diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5dab1b0..2482c5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   (defaulting to distant); this means that subsequent use of 
   `distant client launch [user@]host[:port]` will now default to ssh instead of
   failing due to lack of distant launch handler
+- Expose `windows-pipe` and `unix-socket` config and cli options regardless of
+  platform (so they can be provided without worrying about which OS)
 
 ## [0.17.1] - 2022-08-16
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/manager.rs b/src/cli/commands/manager.rs
index f474f57..543ce5c 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/manager.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands/manager.rs
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@ impl ManagerSubcommand {
 
                 info!(
                     "Starting manager (network = {})",
-                    if network.as_opt().is_some() {
+                    if (cfg!(windows) && network.windows_pipe.is_some())
+                        || (cfg!(unix) && network.unix_socket.is_some())
+                    {
                         "custom"
                     } else if user {
                         "user"
diff --git a/src/config/network.rs b/src/config/network.rs
index 2dda804..48a37f6 100644
--- a/src/config/network.rs
+++ b/src/config/network.rs
@@ -41,13 +41,11 @@ pub struct NetworkConfig {
     #[clap(long, value_enum)]
     pub access: Option<AccessControl>,
 
-    /// Override the path to the Unix socket used by the manager
-    #[cfg(unix)]
+    /// Override the path to the Unix socket used by the manager (unix-only)
     #[clap(long)]
     pub unix_socket: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
 
-    /// Override the name of the local named Windows pipe used by the manager
-    #[cfg(windows)]
+    /// Override the name of the local named Windows pipe used by the manager (windows-only)
     #[clap(long)]
     pub windows_pipe: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -56,30 +54,23 @@ impl NetworkConfig {
     pub fn merge(self, other: Self) -> Self {
         Self {
             access: self.access.or(other.access),
-
-            #[cfg(unix)]
             unix_socket: self.unix_socket.or(other.unix_socket),
-
-            #[cfg(windows)]
             windows_pipe: self.windows_pipe.or(other.windows_pipe),
         }
     }
 
     /// Returns option containing reference to unix path if configured
-    #[cfg(unix)]
-    pub fn as_opt(&self) -> Option<&std::path::Path> {
+    pub fn as_unix_socket_opt(&self) -> Option<&std::path::Path> {
         self.unix_socket.as_deref()
     }
 
     /// Returns option containing reference to windows pipe name if configured
-    #[cfg(windows)]
-    pub fn as_opt(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+    pub fn as_windows_pipe_opt(&self) -> Option<&str> {
         self.windows_pipe.as_deref()
     }
 
     /// Returns a collection of candidate unix socket paths, which will either be
     /// the config-provided unix socket path or the default user and global socket paths
-    #[cfg(unix)]
     pub fn to_unix_socket_path_candidates(&self) -> Vec<&std::path::Path> {
         match self.unix_socket.as_deref() {
             Some(path) => vec![path],
@@ -92,7 +83,6 @@ impl NetworkConfig {
 
     /// Returns a collection of candidate windows pipe names, which will either be
     /// the config-provided windows pipe name or the default user and global pipe names
-    #[cfg(windows)]
     pub fn to_windows_pipe_name_candidates(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
         match self.windows_pipe.as_deref() {
             Some(name) => vec![name],
diff --git a/src/paths.rs b/src/paths.rs
index 7a4e0b5..c51a7e5 100644
--- a/src/paths.rs
+++ b/src/paths.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-#[cfg(unix)]
 const SOCKET_FILE_STR: &str = "distant.sock";
 
 /// User-oriented paths
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ pub mod user {
     /// * `/run/user/1001/distant/{user}.distant.sock` on Linux
     /// * `/var/run/{user}.distant.sock` on BSD
     /// * `/tmp/{user}.distant.dock` on MacOS
-    #[cfg(unix)]
     pub static UNIX_SOCKET_PATH: Lazy<PathBuf> = Lazy::new(|| {
         // Form of {user}.distant.sock
         let mut file_name = whoami::username_os();
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ pub mod user {
     });
 
     /// Name of the pipe used by Windows in the form of `{user}.distant`
-    #[cfg(windows)]
     pub static WINDOWS_PIPE_NAME: Lazy<String> =
         Lazy::new(|| format!("{}.distant", whoami::username()));
 }
@@ -90,7 +87,6 @@ pub mod global {
     /// * `/run/distant.sock` on Linux
     /// * `/var/run/distant.sock` on BSD
     /// * `/tmp/distant.dock` on MacOS
-    #[cfg(unix)]
     pub static UNIX_SOCKET_PATH: Lazy<PathBuf> = Lazy::new(|| {
         if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
             std::env::temp_dir().join(SOCKET_FILE_STR)
@@ -107,6 +103,5 @@ pub mod global {
     });
 
     /// Name of the pipe used by Windows
-    #[cfg(windows)]
     pub static WINDOWS_PIPE_NAME: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| "distant".to_string());
 }