diff --git a/pageant_windows.go b/pageant_windows.go
index 1608e54..072b81b 100644
--- a/pageant_windows.go
+++ b/pageant_windows.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 )
 
-// Maximum size of message can be sent to pageant
+// Maximum size of message can be sent to pageant.
 const MaxMessageLen = 8192
 
 var (
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ func winAPI(dll *windows.LazyDLL, funcName string) func(...uintptr) (uintptr, ui
 }
 
 // Query sends message msg to Pageant and returns response or error.
-// 'msg' is raw agent request with length prefix
-// Response is raw agent response with length prefix
 func query(msg []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	if len(msg) > MaxMessageLen {
 		return nil, ErrMessageTooLong
diff --git a/sshagent.go b/sshagent.go
index 4a4ee30..f3bc509 100644
--- a/sshagent.go
+++ b/sshagent.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent"
 )
 
-// New returns a new agent.Agent that uses a unix socket
+// New returns a new agent.Agent that uses a unix socket.
 func New() (agent.Agent, net.Conn, error) {
 	if !Available() {
 		return nil, nil, errors.New("SSH agent requested but SSH_AUTH_SOCK not-specified")
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func New() (agent.Agent, net.Conn, error) {
 	return agent.NewClient(conn), conn, nil
 }
 
-// Available returns true is a auth socket is defined
+// Available returns true if an auth socket is defined.
 func Available() bool {
 	return os.Getenv("SSH_AUTH_SOCK") != ""
 }
diff --git a/sshagent_windows.go b/sshagent_windows.go
index 175d161..394cad6 100644
--- a/sshagent_windows.go
+++ b/sshagent_windows.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"net"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/Microsoft/go-winio"
@@ -33,15 +35,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	sshAgentPipe = `\\.\pipe\openssh-ssh-agent`
+	pipe             = `\\.\pipe\`
+	openSSHAgentPipe = pipe + "openssh-ssh-agent"
 )
 
-// Available returns true if Pageant is running
+// Available returns true if Pageant is running.
 func Available() bool {
 	if pageantWindow() != 0 {
 		return true
 	}
-	conn, err := winio.DialPipe(sshAgentPipe, nil)
+	if sshAuthSock := os.Getenv("SSH_AUTH_SOCK"); sshAuthSock != "" {
+		return true
+	}
+	conn, err := winio.DialPipe(openSSHAgentPipe, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -50,18 +56,34 @@ func Available() bool {
 }
 
 // New returns a new agent.Agent and the (custom) connection it uses
-// to communicate with a running pagent.exe instance (see README.md)
+// to communicate with a running pagent.exe instance (see README.md).
 func New() (agent.Agent, net.Conn, error) {
 	if pageantWindow() != 0 {
 		return agent.NewClient(&conn{}), nil, nil
 	}
+
+	sshAgentPipe := openSSHAgentPipe
+	if sshAuthSock := os.Getenv("SSH_AUTH_SOCK"); sshAuthSock != "" {
+		conn, err := net.Dial("unix", sshAuthSock)
+		if err == nil {
+			return agent.NewClient(conn), conn, nil
+		}
+
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(sshAuthSock, pipe) {
+			sshAuthSock = pipe + sshAuthSock
+		}
+
+		sshAgentPipe = sshAuthSock
+	}
+
 	conn, err := winio.DialPipe(sshAgentPipe, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, errors.New(
 			"SSH agent requested, but could not detect Pageant or Windows native SSH agent",
 		)
 	}
-	return agent.NewClient(conn), nil, nil
+
+	return agent.NewClient(conn), conn, nil
 }
 
 type conn struct {