diff --git a/langgraph/checkpoint/mysql/aio.py b/langgraph/checkpoint/mysql/aio.py
index 2236c16..cf841b0 100644
--- a/langgraph/checkpoint/mysql/aio.py
+++ b/langgraph/checkpoint/mysql/aio.py
@@ -71,15 +71,24 @@ async def from_conn_string(
 
         Returns:
             AIOMySQLSaver: A new AIOMySQLSaver instance.
+
+        Example:
+            conn_string=mysql+aiomysql://user:password@localhost/db?unix_socket=/path/to/socket
         """
         parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(conn_string)
 
+        # In order to provide additional params via the connection string,
+        # we convert the parsed.query to a dict so we can access the values.
+        # This is necessary when using a unix socket, for example.
+        params_as_dict = dict(urllib.parse.parse_qsl(parsed.query))
+
         async with aiomysql.connect(
             host=parsed.hostname or "localhost",
             user=parsed.username,
             password=parsed.password or "",
             db=parsed.path[1:],
             port=parsed.port or 3306,
+            unix_socket=params_as_dict.get("unix_socket"),
             autocommit=True,
         ) as conn:
             # This seems necessary until https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/pull/1119
diff --git a/langgraph/checkpoint/mysql/pymysql.py b/langgraph/checkpoint/mysql/pymysql.py
index 968ab1f..464e048 100644
--- a/langgraph/checkpoint/mysql/pymysql.py
+++ b/langgraph/checkpoint/mysql/pymysql.py
@@ -27,15 +27,24 @@ def from_conn_string(
 
         Returns:
             PyMySQLSaver: A new PyMySQLSaver instance.
+
+        Example:
+            conn_string=mysql+aiomysql://user:password@localhost/db?unix_socket=/path/to/socket
         """
         parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(conn_string)
 
+        # In order to provide additional params via the connection string,
+        # we convert the parsed.query to a dict so we can access the values.
+        # This is necessary when using a unix socket, for example.
+        params_as_dict = dict(urllib.parse.parse_qsl(parsed.query))
+
         with pymysql.connect(
             host=parsed.hostname,
             user=parsed.username,
             password=parsed.password or "",
             database=parsed.path[1:],
             port=parsed.port or 3306,
+            unix_socket=params_as_dict.get("unix_socket"),
             autocommit=True,
         ) as conn:
             yield cls(conn)