diff --git a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.start b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.start
index 365b034674..65e9e9fddd 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.start
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 oe_setup_addon service.mariadb
 
 # create dir for socket and pid
-mkdir -p /var/run/mysqld
+mkdir -p /run/mysqld
 
 # exit if already running
 PID=$(ps aux | awk '/\/bin\/mariadbd/ {print $1; exit 0}')
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.stop b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.stop
index dc1082a1e9..5983cbf4bd 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.stop
+++ b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.stop
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
-kill $(cat /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid)
+kill $(cat /run/mysqld/mysqld.pid)
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/config/my.cnf b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/config/my.cnf
index 44fbc9edda..a11eee28af 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/config/my.cnf
+++ b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/config/my.cnf
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 # Remember to edit /etc/mysql/debian.cnf when changing the socket location.
 [client]
 port		= 3306
-socket	= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+socket	= /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 
 # Here is entries for some specific programs
 # The following values assume you have at least 32M ram
 
 # This was formally known as [safe_mysqld]. Both versions are currently parsed.
 [mysqld_safe]
-socket	= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+socket	= /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 nice		= 0
 
 [mysqld]
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ nice		= 0
 # * Basic Settings
 #
 user		  = root
-pid-file	= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
-socket		= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+pid-file	= /run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
+socket		= /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 port		  = 3306
 basedir   = /storage/.kodi/addons/service.mariadb
 datadir   = /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.mariadb/data
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/system.d/service.mariadb.service b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/system.d/service.mariadb.service
index d32054a973..1005516c15 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/system.d/service.mariadb.service
+++ b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/system.d/service.mariadb.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Before=kodi.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-PIDFile=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
+PIDFile=/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "exec sh /storage/.kodi/addons/service.mariadb/bin/mariadb.start"
 ExecStop=/bin/sh -c "exec sh /storage/.kodi/addons/service.mariadb/bin/mariadb.stop"
 TimeoutStartSec=60