diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index 4c037da..38711f8 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
         self.address = address
         self.facility = facility
         if type(address) == types.StringType:
-            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
             self.socket.connect(address)
             self.unixsocket = 1
         else: