diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bef310b..d8dfde3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ phpunit.xml
 vendor
 .php_cs.cache
 coverage
+.phpunit.result.cache
diff --git a/lib/IpcServer.php b/lib/IpcServer.php
index e4feef9..51c00d2 100644
--- a/lib/IpcServer.php
+++ b/lib/IpcServer.php
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ use Amp\Success;
 
 class IpcServer
 {
+    public const TYPE_AUTO = 0;
+    public const TYPE_UNIX = 1 << 0;
+    public const TYPE_FIFO = 1 << 1;
+    public const TYPE_TCP = 1 << 2;
     /** @var resource|null */
     private $server;
 
@@ -23,10 +27,10 @@ class IpcServer
     private $uri;
 
     /**
-     * @param string  $uri     Local endpoint on which to listen for requests
-     * @param boolean $useFIFO Whether to use FIFOs instead of the more reliable UNIX socket server (CHOSEN AUTOMATICALLY, only for testing purposes)
+     * @param string       $uri  Local endpoint on which to listen for requests
+     * @param self::TYPE_* $type Server type
      */
-    public function __construct(string $uri = '', bool $useFIFO = false)
+    public function __construct(string $uri = '', int $type = self::TYPE_AUTO)
     {
         if (!$uri) {
             $suffix = \bin2hex(\random_bytes(10));
@@ -39,47 +43,86 @@ class IpcServer
 
 
         $isWindows = \strncasecmp(\PHP_OS, "WIN", 3) === 0;
-
         if ($isWindows) {
-            if ($useFIFO) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException("Cannot use FIFOs on windows");
+            if ($type === self::TYPE_AUTO || $type === self::TYPE_TCP) {
+                $types = [self::TYPE_TCP];
+            } else {
+                throw new \RuntimeException("Cannot use FIFOs and UNIX sockets on windows");
             }
             $listenUri = "tcp://127.0.0.1:0";
+        } elseif ($type === self::TYPE_AUTO) {
+            $types = [self::TYPE_UNIX, self::TYPE_TCP, self::TYPE_FIFO];
         } else {
+            $types = [];
+            if ($type & self::TYPE_UNIX) {
+                $types []= self::TYPE_UNIX;
+            }
+            if ($type & self::TYPE_TCP) {
+                $types []= self::TYPE_TCP;
+            }
+            if ($type & self::TYPE_FIFO) {
+                $types []= self::TYPE_FIFO;
+            }
             $listenUri = "unix://".$uri;
         }
 
-        if (!$useFIFO) {
-            try {
-                $this->server = \stream_socket_server($listenUri, $errno, $errstr, \STREAM_SERVER_BIND | \STREAM_SERVER_LISTEN);
-            } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+        $errors = [];
+        foreach ($types as $type) {
+            if ($type === self::TYPE_FIFO) {
+                if (!\posix_mkfifo($uri, 0777)) {
+                    $errors[$type] = "could not create the FIFO socket";
+                    continue;
+                }
+                $error = '';
+                try {
+                    // Open in r+w mode to prevent blocking if there is no reader
+                    $this->server = \fopen($uri, 'r+');
+                } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                    $error = "$e";
+                }
+                if ($this->server) {
+                    \stream_set_blocking($this->server, false);
+                    break;
+                }
+                $errors[$type] = "could not connect to the FIFO socket: $error";
+            } else {
+                $listenUri = $type === self::TYPE_TCP ? "tcp://127.0.0.1:0" : "unix://".$uri;
+                try {
+                    $this->server = \stream_socket_server($listenUri, $errno, $errstr, \STREAM_SERVER_BIND | \STREAM_SERVER_LISTEN);
+                } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                    $errno = -1;
+                    $errstr = "exception: $e";
+                }
+                if ($this->server) {
+                    if ($type === self::TYPE_TCP) {
+                        $name = \stream_socket_get_name($this->server, false);
+                        $port = \substr($name, \strrpos($name, ":") + 1);
+                        try {
+                            if (!\file_put_contents($this->uri, "tcp://127.0.0.1:".$port)) {
+                                $errors[$type] = 'could not create URI file';
+                                $this->server = null;
+                            }
+                        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                            $errors[$type] = "could not create URI file: $e";
+                            $this->server = null;
+                        }
+                        if (!$this->server) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+                $errors[$type] = "(errno: $errno) $errstr";
             }
         }
 
-        $fifo = false;
         if (!$this->server) {
-            if ($isWindows) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException(\sprintf("Could not create IPC server: (Errno: %d) %s", $errno, $errstr));
-            }
-            if (!\posix_mkfifo($uri, 0777)) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException(\sprintf("Could not create the FIFO socket, and could not create IPC server: (Errno: %d) %s", $errno, $errstr));
-            }
-            if (!$this->server = \fopen($uri, 'r+')) { // Open in r+w mode to prevent blocking if there is no reader
-                throw new \RuntimeException(\sprintf("Could not connect to the FIFO socket, and could not create IPC server: (Errno: %d) %s", $errno, $errstr));
-            }
-            \stream_set_blocking($this->server, false);
-            $fifo = true;
-        }
-
-        if ($isWindows) {
-            $name = \stream_socket_get_name($this->server, false);
-            $port = \substr($name, \strrpos($name, ":") + 1);
-            \file_put_contents($this->uri, "tcp://127.0.0.1:".$port);
+            throw new IpcServerException($errors);
         }
 
         $acceptor = &$this->acceptor;
-        $this->watcher = Loop::onReadable($this->server, static function (string $watcher, $server) use (&$acceptor, $fifo): void {
-            if ($fifo) {
+        $this->watcher = Loop::onReadable($this->server, static function (string $watcher, $server) use (&$acceptor, $type): void {
+            if ($type === self::TYPE_FIFO) {
                 $length = \unpack('v', \fread($server, 2))[1];
                 if (!$length) {
                     return; // Could not accept, wrong length read
diff --git a/lib/IpcServerException.php b/lib/IpcServerException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c66a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/IpcServerException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Amp\Ipc;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown in case server connection fails.
+ */
+final class IpcServerException extends \Exception
+{
+    private const TYPE_MAP = [
+        IpcServer::TYPE_UNIX => 'UNIX',
+        IpcServer::TYPE_TCP => 'TCP',
+        IpcServer::TYPE_FIFO => 'FIFO',
+    ];
+    public function __construct(
+        array $messages,
+        int $code = 0,
+        \Throwable $previous = null
+    ) {
+        $message = "Could not create IPC server: ";
+        foreach ($messages as $type => $error) {
+            $message .= self::TYPE_MAP[$type].": $error; ";
+        }
+        parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index 632555f..75c1c37 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -1,28 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<phpunit
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://schema.phpunit.de/4.1/phpunit.xsd"
-    backupGlobals="false"
-    backupStaticAttributes="false"
-    bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
-    colors="true"
-    convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
-    convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
-    convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
-    processIsolation="false"
-    stopOnFailure="false"
->
-    <testsuites>
-        <testsuite name="Amp Concurrent">
-            <directory>test</directory>
-        </testsuite>
-    </testsuites>
-    <filter>
-        <whitelist>
-            <directory suffix=".php">lib</directory>
-        </whitelist>
-    </filter>
-    <logging>
-        <log type="coverage-html" target="build/coverage"/>
-    </logging>
+<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://schema.phpunit.de/9.3/phpunit.xsd" backupGlobals="false" backupStaticAttributes="false" bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php" colors="true" convertErrorsToExceptions="true" convertNoticesToExceptions="true" convertWarningsToExceptions="true" processIsolation="false" stopOnFailure="false">
+  <coverage>
+    <include>
+      <directory suffix=".php">lib</directory>
+    </include>
+    <report>
+      <html outputDirectory="build/coverage" />
+    </report>
+  </coverage>
+  <testsuites>
+    <testsuite name="Amp Concurrent">
+      <directory>test</directory>
+    </testsuite>
+  </testsuites>
+  <logging />
 </phpunit>
diff --git a/test/Fixtures/echoServer.php b/test/Fixtures/echoServer.php
index e02c38b..bde7c79 100644
--- a/test/Fixtures/echoServer.php
+++ b/test/Fixtures/echoServer.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use Amp\Parallel\Sync\Channel;
 use function Amp\delay;
 
 return function (Channel $channel) use ($argv) {
-    $server = new IpcServer($argv[1], $argv[2] === "1" ? true : false);
+    $server = new IpcServer($argv[1], (int) $argv[2]);
 
     yield $channel->send($server->getUri());
 
diff --git a/test/Fixtures/server.php b/test/Fixtures/server.php
index 3b6dc49..ef7b780 100644
--- a/test/Fixtures/server.php
+++ b/test/Fixtures/server.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use Amp\Parallel\Sync\Channel;
 use function Amp\delay;
 
 return function (Channel $channel) use ($argv) {
-    $server = new IpcServer($argv[1], $argv[2] === "1" ? true : false);
+    $server = new IpcServer($argv[1], (int) $argv[2]);
 
     yield $channel->send($server->getUri());
 
diff --git a/test/IpcTest.php b/test/IpcTest.php
index 0deb1f6..91f78b1 100644
--- a/test/IpcTest.php
+++ b/test/IpcTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Amp\Ipc\Test;
 
+use Amp\Ipc\IpcServer;
 use Amp\Ipc\Sync\ChannelledSocket;
 use Amp\Parallel\Context\Process;
 use Amp\PHPUnit\AsyncTestCase;
@@ -11,10 +12,10 @@ use function Amp\Ipc\connect;
 
 class IpcTest extends AsyncTestCase
 {
-    /** @dataProvider provideUriFifo */
-    public function testBasicIPC(string $uri, bool $fifo)
+    /** @dataProvider provideUriType */
+    public function testBasicIPC(string $uri, int $type)
     {
-        $process = new Process([__DIR__.'/Fixtures/server.php', $uri, $fifo]);
+        $process = new Process([__DIR__.'/Fixtures/server.php', $uri, $type]);
         yield $process->start();
 
         $recvUri = yield $process->receive();
@@ -33,10 +34,10 @@ class IpcTest extends AsyncTestCase
         $this->assertNull(yield $process->join());
     }
 
-    /** @dataProvider provideUriFifo */
-    public function testIPCDisconectWhileReading(string $uri, bool $fifo)
+    /** @dataProvider provideUriType */
+    public function testIPCDisconectWhileReading(string $uri, int $type)
     {
-        $process = new Process([__DIR__.'/Fixtures/echoServer.php', $uri, $fifo]);
+        $process = new Process([__DIR__.'/Fixtures/echoServer.php', $uri, $type]);
         yield $process->start();
 
         $recvUri = yield $process->receive();
@@ -57,14 +58,17 @@ class IpcTest extends AsyncTestCase
         $this->assertNull(yield $process->join());
     }
 
-    public function provideUriFifo(): \Generator
+    public function provideUriType(): \Generator
     {
         foreach (['', \sys_get_temp_dir().'/pony'] as $uri) {
             if (\strncasecmp(\PHP_OS, "WIN", 3) === 0) {
-                yield [$uri, false];
+                yield [$uri, IpcServer::TYPE_AUTO];
+                yield [$uri, IpcServer::TYPE_TCP];
             } else {
-                yield [$uri, true];
-                yield [$uri, false];
+                yield [$uri, IpcServer::TYPE_AUTO];
+                yield [$uri, IpcServer::TYPE_TCP];
+                yield [$uri, IpcServer::TYPE_UNIX];
+                yield [$uri, IpcServer::TYPE_FIFO];
             }
         }
     }