diff --git a/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml b/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml
index 8cb62665..bacd7635 100644
--- a/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ php_conf_html_errors: "Off"
 php_conf_allow_url_fopen: "Off"
 php_conf_disable_functions: "exec,shell-exec,system,passthru,popen"
 
+# Allows accessing a local mysql database using localhost
+php_conf_mysql_default_socket: Null
+
 lxc_php_version: Null
 
 lxc_php_container_releases:
diff --git a/lxc-php/tasks/misc.yml b/lxc-php/tasks/misc.yml
index af848213..30565c9c 100644
--- a/lxc-php/tasks/misc.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/tasks/misc.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@
     dest: "/var/lib/lxc/{{ lxc_php_version }}/rootfs/etc/mailname"
   notify: "Restart opensmtpd"
 
-
 - name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Install misc packages"
   lxc_container:
     name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
     container_command: "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y cron logrotate git zip unzip"
+
+- name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Add MySQL socket to container default mounts"
+  lxc_container:
+    name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
+    container_config:
+      - "lxc.mount.entry = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld {{ php_conf_mysql_default_socket | replace('/', '', 1) }} none bind,create=file 0 0"
+    state: restarted
+  when: php_conf_mysql_default_socket is string
diff --git a/lxc-php/templates/z-evolinux-defaults.ini.j2 b/lxc-php/templates/z-evolinux-defaults.ini.j2
index 7e3e116b..b407e520 100644
--- a/lxc-php/templates/z-evolinux-defaults.ini.j2
+++ b/lxc-php/templates/z-evolinux-defaults.ini.j2
@@ -6,3 +6,11 @@ log_errors = {{ php_conf_log_errors }}
 html_errors = {{ php_conf_html_errors }}
 allow_url_fopen = {{ php_conf_allow_url_fopen }}
 disable_functions = {{ php_conf_disable_functions }}
+
+{% if php_conf_mysql_default_socket %}
+[Pdo_mysql]
+pdo_mysql.default_socket = {{ php_conf_mysql_default_socket }}
+
+[MySQLi]
+mysqli.default_socket = {{ php_conf_mysql_default_socket }}
+{% endif %}