diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b8521270..c794866c7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ if(WITH_GIT_SUBMODULE)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_DLT_UNIT_TESTS)
+    set(DLT_IPC "UNIX_SOCKET")
     find_package(GTest)
     if(GTEST_FOUND)
         find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/daemon/dlt_daemon_unix_socket.c b/src/daemon/dlt_daemon_unix_socket.c
index 8324e0239..e35f03b5b 100644
--- a/src/daemon/dlt_daemon_unix_socket.c
+++ b/src/daemon/dlt_daemon_unix_socket.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ int dlt_daemon_unix_socket_open(int *sock, char *sock_path, int type, int mask)
     addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     memcpy(addr.sun_path, sock_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path));
 
-    if (unlink(sock_path) != 0) {
+    if(unlink(sock_path) != 0 && (errno != ENOENT)) {
         dlt_vlog(LOG_WARNING, "%s: unlink() failed: %s\n",
                 __func__, strerror(errno));
     }