diff --git a/src/packages/client/src/runtime/getPrismaClient.ts b/src/packages/client/src/runtime/getPrismaClient.ts
index a0dc6bdc8648..faf6360ca7c8 100644
--- a/src/packages/client/src/runtime/getPrismaClient.ts
+++ b/src/packages/client/src/runtime/getPrismaClient.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export interface PrismaClientOptions {
   __internal?: {
     debug?: boolean
     hooks?: Hooks
+    useUds?: boolean
     engine?: {
       cwd?: string
       binaryPath?: string
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ export function getPrismaClient(config: GetPrismaClientOptions): any {
           flags: [],
           clientVersion: config.clientVersion,
           enableExperimental: mapPreviewFeatures(this._previewFeatures),
+          useUds: internal.useUds
         }
 
         debug({ clientVersion: config.clientVersion })
diff --git a/src/packages/engine-core/src/NodeEngine.ts b/src/packages/engine-core/src/NodeEngine.ts
index 070f6ebac122..7af3a10c22fb 100644
--- a/src/packages/engine-core/src/NodeEngine.ts
+++ b/src/packages/engine-core/src/NodeEngine.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export interface EngineConfig {
   logLevel?: 'info' | 'warn'
   env?: Record<string, string>
   flags?: string[]
+  useUds?: boolean;
 
   clientVersion?: string
   enableExperimental?: string[]
@@ -169,9 +170,10 @@ export class NodeEngine {
     enableDebugLogs,
     enableEngineDebugMode,
     dirname,
+    useUds,
   }: EngineConfig) {
     this.dirname = dirname
-    this.useUds = process.platform !== 'win32'
+    this.useUds = useUds === undefined ? process.platform !== 'win32' : useUds;
     this.env = env
     this.cwd = this.resolveCwd(cwd)
     this.enableDebugLogs = enableDebugLogs ?? false