diff --git a/doc/03-Configuration.md b/doc/03-Configuration.md
index ab995ce6..8af05a94 100644
--- a/doc/03-Configuration.md
+++ b/doc/03-Configuration.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Data resource where IcingaDB stores synced data and historical events.
 
 Option                   | Description
 -------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
-host                     | **Optional.** MySQL host. Defaults to `127.0.0.1`.
+host                     | **Optional.** MySQL host or absolute Unix socket path. Defaults to `127.0.0.1`.
 port                     | **Optional.** MySQL port. Defaults to `3306`.
 database                 | **Optional.** MySQL database. Defaults to `icingadb`.
 user                     | **Optional.** MySQL username.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 354efa5a..d3242085 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
@@ -106,10 +107,14 @@ func main() {
 
 	redisConn := connection.NewRDBWrapper(redisInfo.Host+":"+redisInfo.Port, redisInfo.Password, redisInfo.PoolSize)
 
-	mysqlConn, err := connection.NewDBWrapper(
-		mysqlInfo.User+":"+mysqlInfo.Password+"@tcp("+mysqlInfo.Host+":"+mysqlInfo.Port+")/"+mysqlInfo.Database,
-		mysqlInfo.MaxOpenConns,
-	)
+	var dbDSN string
+	if filepath.IsAbs(mysqlInfo.Host) {
+		dbDSN = mysqlInfo.User+":"+mysqlInfo.Password+"@unix("+mysqlInfo.Host+")/"+mysqlInfo.Database
+	} else {
+		dbDSN = mysqlInfo.User+":"+mysqlInfo.Password+"@tcp("+mysqlInfo.Host+":"+mysqlInfo.Port+")/"+mysqlInfo.Database
+	}
+
+	mysqlConn, err := connection.NewDBWrapper(dbDSN, mysqlInfo.MaxOpenConns)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}