diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f088ed..1be15d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ To use the HTTP endpoint you must pass through `/status` in your webserver
 and configure php-fpm to handle status requests. Example for nginx: https://easyengine.io/tutorials/php/fpm-status-page/
 
 To use Fastcgi, set `--fastcgi` to a url such as `tcp://127.0.0.1:9090/status` if php-fpm is listening on a tcp socket or 
-`unix:///path/to/php.sock` for a unix socket. Note: php-fpm must be configured to use `/status` if using a unix socket, `php-fpm-exporter` does not currently support changing this.
+`unix:///path/to/php.sock` for a unix socket. 
+
+When using a unix socket, you can change the path to use for php-status by using a URL fragment.  If you have php-fpm configured to use
+`/fpm-status` as your status path, then you would use the flag like `--fastcgi="unix:///path/to/php.sock#/fpm-status`
 
 Metrics
 =======
diff --git a/cmd/php-fpm-exporter/main.go b/cmd/php-fpm-exporter/main.go
index a193256..cb5979b 100644
--- a/cmd/php-fpm-exporter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/php-fpm-exporter/main.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 func main() {
 	var (
 		addr            = kingpin.Flag("addr", "listen address for metrics handler").Default("127.0.0.1:8080").String()
-		endpoint        = kingpin.Flag("endpoint", "url for php-fpm status").Default("http://127.0.0.1:9000/status").String()
-		fcgiEndpoint    = kingpin.Flag("fastcgi", "fastcgi url. If this is set, fastcgi will be used instead of HTTP").String()
+		endpoint        = kingpin.Flag("endpoint", "url for php-fpm status").Default("http://127.0.0.1:9000/status").URL()
+		fcgiEndpoint    = kingpin.Flag("fastcgi", "fastcgi url. If this is set, fastcgi will be used instead of HTTP").URL()
 		metricsEndpoint = kingpin.Flag("web.telemetry-path", "Path under which to expose metrics. Cannot be /").Default("/metrics").String()
 	)
 
diff --git a/collector.go b/collector.go
index 882283c..05dfaaa 100644
--- a/collector.go
+++ b/collector.go
@@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ func getDataFastcgi(u *url.URL) ([]byte, error) {
 	host := u.Host
 
 	if path == "" || u.Scheme == "unix" {
-		path = "/status"
+		path = u.Fragment
+		if path == "" {
+			path = "/status"
+		}
 	}
+
 	if u.Scheme == "unix" {
 		host = u.Path
 	}
diff --git a/exporter.go b/exporter.go
index 1bd48c9..72365f9 100644
--- a/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter.go
@@ -81,15 +81,8 @@ func SetAddress(addr string) func(*Exporter) error {
 // SetEndpoint creates a function that will set the URL endpoint to contact
 // php-fpm.
 // Generally only used when create a new Exporter.
-func SetEndpoint(rawurl string) func(*Exporter) error {
+func SetEndpoint(u *url.URL) func(*Exporter) error {
 	return func(e *Exporter) error {
-		if rawurl == "" {
-			return nil
-		}
-		u, err := url.Parse(rawurl)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse url")
-		}
 		e.endpoint = u
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -98,15 +91,8 @@ func SetEndpoint(rawurl string) func(*Exporter) error {
 // SetFastcgi creates a function that will set the fastcgi URL endpoint to contact
 // php-fpm. If this is set, then fastcgi is used rather than HTTP.
 // Generally only used when create a new Exporter.
-func SetFastcgi(rawurl string) func(*Exporter) error {
+func SetFastcgi(u *url.URL) func(*Exporter) error {
 	return func(e *Exporter) error {
-		if rawurl == "" {
-			return nil
-		}
-		u, err := url.Parse(rawurl)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse url")
-		}
 		e.fcgiEndpoint = u
 		return nil
 	}