diff --git a/recipes/database.rb b/recipes/database.rb
index 3f61d78..7db2e84 100644
--- a/recipes/database.rb
+++ b/recipes/database.rb
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@
   socket = "/var/run/mysql-#{db['instance_name']}/mysqld.sock"
 
   if node['platform_family'] == 'debian'
+    directory '/var/run/mysqld'
     link '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' do
       to socket
       not_if 'test -f /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
     end
   elsif node['platform_family'] == 'rhel'
+    directory '/var/lib/mysql'
     link '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' do
       to socket
       not_if 'test -f /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'