diff --git a/data/jsons/dependencies.json b/data/jsons/dependencies.json
index 959596351..9c5cfb38c 100644
--- a/data/jsons/dependencies.json
+++ b/data/jsons/dependencies.json
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@
         "value": "-lpthread"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "dependency": "unix",
+      "type": "ccode",
+      "headers": [
+        "<unistd.h>"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "dependency": "linux",
       "type": "ccode",
diff --git a/src/lib/common/Kconfig b/src/lib/common/Kconfig
index 65b2a2b10..571662a48 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/Kconfig
+++ b/src/lib/common/Kconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ config DETECT_BOARD_NAME
 config PLATFORM_LINUX
 	bool
 
+config PLATFORM_UNIX
+        bool "unix"
+	depends on HAVE_UNIX
+	default y
+
 choice
 	prompt "Target platform"
 	default PLATFORM_SYSTEMD if LINUX && HAVE_SYSTEMD
@@ -162,7 +167,7 @@ source "src/modules/linux-micro/Kconfig"
 
 choice
 	prompt "Mainloop"
-	default MAINLOOP_POSIX if LINUX
+        default MAINLOOP_POSIX if UNIX
 	default MAINLOOP_RIOTOS if RIOT
 	default MAINLOOP_CONTIKI if CONTIKI
 	default MAINLOOP_ZEPHYR if ZEPHYR
@@ -200,7 +205,7 @@ choice
 
 config MAINLOOP_GLIB
 	bool "glib"
-	depends on LINUX && HAVE_GLIB
+	depends on UNIX && HAVE_GLIB
 	help
             The mainloop is implementated on top of Glib.
 
@@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ config MAINLOOP_GLIB
 
 config MAINLOOP_POSIX
 	bool "posix"
-	depends on LINUX
+	depends on UNIX
 	help
             The mainloop is implementated on top of poll(2) syscall.
 
@@ -253,8 +258,8 @@ config PTHREAD
 
 config THREADS
 	bool "Thread safety"
-	depends on (HAVE_PTHREAD_H && LINUX) || RIOT
-	select PTHREAD if LINUX
+	depends on (HAVE_PTHREAD_H && UNIX) || RIOT
+	select PTHREAD if UNIX
 	default y
 	help
             Allow usage of threads in Soletta applications.
diff --git a/src/lib/common/sol-common-buildopts.h.in b/src/lib/common/sol-common-buildopts.h.in
index 7c10d926f..836004ca7 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/sol-common-buildopts.h.in
+++ b/src/lib/common/sol-common-buildopts.h.in
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 {{
+st.on_value("PLATFORM_UNIX", "y", "#define SOL_PLATFORM_UNIX 1", "")
 st.on_value("PLATFORM_LINUX", "y", "#define SOL_PLATFORM_LINUX 1", "")
 st.on_value("PLATFORM_RIOTOS", "y", "#define SOL_PLATFORM_RIOT 1", "")
 st.on_value("PLATFORM_CONTIKI", "y", "#define SOL_PLATFORM_CONTIKI 1", "")
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ st.on_value("NO_API_VERSION_NEEDED", "y", "#define SOL_NO_API_VERSION 1", "")
 st.on_value("MODULES", "y", "#define SOL_DYNAMIC_MODULES 1", "")
 }}
 
-#ifdef SOL_PLATFORM_LINUX
+#ifdef SOL_PLATFORM_UNIX
 #define SOL_MAINLOOP_FD_ENABLED 1
 #define SOL_MAINLOOP_FORK_WATCH_ENABLED 1
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/comms/sol-socket-impl-linux.c b/src/lib/comms/sol-socket-impl-linux.c
index 06770b9fb..801fac2bd 100644
--- a/src/lib/comms/sol-socket-impl-linux.c
+++ b/src/lib/comms/sol-socket-impl-linux.c
@@ -152,7 +152,11 @@ static struct sol_socket *
 sol_socket_linux_new(int domain, enum sol_socket_type type, int protocol)
 {
     struct sol_socket_linux *s;
-    int fd, socktype = SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK;
+    int fd, socktype = 0;
+
+#ifdef SOCK_CLOEXEC
+    socktype |= SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK;
+#endif
 
     switch (type) {
     case SOL_SOCKET_UDP:
@@ -167,6 +171,21 @@ sol_socket_linux_new(int domain, enum sol_socket_type type, int protocol)
     fd = socket(sol_network_sol_to_af(domain), socktype, protocol);
     SOL_INT_CHECK(fd, < 0, NULL);
 
+#ifndef SOCK_CLOEXEC
+    {
+        /* We need to set the socket to FD_CLOEXEC and non-blocking mode */
+        int n = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD);
+        if (n >= 0)
+            n = fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, n | FD_CLOEXEC);
+        if (n >= 0)
+            n = sol_util_fd_set_flag(fd, O_NONBLOCK);
+        if (n < 0) {
+            SOL_WRN("Failed to set the socket to FD_CLOEXEC or O_NONBLOCK, %s", sol_util_strerrora(errno));
+            goto calloc_error;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     s = calloc(1, sizeof(*s));
     SOL_NULL_CHECK_GOTO(s, calloc_error);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/crypto/Kconfig b/src/lib/crypto/Kconfig
index 174e91ef7..ec85eaa6c 100644
--- a/src/lib/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/src/lib/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ config CRYPTO_MESSAGE_DIGEST_COMMON
 choice
 	prompt "Message Digest (Hash)"
 	depends on FEATURE_CRYPTO_MESSAGE_DIGEST
-	default CRYPTO_MESSAGE_DIGEST_OPENSSL if LINUX && HAVE_OPENSSL
+	default CRYPTO_MESSAGE_DIGEST_OPENSSL if UNIX && HAVE_OPENSSL
 	default CRYPTO_MESSAGE_DIGEST_LINUX_KCAPI if LINUX
 	default CRYPTO_MESSAGE_DIGEST_RIOT if RIOT
 	help
diff --git a/src/modules/flow-metatype/js/Kconfig b/src/modules/flow-metatype/js/Kconfig
index 1808a71cc..39e3eab83 100644
--- a/src/modules/flow-metatype/js/Kconfig
+++ b/src/modules/flow-metatype/js/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config FLOW_METATYPE_JAVASCRIPT
 	tristate "JavaScript flow metatype"
-	depends on FLOW_SUPPORT && PLATFORM_LINUX && HAVE_DUKTAPE_SRC
+	depends on FLOW_SUPPORT && UNIX && HAVE_DUKTAPE_SRC
 	default m if MODULES=y
 	help
 	    Allow creating node types using JavaScript
diff --git a/src/modules/flow/gtk/Kconfig b/src/modules/flow/gtk/Kconfig
index 57c5b6847..bb31687e0 100644
--- a/src/modules/flow/gtk/Kconfig
+++ b/src/modules/flow/gtk/Kconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 config FLOW_NODE_TYPE_GTK
 	tristate "Node type: gtk"
-	depends on LINUX && HAVE_GTK && HAVE_GLIB
+	depends on UNIX && HAVE_GTK && HAVE_GLIB
 	default m
diff --git a/src/modules/flow/oic/Kconfig b/src/modules/flow/oic/Kconfig
index 6b3126d00..2d70bb1e9 100644
--- a/src/modules/flow/oic/Kconfig
+++ b/src/modules/flow/oic/Kconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 config FLOW_NODE_TYPE_OIC
 	tristate "Node type: oic"
-	depends on OIC && PLATFORM_LINUX
+	depends on OIC && UNIX
 	default m
diff --git a/src/modules/flow/platform/Kconfig b/src/modules/flow/platform/Kconfig
index 6662201af..a1861e1ff 100644
--- a/src/modules/flow/platform/Kconfig
+++ b/src/modules/flow/platform/Kconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 config FLOW_NODE_TYPE_PLATFORM
 	tristate "Node type: platform"
+        depends on PLATFORM_RIOTOS || PLATFORM_CONTIKI || PLATFORM_LINUX
 	default y
diff --git a/src/modules/flow/process/Kconfig b/src/modules/flow/process/Kconfig
index 471ec5325..a8d6f0d7a 100644
--- a/src/modules/flow/process/Kconfig
+++ b/src/modules/flow/process/Kconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 config FLOW_NODE_TYPE_PROCESS
 	tristate "Node type: process"
-	depends on PLATFORM_LINUX
+	depends on UNIX
 	default m
diff --git a/src/modules/flow/unix-socket/unix-socket-impl.c b/src/modules/flow/unix-socket/unix-socket-impl.c
index 6e182ad47..a92d93ed3 100644
--- a/src/modules/flow/unix-socket/unix-socket-impl.c
+++ b/src/modules/flow/unix-socket/unix-socket-impl.c
@@ -215,18 +215,36 @@ unix_socket_client_new(const void *data, const char *socket_path, void (*data_re
 {
     struct sockaddr_un local;
     struct unix_socket *client = calloc(1, sizeof(*client));
+    int n = SOCK_STREAM;
+
+#ifdef SOCK_CLOEXEC
+    n |= SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK;
+#endif
 
     SOL_NULL_CHECK(client, NULL);
 
     client->data = data;
     client->data_read_cb = data_read_cb;
 
-    client->sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0);
+    client->sock = socket(AF_UNIX, n, 0);
     if (client->sock < 0) {
         SOL_WRN("Failed to create the socket %s", sol_util_strerrora(errno));
         goto err;
     }
 
+#ifndef SOCK_CLOEXEC
+    /* We need to set the socket to FD_CLOEXEC and non-blocking mode */
+    n = fcntl(client->sock, F_GETFD);
+    if (n >= 0)
+        n = fcntl(client->sock, F_SETFD, n | FD_CLOEXEC);
+    if (n >= 0)
+        n = sol_util_fd_set_flag(client->sock, O_NONBLOCK);
+    if (n < 0) {
+        SOL_WRN("Failed to set the socket to FD_CLOEXEC or O_NONBLOCK, %s", sol_util_strerrora(errno));
+        goto sock_err;
+    }
+#endif
+
     local.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     if (strncpy(local.sun_path, socket_path, sizeof(local.sun_path) - 1) == NULL) {
         SOL_WRN("Falied to copy the string, %s", sol_util_strerrora(errno));
@@ -294,6 +312,11 @@ struct unix_socket *
 unix_socket_server_new(const void *data, const char *socket_path, void (*data_read_cb)(void *data, int fd))
 {
     struct unix_socket_server *server;
+    int n = SOCK_STREAM;
+
+#ifdef SOCK_CLOEXEC
+    n |= SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK;
+#endif
 
     SOL_NULL_CHECK(socket_path, NULL);
 
@@ -304,12 +327,25 @@ unix_socket_server_new(const void *data, const char *socket_path, void (*data_re
     server->base.data_read_cb = data_read_cb;
     sol_vector_init(&server->clients, sizeof(struct client_data));
 
-    server->base.sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0);
+    server->base.sock = socket(AF_UNIX, n, 0);
     if (server->base.sock < 0) {
         SOL_WRN("Failed to create the socket %s", sol_util_strerrora(errno));
         goto err;
     }
 
+#ifndef SOCK_CLOEXEC
+    /* We need to set the socket to FD_CLOEXEC and non-blocking mode */
+    n = fcntl(server->base.sock, F_GETFD);
+    if (n >= 0)
+        n = fcntl(server->base.sock, F_SETFD, n | FD_CLOEXEC);
+    if (n >= 0)
+        n = sol_util_fd_set_flag(server->base.sock, O_NONBLOCK);
+    if (n < 0) {
+        SOL_WRN("Failed to set the socket to FD_CLOEXEC or O_NONBLOCK, %s", sol_util_strerrora(errno));
+        goto sock_err;
+    }
+#endif
+
     server->local.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     if (strncpy(server->local.sun_path, socket_path, sizeof(server->local.sun_path) - 1) == NULL) {
         SOL_WRN("Falied to copy the string, %s", sol_util_strerrora(errno));
diff --git a/tools/build/Kconfig.linux b/tools/build/Kconfig.linux
index d42d91afa..4b19bfe5b 100644
--- a/tools/build/Kconfig.linux
+++ b/tools/build/Kconfig.linux
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
+source "tools/build/Kconfig.unix"
+
 config LINUX
     def_bool y
-    select FEATURE_DYNAMIC_LINKER
     select FEATURE_HW_AIO
     select FEATURE_HW_PWM
     select FEATURE_HW_SPI
     select FEATURE_HW_GPIO
     select FEATURE_HW_UART
     select FEATURE_HW_I2C
-    select FEATURE_RUNNABLE_PROGRAMS
-    select FEATURE_WORKER_THREADS
-    select FEATURE_UNIX_SOCKETS
-    select FEATURE_CRYPTO_MESSAGE_DIGEST
-    select FEATURE_NETWORK
-    select FEATURE_COAP
-    select FEATURE_HTTP_CLIENT if HAVE_LIBCURL
-    select FEATURE_HTTP_SERVER if HAVE_LIBMICROHTTPD
-    select FEATURE_FLOW
-    select FEATURE_FILESYSTEM
     select FEATURE_CC_SANITIZE
diff --git a/tools/build/Kconfig.unix b/tools/build/Kconfig.unix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a851c592d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/Kconfig.unix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+config UNIX
+    def_bool y
+    select FEATURE_DYNAMIC_LINKER
+    select FEATURE_RUNNABLE_PROGRAMS
+    select FEATURE_WORKER_THREADS
+    select FEATURE_UNIX_SOCKETS
+    select FEATURE_CRYPTO_MESSAGE_DIGEST
+    select FEATURE_NETWORK
+    select FEATURE_COAP
+    select FEATURE_HTTP_CLIENT if HAVE_LIBCURL
+    select FEATURE_HTTP_SERVER if HAVE_LIBMICROHTTPD
+    select FEATURE_FLOW
+    select FEATURE_FILESYSTEM