diff --git a/manifests/haproxy_exporter.pp b/manifests/haproxy_exporter.pp
index da532a617..66eb9befe 100644
--- a/manifests/haproxy_exporter.pp
+++ b/manifests/haproxy_exporter.pp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 #  The binary release version
 
 class prometheus::haproxy_exporter(
-  Variant[Stdlib::HTTPUrl, Stdlib::HTTPSUrl] $cnf_scrape_uri,
+  Variant[Stdlib::HTTPUrl, Pattern[/unix:(?:\/.+)+/]] $cnf_scrape_uri,
   String $download_extension,
   Array $extra_groups,
   String $group,
diff --git a/spec/classes/haproxy_exporter_spec.rb b/spec/classes/haproxy_exporter_spec.rb
index a9e69cb68..8806ef9e8 100644
--- a/spec/classes/haproxy_exporter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/haproxy_exporter_spec.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@
         it { is_expected.to contain_group('haproxy-exporter') }
         it { is_expected.to contain_prometheus__daemon('haproxy_exporter') }
       end
+
+      context 'with unix socket as scraping url' do
+        let(:params) do
+          {
+            cnf_scrape_uri: 'unix:/var/haproxy/listen.sock',
+            arch: 'amd64',
+            os: 'linux',
+            bin_dir: '/usr/local/bin',
+            install_method: 'url'
+          }
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps }
+        it { is_expected.to contain_class('prometheus') }
+        it { is_expected.to contain_user('haproxy-user') }
+        it { is_expected.to contain_group('haproxy-exporter') }
+        it { is_expected.to contain_prometheus__daemon('haproxy_exporter') }
+      end
     end
   end
 end