diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be5c4e9..ac88daf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - Migrate CircleCI to GitHub Actions ([#120](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/issues/120))
 - Support dbt v1.4 ([#146](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/pull/146))
 - Support dbt v1.5 ([#145](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/issues/145))
+- Support connecting via UNIX sockets ([#164](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/issues/164))
 
 ### Fixes
 - Fix incremental composite keys ([#144](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/issues/144))
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 - [@lpezet](https://github.com/lpezet) ([#146](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/pull/146))
 - [@moszutij](https://github.com/moszutij) ([#146](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/pull/146), [#144](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/issues/144))
 - [@wesen](https://github.com/wesen) ([#146](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/pull/146))
-- [@mwallace582](https://github.com/mwallace582) ([#162](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/pull/162), [#163](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/pull/163))
+- [@mwallace582](https://github.com/mwallace582) ([#162](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/pull/162), [#163](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/pull/163), [#164](https://github.com/dbeatty10/dbt-mysql/issues/164))
 
 
 ## dbt-mysql 1.1.0 (Feb 5, 2023)
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/mariadb/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/mariadb/connections.py
index 9583a7d..6b30f9a 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/mariadb/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/mariadb/connections.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 @dataclass(init=False)
 class MariaDBCredentials(Credentials):
-    server: str
+    server: Optional[str] = None
+    unix_socket: Optional[str] = None
     port: Optional[int] = None
     database: Optional[str] = None
     schema: str
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ def _connection_keys(self):
         """
         return (
             "server",
+            "unix_socket",
             "port",
             "database",
             "schema",
@@ -81,7 +83,6 @@ def open(cls, connection):
         credentials = cls.get_credentials(connection.credentials)
         kwargs = {}
 
-        kwargs["host"] = credentials.server
         kwargs["user"] = credentials.username
         kwargs["passwd"] = credentials.password
         kwargs["buffered"] = True
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ def open(cls, connection):
         if credentials.ssl_disabled:
             kwargs["ssl_disabled"] = credentials.ssl_disabled
 
+        if credentials.server:
+            kwargs["host"] = credentials.server
+        elif credentials.unix_socket:
+            kwargs["unix_socket"] = credentials.unix_socket
+
         if credentials.port:
             kwargs["port"] = credentials.port
 
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/mysql/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/mysql/connections.py
index 459782c..d8932dd 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/mysql/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/mysql/connections.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 @dataclass(init=False)
 class MySQLCredentials(Credentials):
-    server: str
+    server: Optional[str] = None
+    unix_socket: Optional[str] = None
     port: Optional[int] = None
     database: Optional[str] = None
     schema: str
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ def _connection_keys(self):
         """
         return (
             "server",
+            "unix_socket",
             "port",
             "database",
             "schema",
@@ -80,11 +82,15 @@ def open(cls, connection):
         credentials = cls.get_credentials(connection.credentials)
         kwargs = {}
 
-        kwargs["host"] = credentials.server
         kwargs["user"] = credentials.username
         kwargs["passwd"] = credentials.password
         kwargs["buffered"] = True
 
+        if credentials.server:
+            kwargs["host"] = credentials.server
+        elif credentials.unix_socket:
+            kwargs["unix_socket"] = credentials.unix_socket
+
         if credentials.port:
             kwargs["port"] = credentials.port
 
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/mysql5/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/mysql5/connections.py
index 6c9df5c..f1481a2 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/mysql5/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/mysql5/connections.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 @dataclass(init=False)
 class MySQLCredentials(Credentials):
-    server: str
+    server: Optional[str] = None
+    unix_socket: Optional[str] = None
     port: Optional[int] = None
     database: Optional[str] = None
     schema: str
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ def _connection_keys(self):
         """
         return (
             "server",
+            "unix_socket",
             "port",
             "database",
             "schema",
@@ -81,7 +83,6 @@ def open(cls, connection):
         credentials = cls.get_credentials(connection.credentials)
         kwargs = {}
 
-        kwargs["host"] = credentials.server
         kwargs["user"] = credentials.username
         kwargs["passwd"] = credentials.password
         kwargs["buffered"] = True
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ def open(cls, connection):
         if credentials.ssl_disabled:
             kwargs["ssl_disabled"] = credentials.ssl_disabled
 
+        if credentials.server:
+            kwargs["host"] = credentials.server
+        elif credentials.unix_socket:
+            kwargs["unix_socket"] = credentials.unix_socket
+
         if credentials.port:
             kwargs["port"] = credentials.port