diff --git a/internal/pkg/cppdependencyscanner/depsscannerclient/depsscannerclient.go b/internal/pkg/cppdependencyscanner/depsscannerclient/depsscannerclient.go
index 9d94d578..22d8defe 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/cppdependencyscanner/depsscannerclient/depsscannerclient.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/cppdependencyscanner/depsscannerclient/depsscannerclient.go
@@ -193,12 +193,13 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, executor executor, cacheDir string, cacheFileMaxMb
 }
 
 // buildAddress generates an address for the depsscanner process to listen on.
-// If reproxy is on UNIX and using a UDS address then it will append .despscan.sock
-// to that address. Otherwise a random TCP port will be chosen.
+// If reproxy is on UNIX and using a UDS address then it will prepend _ds to
+// the sock file name. Otherwise a random TCP port will be chosen.
 func buildAddress(proxyServerAddress string, openPortFunc func() (int, error)) (string, error) {
 	address := proxyServerAddress
 	if ipc.GrpcCxxSupportsUDS && strings.HasPrefix(address, "unix://") {
-		return address + ".despscan.sock", nil
+		dir, sockFile := filepath.Split(address[len("unix://"):])
+		return fmt.Sprintf("unix://%s", filepath.Join(dir, "ds_"+sockFile)), nil
 	}
 	if strings.HasPrefix(address, "unix://") || strings.HasPrefix(address, "pipe://") {
 		address = fmt.Sprintf("%s:0", localhost)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/cppdependencyscanner/depsscannerclient/depsscannerclient_test.go b/internal/pkg/cppdependencyscanner/depsscannerclient/depsscannerclient_test.go
index c9415143..8698ef39 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/cppdependencyscanner/depsscannerclient/depsscannerclient_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/cppdependencyscanner/depsscannerclient/depsscannerclient_test.go
@@ -701,11 +701,32 @@ func TestBuildAddress(t *testing.T) {
 		wantAddr     string
 	}{
 		{
-			name:         "UnixSocketOnUnix",
+			name:         "UnixSocketAbsOnUnix",
 			platforms:    []string{"linux", "darwin"},
-			serverAddr:   "unix://some/dir/somesocket.sock",
+			serverAddr:   "unix:///some/dir/somesocket.sock",
+			openPortFunc: func() (int, error) { return 111, nil },
+			wantAddr:     "unix:///some/dir/ds_somesocket.sock",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "UnixSocketAbsNoDirsOnUnix",
+			platforms:    []string{"linux", "darwin"},
+			serverAddr:   "unix:///somesocket.sock",
+			openPortFunc: func() (int, error) { return 111, nil },
+			wantAddr:     "unix:///ds_somesocket.sock",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "UnixSocketRelNoDirsOnUnix",
+			platforms:    []string{"linux", "darwin"},
+			serverAddr:   "unix://somesocket.sock",
+			openPortFunc: func() (int, error) { return 111, nil },
+			wantAddr:     "unix://ds_somesocket.sock",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "UnixSocketRelOnUnix",
+			platforms:    []string{"linux", "darwin"},
+			serverAddr:   "unix://a/b/somesocket.sock",
 			openPortFunc: func() (int, error) { return 111, nil },
-			wantAddr:     "unix://some/dir/somesocket.sock.despscan.sock",
+			wantAddr:     "unix://a/b/ds_somesocket.sock",
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "UnixSocketOnWindows",