diff --git a/pykeepass/pykeepass.py b/pykeepass/pykeepass.py
index 5a66d761..a5640524 100644
--- a/pykeepass/pykeepass.py
+++ b/pykeepass/pykeepass.py
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
 import re
 import uuid
 import zlib
+import socket
 from copy import deepcopy
+from os.path import exists
+from stat import S_ISSOCK
+from io import BytesIO
 
 from construct import Container, ChecksumError
 from lxml import etree
@@ -128,21 +132,31 @@ def reload(self):
 
         self.read(self.filename, self.password, self.keyfile)
 
-    def save(self, filename=None, transformed_key=None):
-        """Save current database object to disk.
+    def save(self, filename=None, transformed_key=None, force=False):
+        """Save current database object to disk, buffer or socket.
 
         Args:
-            filename (:obj:`str`, optional): path to database or stream object.
+            filename (:obj:`str`, optional): path to database, stream object
+                or socket.
                 If None, the path given when the database was opened is used.
                 PyKeePass.filename is unchanged.
             transformed_key (:obj:`bytes`, optional): precomputed transformed
                 key.
+            force (:obj:`bool`, optional): force write if preconditions fail
         """
+        seek_msg = (
+            'Using a non-seekable medium may cause KDBX corruption,'
+            ' use force=True to override'
+        )
+
         output = None
         if not filename:
             filename = self.filename
 
         if hasattr(filename, "write"):
+            if not getattr(filename, "seekable", lambda: 0)() and not force:
+                raise Exception(seek_msg)
+
             output = KDBX.build_stream(
                 self.kdbx,
                 filename,
@@ -150,7 +164,27 @@ def save(self, filename=None, transformed_key=None):
                 keyfile=self.keyfile,
                 transformed_key=transformed_key
             )
+
+        elif exists(filename) and S_ISSOCK(os.stat(filename).st_mode):
+            target = BytesIO()
+            output = KDBX.build_stream(
+                self.kdbx,
+                target,
+                password=self.password,
+                keyfile=self.keyfile,
+                transformed_key=transformed_key
+            )
+            with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as sock:
+                target.seek(0)
+                sock.connect(filename)
+                sock.sendall(target.read())
+
         else:
+            if exists(filename):
+                with open(filename) as file:
+                    if not file.seekable() and not force:
+                        raise Exception(seek_msg)
+
             output = KDBX.build_file(
                 self.kdbx,
                 filename,