diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 978c512..34d17ac 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 - name: create mariadb dbs
   mysql_db:
+    login_unix_socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
     name: "{{ item.key }}"
     collation: "{{ item.value.collation | default('utf8_general_ci') }}"
     encoding: "{{ item.value.encoding | default('utf8') }}"
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 
 - name: create mariadb users
   mysql_user:
+    login_unix_socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
     name: "{{ item.key }}"
     host: "{{ item.value.host | default('localhost') }}"
     password: "{{ item.value.password }}"