diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
index fa6f7b3..8bb0a3b 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
     if sys.platform != 'win32' and family == 'AF_PIPE':
         raise ValueError('Family %s is not recognized.' % family)
 
+    if sys.platform == 'win32' and family == 'AF_UNIX':
+        # double check
+        if not hasattr(socket, family):
+            raise ValueError('Family %s is not recognized.' % family)
 
 def address_type(address):
     '''
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
index 8de7a8d..298faf7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -2331,6 +2331,12 @@
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             multiprocessing.connection.Listener(r'\\.\test')
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(WIN32, "skipped on non-Windows platforms")
+    def test_invalid_family_win32(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            multiprocessing.connection.Listener('/var/test.pipe')
+
+
 testcases_other = [OtherTest, TestInvalidHandle, TestInitializers,
                    TestStdinBadfiledescriptor, TestInvalidFamily]
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 18a8d73..45e0c25 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #14482: Raise a ValueError, not a NameError, when trying to create
+  a multiprocessing Client or Listener with an AF_UNIX type address under
+  Windows.  Patch by Popa Claudiu.
+
 - Issue #14151: Raise a ValueError, not a NameError, when trying to create
   a multiprocessing Client or Listener with an AF_PIPE type address under
   non-Windows platforms.  Patch by Popa Claudiu.