diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
index b227ee09782..8524ba9eaf9 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ class _UnixSelectorEventLoop(selector_events.BaseSelectorEventLoop):
         else:
             if sock is None:
                 raise ValueError('no path and sock were specified')
+            if (sock.family != socket.AF_UNIX or
+                    sock.type != socket.SOCK_STREAM):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    'A UNIX Domain Stream Socket was expected, got {!r}'
+                    .format(sock))
             sock.setblocking(False)
 
         transport, protocol = yield from self._create_connection_transport(
@@ -272,9 +277,11 @@ class _UnixSelectorEventLoop(selector_events.BaseSelectorEventLoop):
                 raise ValueError(
                     'path was not specified, and no sock specified')
 
-            if sock.family != socket.AF_UNIX:
+            if (sock.family != socket.AF_UNIX or
+                    sock.type != socket.SOCK_STREAM):
                 raise ValueError(
-                    'A UNIX Domain Socket was expected, got {!r}'.format(sock))
+                    'A UNIX Domain Stream Socket was expected, got {!r}'
+                    .format(sock))
 
         server = base_events.Server(self, [sock])
         sock.listen(backlog)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_unix_events.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_unix_events.py
index 088ef408e52..0d54e3a6d47 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_unix_events.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_unix_events.py
@@ -273,7 +273,16 @@ class SelectorEventLoopUnixSocketTests(test_utils.TestCase):
             coro = self.loop.create_unix_server(lambda: None, path=None,
                                                 sock=sock)
             with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError,
-                                        'A UNIX Domain Socket was expected'):
+                                        'A UNIX Domain Stream.*was expected'):
+                self.loop.run_until_complete(coro)
+
+    def test_create_unix_connection_path_inetsock(self):
+        sock = socket.socket()
+        with sock:
+            coro = self.loop.create_unix_connection(lambda: None, path=None,
+                                                    sock=sock)
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError,
+                                        'A UNIX Domain Stream.*was expected'):
                 self.loop.run_until_complete(coro)
 
     @mock.patch('asyncio.unix_events.socket')