd.
     Eventfd,
+    /// Blocked on unnamed_socket.
+    UnnamedSocket,
+
 }
 
 /// The state of a thread.
diff --git a/src/shims/unix/unnamed_socket.rs b/src/shims/unix/unnamed_socket.rs
index 232f4500db..7791027c20 100644
--- a/src/shims/unix/unnamed_socket.rs
+++ b/src/shims/unix/unnamed_socket.rs
@@ -160,14 +160,30 @@ impl FileDescription for AnonSocket {
                     // Since there is no ErrorKind for EAGAIN, WouldBlock is used.
                     return ecx.set_last_error_and_return(ErrorKind::WouldBlock, dest);
                 } else {
+                    // TODO: move this to helper
                     // Blocking socketpair with writer and empty buffer.
-                    // FIXME: blocking is currently not supported
-                    throw_unsup_format!("socketpair/pipe/pipe2 read: blocking isn't supported yet");
+                    let peer_fd = self.peer_fd().upgrade().unwrap();
+                    bytes = bytes.clone();
+                    ecx.block_thread(
+                        BlockReason::UnnamedSocket,
+                        None,
+                        callback!(
+                    @capture<'tcx> {
+                        self_ref: FileDescriptionRef,
+                        peer_fd: Option<FileDescriptionRef>,
+                        bytes: [u8],
+                        ptr: Pointer,
+                        dest: MPlaceTy<'tcx>,
+                    }
+                    @unblock = |this| {
+                        // TODO: We might need to decide what to do if peer_fd is closed when read is blocked.
+                        anonsocket_read(self_ref, peer_fd, &bytes, ptr, dest, ecx)
+                    }
+                ),
+                    );
                 }
             }
         }
-        // TODO: We might need to decide what to do if peer_fd is closed when read is blocked.
-        anonsocket_read(self, self.peer_fd().upgrade(), &mut bytes, ptr, dest, ecx)
     }
 
     fn write<'tcx>(
@@ -249,13 +265,14 @@ fn anonsocket_write<'tcx>(
 
 /// Read from AnonSocket and return the number of bytes read.
 fn anonsocket_read<'tcx>(
-    anonsocket: &AnonSocket,
+    self_ref: FileDescriptionRef,
     peer_fd: Option<FileDescriptionRef>,
-    bytes: &mut [u8],
+    bytes: &[u8],
     ptr: Pointer,
     dest: &MPlaceTy<'tcx>,
     ecx: &mut MiriInterpCx<'tcx>,
 ) -> InterpResult<'tcx> {
+    let anonsocket = self_ref.downcast::<AnonSocket>().unwrap();
     let Some(readbuf) = &anonsocket.readbuf else {
         // FIXME: This should return EBADF, but there's no nice way to do that as there's no
         // corresponding ErrorKind variant.