diff --git a/config.py.example b/config.py.example
index ecc89fb5ec0237e9080a3c686e18831ba843b6dd..6a2747491b3be01af107c3149c9aa9aef0233f6c 100644
--- a/config.py.example
+++ b/config.py.example
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ DB_DATA = 'db_example.sql'
 #DB_ENGINE = 'mysql'
 #MYSQL_HOST = 'localhost'
 #MYSQL_USER = 'videoag'
-MYSQL_PORT = 3306
+#MYSQL_PORT = 3306
+#MYSQL_UNIX = '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
 #MYSQL_PASSWD = 'somuchsecret'
 #MYSQL_DB = 'videos'
 
diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index dbec2ae06e8414d967e838f9f419f380f4533330..15b22d0a16b8c5a374279f8dfcb6fec37e0d5d17 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ elif config['DB_ENGINE'] == 'mysql':
 
 	def get_dbcursor():
 		if 'db' not in g or not g.db.is_connected():
-			g.db = mysql.connector.connect(user=config['MYSQL_USER'], password=config['MYSQL_PASSWD'], host=config['MYSQL_HOST'], port=config['MYSQL_PORT'], database=config['MYSQL_DB'])
+			g.db = mysql.connector.connect(user=config['MYSQL_USER'], password=config['MYSQL_PASSWD'], host=config.get('MYSQL_HOST', None), port=config.get('MYSQL_PORT', 3306), unix_socket=config.get('MYSQL_UNIX', None), database=config['MYSQL_DB'])
 		if not hasattr(request, 'db'):
 			request.db = g.db.cursor()
 		return request.db