1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_mysql.c b/plugins/check_mysql.c
index 5773afd9..0cba50e6 100644
--- a/plugins/check_mysql.c
+++ b/plugins/check_mysql.c
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                         if (is_host (optarg)) {
                                 db_host = optarg;
                         }
+                        else if (*optarg == '/') {
+                                db_socket = optarg;
+                        }
                         else {
                                 usage2 (_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
                         }