diff --git a/etc/example.conf b/etc/example.conf
index 933de848d..7bdba406e 100644
--- a/etc/example.conf
+++ b/etc/example.conf
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ nodes = {
 		local	= "12:34:56:78:90:AB%eth0:12002",
 		remote	= "12:34:56:78:90:AB%eth0:12002"
 	},
+	unix_domain_node = {
+		type	= "socket",
+		layer	= "unix",			# Datagram UNIX domain sockets require two endpoints
+		
+		local	= "/var/run/villas/node/node.sock",
+		remote	= "/var/run/villas/node/client.sock"
+	},
 	opal_node = {					# The server can be started as an Asynchronous process
 		type	= "opal",			# from within an OPAL-RT model.