diff --git a/server/modules/protocol/mysql_client.c b/server/modules/protocol/mysql_client.c
index 8454516e2..40aff1e27 100644
--- a/server/modules/protocol/mysql_client.c
+++ b/server/modules/protocol/mysql_client.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
  * 28/02/2014   Massimiliano Pinto	Added: client IPv4 in dcb->ipv4 and inet_ntop for string representation
  * 11/03/2014   Massimiliano Pinto	Added: Unix socket support
  * 07/05/2014   Massimiliano Pinto	Added: specific version string in server handshake
+ * 09/09/2014	Massimiliano Pinto	Added: 777 permission for socket path
  *
  */
 #include <skygw_utils.h>
@@ -985,6 +986,16 @@ int gw_MySQLListener(
 
 				return 0;
 			}
+
+			/* set permission for all users */
+			if (chmod(config_bind, 0777) < 0) {
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"\n* chmod failed for %s due error %i, %s.\n\n",
+					config_bind,
+					errno,
+					strerror(errno));
+			}
+
 			break;
 
 		case AF_INET: