diff --git a/config/database.php b/config/database.php
index df36b2dd683..a196943f558 100644
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
             'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
             'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
             'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
+            'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
             'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
             'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
             'prefix' => '',