diff --git a/src/java.base/windows/native/libnio/ch/UnixDomainSockets.c b/src/java.base/windows/native/libnio/ch/UnixDomainSockets.c
index 1869009a1f9..af033676815 100644
--- a/src/java.base/windows/native/libnio/ch/UnixDomainSockets.c
+++ b/src/java.base/windows/native/libnio/ch/UnixDomainSockets.c
@@ -92,7 +92,16 @@ Java_sun_nio_ch_UnixDomainSockets_socketSupported(JNIEnv *env, jclass cl)
         return JNI_FALSE;
     }
     closesocket(s);
-    return JNI_TRUE;
+
+    /* Check for build 18362 or newer, due to Windows bug described in 8259014 */
+
+    OSVERSIONINFOEXW osvi = { sizeof(osvi), 0, 0, 0, 0, {0}, 0, 0 };
+    DWORDLONG cond_mask = 0;
+
+    VER_SET_CONDITION(cond_mask, VER_BUILDNUMBER, VER_GREATER_EQUAL);
+    osvi.dwBuildNumber  = 18362; // Windows 10 (1903) or newer
+
+    return VerifyVersionInfoW(&osvi, VER_BUILDNUMBER, cond_mask) != 0;
 }
 
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL