diff --git a/adb/adb.cpp b/adb/adb.cpp
index 06e4c50..a5b2f7b 100644
--- a/adb/adb.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb.cpp
@@ -1134,7 +1134,9 @@
         std::string host;
         int port = DEFAULT_ADB_LOCAL_TRANSPORT_PORT;
         std::string error;
-        if (!android::base::ParseNetAddress(address, &host, &port, &serial, &error)) {
+        if (address.starts_with("vsock:")) {
+            serial = address;
+        } else if (!android::base::ParseNetAddress(address, &host, &port, &serial, &error)) {
             SendFail(reply_fd, android::base::StringPrintf("couldn't parse '%s': %s",
                                                            address.c_str(), error.c_str()));
             return true;
diff --git a/adb/daemon/transport_qemu.cpp b/adb/daemon/transport_qemu.cpp
index 8ad2572..e996c17 100644
--- a/adb/daemon/transport_qemu.cpp
+++ b/adb/daemon/transport_qemu.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         /* This could be an older version of the emulator, that doesn't
          * implement adb QEMUD service. Fall back to the old TCP way. */
         D("adb service is not available. Falling back to TCP socket.");
-        std::thread(server_socket_thread, port).detach();
+        std::thread(server_socket_thread, android::base::StringPrintf("tcp:%d", port)).detach();
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/adb/socket_spec.cpp b/adb/socket_spec.cpp
index cc67b6b..de4fff9 100644
--- a/adb/socket_spec.cpp
+++ b/adb/socket_spec.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
 #define ADB_WINDOWS 0
 #endif
 
+#if ADB_LINUX
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include "sysdeps/vm_sockets.h"
+#endif
+
 // Not static because it is used in commandline.c.
 int gListenAll = 0;
 
@@ -174,6 +179,62 @@
             return true;
         }
         return false;
+    } else if (address.starts_with("vsock:")) {
+#if ADB_LINUX
+        std::string spec_str(address);
+        std::vector<std::string> fragments = android::base::Split(spec_str, ":");
+        unsigned int port_value = port ? *port : 0;
+        if (fragments.size() != 2 && fragments.size() != 3) {
+            *error = android::base::StringPrintf("expected vsock:cid or vsock:port:cid in '%s'",
+                                                 spec_str.c_str());
+            errno = EINVAL;
+            return false;
+        }
+        unsigned int cid = 0;
+        if (!android::base::ParseUint(fragments[1], &cid)) {
+            *error = android::base::StringPrintf("could not parse vsock cid in '%s'",
+                                                 spec_str.c_str());
+            errno = EINVAL;
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (fragments.size() == 3 && !android::base::ParseUint(fragments[2], &port_value)) {
+            *error = android::base::StringPrintf("could not parse vsock port in '%s'",
+                                                 spec_str.c_str());
+            errno = EINVAL;
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (port_value == 0) {
+            *error = android::base::StringPrintf("vsock port was not provided.");
+            errno = EINVAL;
+            return false;
+        }
+        fd->reset(socket(AF_VSOCK, SOCK_STREAM, 0));
+        if (fd->get() == -1) {
+            *error = "could not open vsock socket";
+            return false;
+        }
+        sockaddr_vm addr{};
+        addr.svm_family = AF_VSOCK;
+        addr.svm_port = port_value;
+        addr.svm_cid = cid;
+        if (serial) {
+            *serial = android::base::StringPrintf("vsock:%u:%d", cid, port_value);
+        }
+        if (connect(fd->get(), reinterpret_cast<sockaddr*>(&addr), sizeof(addr))) {
+            int error_num = errno;
+            *error = android::base::StringPrintf("could not connect to vsock address '%s'",
+                                                 spec_str.c_str());
+            errno = error_num;
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (port) {
+            *port = port_value;
+        }
+        return true;
+#else   // ADB_LINUX
+        *error = "vsock is only supported on linux";
+        return false;
+#endif  // ADB_LINUX
     }
 
     for (const auto& it : kLocalSocketTypes) {
@@ -187,6 +248,9 @@
 
             fd->reset(network_local_client(&address[prefix.length()], it.second.socket_namespace,
                                            SOCK_STREAM, error));
+            if (serial) {
+                *serial = address;
+            }
             return true;
         }
     }
@@ -196,7 +260,7 @@
     return false;
 }
 
-int socket_spec_listen(std::string_view spec, std::string* error, int* resolved_tcp_port) {
+int socket_spec_listen(std::string_view spec, std::string* error, int* resolved_port) {
     if (spec.starts_with("tcp:")) {
         std::string hostname;
         int port;
@@ -215,10 +279,59 @@
             return -1;
         }
 
-        if (result >= 0 && port == 0 && resolved_tcp_port) {
-            *resolved_tcp_port = adb_socket_get_local_port(result);
+        if (result >= 0 && resolved_port) {
+            *resolved_port = adb_socket_get_local_port(result);
         }
         return result;
+    } else if (spec.starts_with("vsock:")) {
+#if ADB_LINUX
+        std::string spec_str(spec);
+        std::vector<std::string> fragments = android::base::Split(spec_str, ":");
+        if (fragments.size() != 2) {
+            *error = "given vsock server socket string was invalid";
+            return -1;
+        }
+        int port;
+        if (!android::base::ParseInt(fragments[1], &port)) {
+            *error = "could not parse vsock port";
+            errno = EINVAL;
+            return -1;
+        } else if (port < 0) {
+            *error = "vsock port was negative.";
+            errno = EINVAL;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        unique_fd serverfd(socket(AF_VSOCK, SOCK_STREAM, 0));
+        if (serverfd == -1) {
+            int error_num = errno;
+            *error = android::base::StringPrintf("could not create vsock server: '%s'",
+                                                 strerror(error_num));
+            errno = error_num;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        sockaddr_vm addr{};
+        addr.svm_family = AF_VSOCK;
+        addr.svm_port = port == 0 ? VMADDR_PORT_ANY : port;
+        addr.svm_cid = VMADDR_CID_ANY;
+        socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(addr);
+        if (bind(serverfd, reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&addr), addr_len)) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (listen(serverfd, 4)) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (serverfd >= 0 && resolved_port) {
+            if (getsockname(serverfd, reinterpret_cast<sockaddr*>(&addr), &addr_len) == 0) {
+                *resolved_port = addr.svm_port;
+            } else {
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+        return serverfd.release();
+#else   // ADB_LINUX
+        *error = "vsock is only supported on linux";
+        return -1;
+#endif  // ADB_LINUX
     }
 
     for (const auto& it : kLocalSocketTypes) {
diff --git a/adb/sockets.cpp b/adb/sockets.cpp
index 47ae883..01fa192 100644
--- a/adb/sockets.cpp
+++ b/adb/sockets.cpp
@@ -608,6 +608,14 @@
             return false;
         }
     }
+    if (command.starts_with("vsock:")) {
+        // vsock serials are vsock:cid:port, which have an extra colon compared to tcp.
+        size_t next_colon = command.find(':');
+        if (next_colon == std::string::npos) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        consume(next_colon + 1);
+    }
 
     bool found_address = false;
     if (command[0] == '[') {
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps/vm_sockets.h b/adb/sysdeps/vm_sockets.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75c5f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/sysdeps/vm_sockets.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#if __BIONIC__
+#include <linux/vm_sockets.h>
+#else
+/****************************************************************************
+ ****************************************************************************
+ ***
+ ***   This header was automatically generated from a Linux kernel header
+ ***   of the same name, to make information necessary for userspace to
+ ***   call into the kernel available to libc.  It contains only constants,
+ ***   structures, and macros generated from the original header, and thus,
+ ***   contains no copyrightable information.
+ ***
+ ***   Copied and modified from bionic/libc/kernel/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h
+ ***
+ ****************************************************************************
+ ****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef _UAPI_VM_SOCKETS_H
+#define _UAPI_VM_SOCKETS_H
+#include <linux/socket.h>
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_BUFFER_SIZE 0
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_BUFFER_MIN_SIZE 1
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE 2
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_PEER_HOST_VM_ID 3
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_TRUSTED 5
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT 6
+#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_NONBLOCK_TXRX 7
+#define VMADDR_CID_ANY -1U
+#define VMADDR_PORT_ANY -1U
+#define VMADDR_CID_HYPERVISOR 0
+#define VMADDR_CID_RESERVED 1
+#define VMADDR_CID_HOST 2
+#define VM_SOCKETS_INVALID_VERSION -1U
+#define VM_SOCKETS_VERSION_EPOCH(_v) (((_v)&0xFF000000) >> 24)
+#define VM_SOCKETS_VERSION_MAJOR(_v) (((_v)&0x00FF0000) >> 16)
+#define VM_SOCKETS_VERSION_MINOR(_v) (((_v)&0x0000FFFF))
+struct sockaddr_vm {
+    __kernel_sa_family_t svm_family;
+    unsigned short svm_reserved1;
+    unsigned int svm_port;
+    unsigned int svm_cid;
+    unsigned char svm_zero[sizeof(struct sockaddr) - sizeof(sa_family_t) - sizeof(unsigned short) -
+                           sizeof(unsigned int) - sizeof(unsigned int)];
+};
+#define IOCTL_VM_SOCKETS_GET_LOCAL_CID _IO(7, 0xb9)
+#ifndef AF_VSOCK
+#define AF_VSOCK 40
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/adb/transport.h b/adb/transport.h
index 3baeb1c..71e4857 100644
--- a/adb/transport.h
+++ b/adb/transport.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <thread>
 #include <unordered_set>
 
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@
 asocket* create_device_tracker(bool long_output);
 
 #if !ADB_HOST
-void server_socket_thread(int port);
+void server_socket_thread(std::string_view spec);
 
 #if defined(__ANDROID__)
 void qemu_socket_thread(int port);
diff --git a/adb/transport_local.cpp b/adb/transport_local.cpp
index 8885db4..c254d1d 100644
--- a/adb/transport_local.cpp
+++ b/adb/transport_local.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include <condition_variable>
+#include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <thread>
@@ -74,14 +75,15 @@
     unique_fd fd;
     int port = DEFAULT_ADB_LOCAL_TRANSPORT_PORT;
     std::string serial;
-    if (socket_spec_connect(&fd, "tcp:" + address, &port, &serial, response)) {
+    std::string prefix_addr = address.starts_with("vsock:") ? address : "tcp:" + address;
+    if (socket_spec_connect(&fd, prefix_addr, &port, &serial, response)) {
         close_on_exec(fd);
         if (!set_tcp_keepalive(fd, 1)) {
             D("warning: failed to configure TCP keepalives (%s)", strerror(errno));
         }
         return std::make_tuple(std::move(fd), port, serial);
     }
-    return std::make_tuple(unique_fd(), 0, "");
+    return std::make_tuple(unique_fd(), 0, serial);
 }
 
 void connect_device(const std::string& address, std::string* response) {
@@ -95,6 +97,9 @@
     int port;
     std::string serial;
     std::tie(fd, port, serial) = tcp_connect(address, response);
+    if (fd.get() == -1) {
+        return;
+    }
     auto reconnect = [address](atransport* t) {
         std::string response;
         unique_fd fd;
@@ -231,16 +236,20 @@
 
 #else  // !ADB_HOST
 
-void server_socket_thread(int port) {
+void server_socket_thread(std::string_view spec) {
     unique_fd serverfd;
 
     adb_thread_setname("server socket");
     D("transport: server_socket_thread() starting");
+    int port;
     while (serverfd == -1) {
-        std::string spec = android::base::StringPrintf("tcp:%d", port);
         std::string error;
-        serverfd.reset(socket_spec_listen(spec, &error));
-        if (serverfd < 0) {
+        errno = 0;
+        serverfd.reset(socket_spec_listen(spec, &error, &port));
+        if (errno == EAFNOSUPPORT || errno == EINVAL || errno == EPROTONOSUPPORT) {
+            D("unrecoverable error: '%s'", error.c_str());
+            return;
+        } else if (serverfd < 0) {
             D("server: cannot bind socket yet: %s", error.c_str());
             std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
             continue;
@@ -249,7 +258,8 @@
     }
 
     while (true) {
-        D("server: trying to get new connection from %d", port);
+        std::string spec_str{spec};
+        D("server: trying to get new connection from %s", spec_str.c_str());
         unique_fd fd(adb_socket_accept(serverfd, nullptr, nullptr));
         if (fd >= 0) {
             D("server: new connection on fd %d", fd.get());
@@ -266,25 +276,25 @@
 #endif
 
 void local_init(int port) {
-    void (*func)(int);
-    const char* debug_name = "";
-
 #if ADB_HOST
-    func = client_socket_thread;
-    debug_name = "client";
+    D("transport: local client init");
+    std::thread(client_socket_thread, port).detach();
 #elif !defined(__ANDROID__)
     // Host adbd.
-    func = server_socket_thread;
-    debug_name = "server";
+    D("transport: local server init");
+    std::thread(server_socket_thread, android::base::StringPrintf("tcp:%d", port)).detach();
+    std::thread(server_socket_thread, android::base::StringPrintf("vsock:%d", port)).detach();
 #else
+    D("transport: local server init");
     // For the adbd daemon in the system image we need to distinguish
     // between the device, and the emulator.
-    func = use_qemu_goldfish() ? qemu_socket_thread : server_socket_thread;
-    debug_name = "server";
+    if (use_qemu_goldfish()) {
+        std::thread(qemu_socket_thread, port).detach();
+    } else {
+        std::thread(server_socket_thread, android::base::StringPrintf("tcp:%d", port)).detach();
+    }
+    std::thread(server_socket_thread, android::base::StringPrintf("vsock:%d", port)).detach();
 #endif // !ADB_HOST
-
-    D("transport: local %s init", debug_name);
-    std::thread(func, port).detach();
 }
 
 #if ADB_HOST