diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/Pipes/PipeHelpers.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/Pipes/PipeHelpers.cs
index 6717dac..3cde7fa 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/Pipes/PipeHelpers.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/Pipes/PipeHelpers.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ static class PipeHelpers
 
         public static string GetPipePath(string pipeName)
         {
-            return $@"\\.\pipe\{pipeName}";
+            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+                return $@"\\.\pipe\{pipeName}";
+            else
+                return $"unix:/tmp/CoreFxPipe_{pipeName}"; // dotnet uses unix sockets on unix, for more see https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/24390
         }
     }
 }