diff --git a/library/std/src/fs/tests.rs b/library/std/src/fs/tests.rs
index d74f0f00e46f4..f0c4be2327ce2 100644
--- a/library/std/src/fs/tests.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/fs/tests.rs
@@ -1707,3 +1707,38 @@ fn test_file_times() {
         assert_eq!(metadata.created().unwrap(), created);
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn windows_unix_socket_exists() {
+    use crate::sys::{c, net};
+    use crate::{mem, ptr};
+
+    let tmp = tmpdir();
+    let socket_path = tmp.join("socket");
+
+    // std doesn't current support Unix sockets on Windows so manually create one here.
+    net::init();
+    unsafe {
+        let socket = c::WSASocketW(
+            c::AF_UNIX as i32,
+            c::SOCK_STREAM,
+            0,
+            ptr::null_mut(),
+            0,
+            c::WSA_FLAG_OVERLAPPED | c::WSA_FLAG_NO_HANDLE_INHERIT,
+        );
+        assert_ne!(socket, c::INVALID_SOCKET);
+        let mut addr = c::SOCKADDR_UN { sun_family: c::AF_UNIX, sun_path: mem::zeroed() };
+        let bytes = socket_path.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes();
+        addr.sun_path[..bytes.len()].copy_from_slice(bytes);
+        let len = mem::size_of_val(&addr) as i32;
+        let result = c::bind(socket, ptr::addr_of!(addr).cast::<c::SOCKADDR>(), len);
+        c::closesocket(socket);
+        assert_eq!(result, 0);
+    }
+    // Make sure all ways of testing a file exist work for a Unix socket.
+    assert_eq!(socket_path.exists(), true);
+    assert_eq!(socket_path.try_exists().unwrap(), true);
+    assert_eq!(socket_path.metadata().is_ok(), true);
+}
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/c/windows_sys.lst b/library/std/src/sys/windows/c/windows_sys.lst
index 0aca37e2d454e..dad4a4223b2a3 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/c/windows_sys.lst
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/c/windows_sys.lst
@@ -1964,6 +1964,7 @@ Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.ADDRESS_FAMILY
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.ADDRINFOA
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.AF_INET
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.AF_INET6
+Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.AF_UNIX
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.AF_UNSPEC
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.bind
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.closesocket
@@ -2058,6 +2059,7 @@ Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.SOCK_RDM
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.SOCK_SEQPACKET
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.SOCK_STREAM
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.SOCKADDR
+Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.SOCKADDR_UN
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.SOCKET
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.SOCKET_ERROR
 Windows.Win32.Networking.WinSock.SOL_SOCKET
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/c/windows_sys.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/c/windows_sys.rs
index 851d15915c7d1..20b44966a39f5 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/c/windows_sys.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/c/windows_sys.rs
@@ -847,6 +847,7 @@ impl ::core::clone::Clone for ADDRINFOA {
 }
 pub const AF_INET: ADDRESS_FAMILY = 2u16;
 pub const AF_INET6: ADDRESS_FAMILY = 23u16;
+pub const AF_UNIX: u16 = 1u16;
 pub const AF_UNSPEC: ADDRESS_FAMILY = 0u16;
 pub const ALL_PROCESSOR_GROUPS: u32 = 65535u32;
 #[repr(C)]
@@ -3813,6 +3814,17 @@ impl ::core::clone::Clone for SOCKADDR {
         *self
     }
 }
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct SOCKADDR_UN {
+    pub sun_family: ADDRESS_FAMILY,
+    pub sun_path: [u8; 108],
+}
+impl ::core::marker::Copy for SOCKADDR_UN {}
+impl ::core::clone::Clone for SOCKADDR_UN {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        *self
+    }
+}
 pub type SOCKET = usize;
 pub const SOCKET_ERROR: i32 = -1i32;
 pub const SOCK_DGRAM: WINSOCK_SOCKET_TYPE = 2i32;
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/fs.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/fs.rs
index 0113196b8247c..6ded683aade1f 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/fs.rs
@@ -1515,6 +1515,13 @@ pub fn try_exists(path: &Path) -> io::Result<bool> {
             // as the file existing.
             _ if e.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION as i32) => Ok(true),
 
+            // `ERROR_CANT_ACCESS_FILE` means that a file exists but that the
+            // reparse point could not be handled by `CreateFile`.
+            // This can happen for special files such as:
+            // * Unix domain sockets which you need to `connect` to
+            // * App exec links which require using `CreateProcess`
+            _ if e.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_CANT_ACCESS_FILE as i32) => Ok(true),
+
             // Other errors such as `ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED` may indicate that the
             // file exists. However, these types of errors are usually more
             // permanent so we report them here.