diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index f4164b3..5d2c347 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -1059,6 +1059,10 @@ mv %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/security %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
 # Add wsrep_sst_rsync_tunnel script
 install -p -m 0755 scripts/wsrep_sst_rsync_tunnel %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/wsrep_sst_rsync_tunnel
 
+# Remove systemd socket files from %%{_unitdir}
+# We ship them in %%{_datadir}, so users can try them out on their own risk
+rm %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/%{daemon_name}*.socket
+
 # Disable plugins
 %if %{with gssapi}
 sed -i 's/^plugin-load-add/#plugin-load-add/' %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/my.cnf.d/auth_gssapi.cnf
@@ -1502,6 +1506,7 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/%{pkg_name}/policy/selinux/mariadb-server.*
 %{_datadir}/%{pkg_name}/policy/selinux/mariadb.*
 %{_datadir}/%{pkg_name}/systemd/mariadb.service
+%{_datadir}/%{pkg_name}/systemd/mariadb*@.socket
 # mariadb@ is installed only when we have cmake newer than 3.3
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 %{_datadir}/%{pkg_name}/systemd/mariadb@.service