diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
index 94e64e63f..7a95de075 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "libzfs_impl.h"
 #include <sys/zio_checksum.h>
 #include <sys/ddt.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
 
 /* in libzfs_dataset.c */
 extern void zfs_setprop_error(libzfs_handle_t *, zfs_prop_t, int, char *);
@@ -1300,7 +1301,7 @@ zfs_send(zfs_handle_t *zhp, const char *fromsnap, const char *tosnap,
 	if (flags.dedup) {
 		featureflags |= (DMU_BACKUP_FEATURE_DEDUP |
 		    DMU_BACKUP_FEATURE_DEDUPPROPS);
-		if ((err = pipe(pipefd))) {
+		if ((err = socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, pipefd))) {
 			zfs_error_aux(zhp->zfs_hdl, strerror(errno));
 			return (zfs_error(zhp->zfs_hdl, EZFS_PIPEFAILED,
 			    errbuf));