diff --git a/snmp/mysql b/snmp/mysql
index 44e31e2..89e3c90 100755
--- a/snmp/mysql
+++ b/snmp/mysql
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if (!array_key_exists('SCRIPT_FILENAME', $_SERVER)
 
 $mysql_user = '';
 $mysql_pass = '';
-$mysql_host = 'localhost';
+$mysql_host = '127.0.0.1';
 $mysql_port = 3306;
 $mysql_ssl  = FALSE;   # Whether to use SSL to connect to MySQL.
 $mysql_ssl_key  = '/etc/pki/tls/certs/mysql/client-key.pem';