diff --git a/docs/roles/_init.md b/docs/roles/_init.md
index f31e8064..8d4fa92e 100644
--- a/docs/roles/_init.md
+++ b/docs/roles/_init.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Init
-Mandatory role that must run before any other `ce-edploy` roles when executing a playbook.
+Mandatory role that must run before any other `ce-deploy` roles when executing a playbook.
 
 These variables **must** be set in a common variables file if you do not wish to use defaults.
 
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/defaults/main.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/defaults/main.yml
index e7351d89..1401d1ca 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ mysql_backup:
   mysqldump_params: "{{ _mysqldump_params }}" # set in _init but you can override here
   # Location on deploy server where the generated MySQL password will be stashed - should be temporary storage
   mysql_password_path: "/tmp/.ce-deploy/{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}_{{ build_number }}"
+  # Uncomment to login with MySQL socket instead of TCP/IP (e.g. for MariaDB after secure set-up)
+  #mysql_unix_socket: /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
   # Number of dumps/db to keep. Note this is independant from the build codebases.
   keep: 10
   # This can be one of the following:
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-rolling.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-rolling.yml
index 374e65ca..a94ccc2a 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-rolling.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-rolling.yml
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
     login_host: "{{ _mysql_host }}"
     login_user: "{{ _mysql_user }}"
     login_password: "{{ _mysql_password }}"
+    login_unix_socket: "{{ mysql_backup.mysql_unix_socket | default(omit) }}"
   with_sequence: start={{ [previous_build_number | int - cleanup_history_depth, 0] | max }}  end={{ [previous_build_number | int - mysql_backup.keep, 0] | max }}
   run_once: true
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
index 49bda27e..28422dd5 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     login_host: "{{ _mysql_host }}"
     login_user: "{{ _mysql_user }}"
     login_password: "{{ _mysql_password }}"
+    login_unix_socket: "{{ mysql_backup.mysql_unix_socket | default(omit) }}"
   when: previous_build_number == 0 or _build_db_status.rc == 1
   run_once: true
 
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-none.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-none.yml
index 4c4b1624..2a8ef973 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-none.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-none.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
     login_host: "{{ _mysql_host }}"
     login_user: "{{ _mysql_user }}"
     login_password: "{{ _mysql_password }}"
+    login_unix_socket: "{{ mysql_backup.mysql_unix_socket | default(omit) }}"
   when: previous_build_number == 0 or _build_db_status.rc == 1
   run_once: true
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-rolling.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-rolling.yml
index 30fbaa62..458e0978 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-rolling.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-rolling.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     state: present
     config_file: "{{ database.credentials_file }}"
     config_overrides_defaults: true
+    login_unix_socket: "{{ mysql_backup.mysql_unix_socket | default(omit) }}"
   run_once: true
 
 - name: Check if the previous database exists.