diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 07f1e37f..c309ba50 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 * dovecot: Update munin plugin & configure it
 * nextcloud: New role to setup a nextcloud instance
 * redis: variable to force use of port 6379 in instances mode
+* lxc-php: Allow php containers to contact local MySQL with localhost
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml b/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml
index 8cb62665..69ef9380 100644
--- a/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ 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_socket_dir: /mysqld
+php_conf_mysql_default_socket: "{{ php_conf_mysql_socket_dir }}/mysqld.sock"
+
 lxc_php_version: Null
 
 lxc_php_container_releases:
diff --git a/lxc-php/handlers/main.yml b/lxc-php/handlers/main.yml
index 06953b4f..b8322e94 100644
--- a/lxc-php/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/handlers/main.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@
   lxc_container:
     name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
     container_command: "systemctl restart opensmtpd"
+
+- name: Restart container
+  lxc_container:
+    name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
+    state: restarted
+
diff --git a/lxc-php/tasks/misc.yml b/lxc-php/tasks/misc.yml
index af848213..3b6164d0 100644
--- a/lxc-php/tasks/misc.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/tasks/misc.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,16 @@
     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 = /run/mysqld {{ php_conf_mysql_socket_dir | replace('/', '', 1) }} none bind,create=dir 0 0"
+  when: php_conf_mysql_socket_dir is string
+  notify: "Restart container"
+
diff --git a/lxc-php/templates/z-evolinux-defaults.ini.j2 b/lxc-php/templates/z-evolinux-defaults.ini.j2
index 7e3e116b..3bc6e4ee 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_socket_dir %}
+[Pdo_mysql]
+pdo_mysql.default_socket = {{ php_conf_mysql_default_socket }}
+
+[MySQLi]
+mysqli.default_socket = {{ php_conf_mysql_default_socket }}
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/mysql-oracle/files/evolinux-defaults.cnf b/mysql-oracle/files/evolinux-defaults.cnf
index 395ccac4..c42ed727 100644
--- a/mysql-oracle/files/evolinux-defaults.cnf
+++ b/mysql-oracle/files/evolinux-defaults.cnf
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [mysqld]
 
 ###### Connexions
+# Path to socket
+socket = /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 # Maximum de connexions concurrentes (defaut = 100)... provoque un "Too many connections"
 max_connections = 250
 # Maximum de connexions en attente en cas de max_connections atteint (defaut = 50)
@@ -60,3 +62,6 @@ character-set-server=utf8
 collation-server=utf8_general_ci
 # Patch MySQL 5.5.53
 secure-file-priv = ""
+
+[client]
+socket = /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
diff --git a/packweb-apache/meta/main.yml b/packweb-apache/meta/main.yml
index c8981b6e..f98442a6 100644
--- a/packweb-apache/meta/main.yml
+++ b/packweb-apache/meta/main.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ dependencies:
   - { role: evolix/apache }
   - { role: evolix/php, php_apache_enable: True, when: packweb_apache_modphp }
   - { role: evolix/php, php_fpm_enable: True, when: packweb_apache_fpm }
-  - { role: evolix/lxc-php, lxc_php_version: php56, when: "'php56' in packweb_multiphp_versions" }
-  - { role: evolix/lxc-php, lxc_php_version: php70, when: "'php70' in packweb_multiphp_versions" }
-  - { role: evolix/lxc-php, lxc_php_version: php73, when: "'php73' in packweb_multiphp_versions" }
   - { role: evolix/squid, squid_localproxy_enable: True }
   - { role: evolix/mysql,        when: packweb_mysql_variant == "debian" }
   - { role: evolix/mysql-oracle, when: packweb_mysql_variant == "oracle" }
+  - { role: evolix/lxc-php, lxc_php_version: php56, when: "'php56' in packweb_multiphp_versions" }
+  - { role: evolix/lxc-php, lxc_php_version: php70, when: "'php70' in packweb_multiphp_versions" }
+  - { role: evolix/lxc-php, lxc_php_version: php73, when: "'php73' in packweb_multiphp_versions" }
   - { role: evolix/webapps/evoadmin-web, evoadmin_enable_vhost: "{{ packweb_enable_evoadmin_vhost }}", evoadmin_multiphp_versions: "{{ packweb_multiphp_versions }}" }
   - { role: evolix/evoacme }