diff --git a/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_connection.c b/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_connection.c
index 8897038..6121317 100644
--- a/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_connection.c
+++ b/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_connection.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
 	if (hostname.l == sizeof("localhost") - 1 && !strncasecmp(hostname.s, "localhost", hostname.l)) {
 		DBG_INF_FMT("socket=%s", socket_or_pipe->s? socket_or_pipe->s:"n/a");
 		if (!socket_or_pipe->s) {
-			socket_or_pipe->s = "/tmp/mysql.sock";
+			socket_or_pipe->s = "/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock";
 			socket_or_pipe->l = strlen(socket_or_pipe->s);
 		}
 		transport.l = mnd_sprintf(&transport.s, 0, "unix://%s", socket_or_pipe->s);
diff --git a/ext/pdo_mysql/pdo_mysql.c b/ext/pdo_mysql/pdo_mysql.c
index 54e1c93..b355a83 100644
--- a/ext/pdo_mysql/pdo_mysql.c
+++ b/ext/pdo_mysql/pdo_mysql.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #  define PDO_MYSQL_UNIX_ADDR PHP_MYSQL_UNIX_SOCK_ADDR
 # else
 #  if !PHP_WIN32
-#   define PDO_MYSQL_UNIX_ADDR "/tmp/mysql.sock"
+#   define PDO_MYSQL_UNIX_ADDR "/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
 #  else
 #   define PDO_MYSQL_UNIX_ADDR NULL
 #  endif