diff --git a/profiler/src/ProfilerEngine/Datadog.Profiler.Native/ProfileExporter.cpp b/profiler/src/ProfilerEngine/Datadog.Profiler.Native/ProfileExporter.cpp
index 16f19839f4fc..774f19fd8398 100644
--- a/profiler/src/ProfilerEngine/Datadog.Profiler.Native/ProfileExporter.cpp
+++ b/profiler/src/ProfilerEngine/Datadog.Profiler.Native/ProfileExporter.cpp
@@ -279,6 +279,17 @@ std::string ProfileExporter::BuildAgentEndpoint(IConfiguration const* configurat
     // handle "with agent" case
     auto url = configuration->GetAgentUrl(); // copy expected here
 
+    if (url.rfind("unix://", 0) == 0)
+    {
+        auto path = fs::path(url.substr(7));
+        std::error_code ec;
+        if (!fs::exists(path, ec))
+        {
+            Log::Debug("Env var '", EnvironmentVariables::AgentUrl, "' contains a path to a non-existent UDS '", url, "'. Fallback to default (HTTP).");
+            url = "";
+        }
+    }
+
     if (url.empty())
     {
         // Agent mode
@@ -298,14 +309,14 @@ std::string ProfileExporter::BuildAgentEndpoint(IConfiguration const* configurat
         }
 
 #endif
+    }
 
-        if (url.empty())
-        {
-            // Use default HTTP endpoint
-            std::stringstream oss;
-            oss << "http://" << configuration->GetAgentHost() << ":" << configuration->GetAgentPort();
-            url = oss.str();
-        }
+    if (url.empty())
+    {
+        // Use default HTTP endpoint
+        std::stringstream oss;
+        oss << "http://" << configuration->GetAgentHost() << ":" << configuration->GetAgentPort();
+        url = oss.str();
     }
 
     Log::Info("Using agent endpoint ", url);
diff --git a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Allocations/AllocationsProfilerTest.cs b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Allocations/AllocationsProfilerTest.cs
index 6f8bf0196298..668dea3d91e3 100644
--- a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Allocations/AllocationsProfilerTest.cs
+++ b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Allocations/AllocationsProfilerTest.cs
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ private static int GotoEoL(string text, int pos)
                         // no size available for .NET Framework
                         if (sample.Value.Count > 1)
                         {
-                           size = sample.Value[1];
+                            size = sample.Value[1];
                         }
 
                         var labels = sample.Labels(profile).ToArray();
diff --git a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Bugs/UnixDomainSocketBug.cs b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Bugs/UnixDomainSocketBug.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b81da61ad6a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Bugs/UnixDomainSocketBug.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// <copyright file="UnixDomainSocketBug.cs" company="Datadog">
+// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed under the Apache 2 License.
+// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/). Copyright 2022 Datadog, Inc.
+// </copyright>
+
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests.Helpers;
+using Datadog.Profiler.SmokeTests;
+using Xunit;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+
+namespace Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests.Bugs
+{
+    public class UnixDomainSocketBug
+    {
+        private readonly ITestOutputHelper _output;
+
+        public UnixDomainSocketBug(ITestOutputHelper output)
+        {
+            _output = output;
+        }
+
+        [TestAppFact("Samples.Computer01")]
+        public void MustUseHttpIfUDS_DoesNotExist(string appName, string framework, string appAssembly)
+        {
+            var runner = new SmokeTestRunner(appName, framework, appAssembly, commandLine: "--scenario 1", output: _output);
+            EnvironmentHelper.DisableDefaultProfilers(runner);
+            runner.EnvironmentHelper.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.WallTimeProfilerEnabled, "1");
+            runner.EnvironmentHelper.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.AgentUrl, "unix:///non_existent/socket");
+            runner.RunAndCheck();
+
+            var logFile = Directory.GetFiles(runner.EnvironmentHelper.LogDir)
+                .Single(f => Path.GetFileName(f).StartsWith("DD-DotNet-Profiler-Native-"));
+
+            var nbSignalHandlerInstallation = File.ReadLines(logFile)
+                .Count(l => l.Contains("Env var 'DD_TRACE_AGENT_URL' contains a path to a non-existent UDS 'unix:///non_existent/socket'. Fallback to default (HTTP)."));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Exceptions/ExceptionsTest.cs b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Exceptions/ExceptionsTest.cs
index bb8fffe46b3f..8f08cf8d3ed0 100644
--- a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Exceptions/ExceptionsTest.cs
+++ b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Exceptions/ExceptionsTest.cs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public void ThrowExceptionsInParallel(string appName, string framework, string a
         }
 
         [Trait("Category", "LinuxOnly")]
-        [TestAppFact("Samples.ExceptionGenerator", new [] { "net462", "netcoreapp3.1", "net6.0", "net8.0", })] // FIXME: .NET 9 skipping .NET 9 for now
+        [TestAppFact("Samples.ExceptionGenerator", new[] { "net462", "netcoreapp3.1", "net6.0", "net8.0", })] // FIXME: .NET 9 skipping .NET 9 for now
         public void ThrowExceptionsInParallelWithNewCpuProfiler(string appName, string framework, string appAssembly)
         {
             StackTrace expectedStack;
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public void Sampling(string appName, string framework, string appAssembly)
             exceptionCounts.Should().ContainKey("System.InvalidOperationException").WhoseValue.Should().Be(1);
         }
 
-        [TestAppFact("Samples.ExceptionGenerator", new [] { "net462", "netcoreapp3.1", "net6.0", "net8.0", })] // FIXME: .NET 9 skipping .NET 9 for now
+        [TestAppFact("Samples.ExceptionGenerator", new[] { "net462", "netcoreapp3.1", "net6.0", "net8.0", })] // FIXME: .NET 9 skipping .NET 9 for now
         public void GetExceptionSamplesWithTimestamp(string appName, string framework, string appAssembly)
         {
             var runner = new TestApplicationRunner(appName, framework, appAssembly, _output, commandLine: Scenario1);
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public void GetExceptionSamplesWithTimestamp(string appName, string framework, s
             CheckExceptionProfiles(runner, true);
         }
 
-        [TestAppFact("Samples.ExceptionGenerator", new [] { "net462", "netcoreapp3.1", "net6.0", "net8.0", })] // FIXME: .NET 9 skipping .NET 9 for now
+        [TestAppFact("Samples.ExceptionGenerator", new[] { "net462", "netcoreapp3.1", "net6.0", "net8.0", })] // FIXME: .NET 9 skipping .NET 9 for now
         public void GetExceptionSamplesWithoutTimestamp(string appName, string framework, string appAssembly)
         {
             var runner = new TestApplicationRunner(appName, framework, appAssembly, _output, commandLine: Scenario1);
diff --git a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Helpers/EnvironmentHelper.cs b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Helpers/EnvironmentHelper.cs
index d80899d4621e..4cf1ab49eae4 100644
--- a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Helpers/EnvironmentHelper.cs
+++ b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Helpers/EnvironmentHelper.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests.Xunit;
+using Datadog.Profiler.SmokeTests;
 
 namespace Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests.Helpers
 {
@@ -91,11 +92,12 @@ internal static string GetConfiguration()
 
         internal static void DisableDefaultProfilers(TestApplicationRunner runner)
         {
-            runner.Environment.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.WallTimeProfilerEnabled, "0");
-            runner.Environment.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.CpuProfilerEnabled, "0");
-            runner.Environment.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.GarbageCollectionProfilerEnabled, "0");
-            runner.Environment.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.ExceptionProfilerEnabled, "0");
-            runner.Environment.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.ContentionProfilerEnabled, "0");
+            DisableDefaultProfilers(runner.Environment);
+        }
+
+        internal static void DisableDefaultProfilers(SmokeTestRunner runner)
+        {
+            DisableDefaultProfilers(runner.EnvironmentHelper);
         }
 
         internal void EnableTracer()
@@ -213,6 +215,15 @@ internal string GetTestOutputPath()
             return _testOutputPath;
         }
 
+        private static void DisableDefaultProfilers(EnvironmentHelper env)
+        {
+            env.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.WallTimeProfilerEnabled, "0");
+            env.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.CpuProfilerEnabled, "0");
+            env.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.GarbageCollectionProfilerEnabled, "0");
+            env.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.ExceptionProfilerEnabled, "0");
+            env.SetVariable(EnvironmentVariables.ContentionProfilerEnabled, "0");
+        }
+
         private static string BuildTestOutputPath(string framework)
         {
             // DD_TESTING_OUPUT_DIR is set by the CI
diff --git a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Helpers/EnvironmentVariables.cs b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Helpers/EnvironmentVariables.cs
index 5dd89adbe62b..ef68bdde251a 100644
--- a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Helpers/EnvironmentVariables.cs
+++ b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Helpers/EnvironmentVariables.cs
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ internal class EnvironmentVariables
         public const string TelemetryToDiskEnabled = "DD_INTERNAL_PROFILING_TELEMETRY_TO_DISK_ENABLED";
         public const string EtwReplayEndpoint = "DD_INTERNAL_ETW_REPLAY_ENDPOINT";
         public const string SsiTelemetryEnabled = "DD_INTERNAL_PROFILING_SSI_TELEMETRY_ENABLED";
+        public const string AgentUrl = "DD_TRACE_AGENT_URL";
     }
 }
diff --git a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Signature/SignatureTest.cs b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Signature/SignatureTest.cs
index 3cb031fbeef5..4721ad795717 100644
--- a/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Signature/SignatureTest.cs
+++ b/profiler/test/Datadog.Profiler.IntegrationTests/Signature/SignatureTest.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public SignatureTest(ITestOutputHelper output)
             _output = output;
         }
 
-        [TestAppFact("Samples.Computer01", new [] { "net462", "netcoreapp3.1", "net6.0", "net8.0", })] // FIXME: .NET 9 skipping .NET 9 for now
+        [TestAppFact("Samples.Computer01", new[] { "net462", "netcoreapp3.1", "net6.0", "net8.0", })] // FIXME: .NET 9 skipping .NET 9 for now
         public void ValidateSignatures(string appName, string framework, string appAssembly)
         {
             var runner = new TestApplicationRunner(appName, framework, appAssembly, _output, commandLine: "--scenario 20");
diff --git a/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.TestHelpers/MockSpanLink.cs b/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.TestHelpers/MockSpanLink.cs
index a960cd63f86f..b0a3073a85b4 100644
--- a/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.TestHelpers/MockSpanLink.cs
+++ b/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.TestHelpers/MockSpanLink.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ public class MockSpanLink
         public string TraceState { get; set; }
 
         [Key("attributes")]
-        public Dictionary<string, string>  Attributes { get; set; }
+        public Dictionary<string, string> Attributes { get; set; }
     }
 }