diff --git a/changelog.d/24026_fix_docker_logs_socket_path.fix.md b/changelog.d/24026_fix_docker_logs_socket_path.fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a6ef009511bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/24026_fix_docker_logs_socket_path.fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fixed an issue in the `docker_logs` source where the `docker_host` option and `DOCKER_HOST` environment variable were ignored if they started with `unix://` or `npipe://`. In those cases the default location for the Docker socket was used
+
+authors: titaneric
diff --git a/src/docker.rs b/src/docker.rs
index 3780405056eea..cd13a4c4c54ce 100644
--- a/src/docker.rs
+++ b/src/docker.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ pub fn docker(host: Option<String>, tls: Option<DockerTlsConfig>) -> crate::Resu
                     .map_err(Into::into)
                 }
                 Some("unix") | Some("npipe") | None => {
-                    Docker::connect_with_defaults().map_err(Into::into)
+                    Docker::connect_with_socket(&host, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, API_DEFAULT_VERSION)
+                        .map_err(Into::into)
                 }
                 Some(scheme) => Err(format!("Unknown scheme: {scheme}").into()),
             }