diff --git a/creds/peercreds/peercreds.go b/creds/peercreds/peercreds.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..277cb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/creds/peercreds/peercreds.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package peercreds
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"net"
+
+	"github.com/tailscale/peercred"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
+)
+
+var _ credentials.TransportCredentials = (*peerCreds)(nil)
+
+var common = credentials.CommonAuthInfo{SecurityLevel: credentials.PrivacyAndIntegrity}
+
+func New() credentials.TransportCredentials {
+	return &peerCreds{info: credentials.ProtocolInfo{
+		SecurityProtocol: "peercred",
+		ProtocolVersion:  "0.1",
+	}}
+}
+
+type peerCreds struct {
+	info credentials.ProtocolInfo
+}
+
+// AuthInfo we’ll attach to the gRPC peer
+type AuthInfo struct {
+	credentials.CommonAuthInfo
+	Creds *peercred.Creds
+}
+
+func (AuthInfo) AuthType() string { return "peercred" }
+
+func (t *peerCreds) ClientHandshake(_ context.Context, _ string, conn net.Conn) (net.Conn, credentials.AuthInfo, error) {
+	return t.handshakeConn(conn)
+}
+
+func (t *peerCreds) ServerHandshake(conn net.Conn) (net.Conn, credentials.AuthInfo, error) {
+	return t.handshakeConn(conn)
+}
+
+func (t *peerCreds) Info() credentials.ProtocolInfo {
+	return t.info
+}
+
+func (t *peerCreds) Clone() credentials.TransportCredentials {
+	return &peerCreds{info: t.info}
+}
+
+func (t *peerCreds) OverrideServerName(name string) error {
+	t.info.ServerName = name
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *peerCreds) handshakeConn(conn net.Conn) (net.Conn, credentials.AuthInfo, error) {
+	if conn.RemoteAddr().Network() != "unix" {
+		return nil, nil, errors.New("peercred only works with unix domain sockets")
+	}
+	creds, err := peercred.Get(conn)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, peercred.ErrNotImplemented) {
+			return nil, nil, errors.New("peercred not implemented on this OS")
+		}
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	return conn, AuthInfo{Creds: creds, CommonAuthInfo: common}, nil
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 694060d..2429415 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.3.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+	github.com/tailscale/peercred v0.0.0-20250107143737-35a0c7bd7edc
 	github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5
 	github.com/traefik/grpc-web v0.16.0
 	github.com/uptrace/opentelemetry-go-extra/otellogrus v0.3.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1808060..5af313e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXl
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
+github.com/tailscale/peercred v0.0.0-20250107143737-35a0c7bd7edc h1:24heQPtnFR+yfntqhI3oAu9i27nEojcQ4NuBQOo5ZFA=
+github.com/tailscale/peercred v0.0.0-20250107143737-35a0c7bd7edc/go.mod h1:f93CXfllFsO9ZQVq+Zocb1Gp4G5Fz0b0rXHLOzt/Djc=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5 h1:LnC5Kc/wtumK+WB441p7ynQJzVuNRJiqddSIE3IlSEQ=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/traefik/grpc-web v0.16.0 h1:eeUWZaFg6ZU0I9dWOYE2D5qkNzRBmXzzuRlxdltascY=
diff --git a/service/service.go b/service/service.go
index 62b47d5..ed44b86 100644
--- a/service/service.go
+++ b/service/service.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/health/grpc_health_v1"
 	greflect "google.golang.org/grpc/reflection"
 
+	"go.linka.cloud/grpc-toolkit/creds/peercreds"
 	"go.linka.cloud/grpc-toolkit/interceptors/chain"
 	"go.linka.cloud/grpc-toolkit/internal/injectlogger"
 	"go.linka.cloud/grpc-toolkit/logger"
@@ -138,6 +139,9 @@ func newService(opts ...Option) (*service, error) {
 		grpc.StreamInterceptor(si),
 		grpc.UnaryInterceptor(ui),
 	}
+	if _, ok := s.opts.lis.(*net.UnixListener); ok || strings.HasPrefix(s.opts.address, "unix://") {
+		gopts = append(gopts, grpc.Creds(peercreds.New()))
+	}
 	s.server = grpc.NewServer(append(gopts, s.opts.serverOpts...)...)
 	if s.opts.reflection {
 		greflect.Register(s.server)