diff --git a/patches/utils/patch_header.sh b/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
index 8403fd7d7e9a60ee5dda5f1ed996f77ccd6cf6ad..e9ee4311333cb0e09263bd93ca2df52753561314 100644
--- a/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
+++ b/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ else
   then
     MYSQL_CONNECTION="$MYSQL_CONNECTION --password=$MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD"
   fi
+  if [ "$MYSQL_HOST" != "localhost" ]; then
+      MYSQL_CONNECTION="$MYSQL_CONNECTION --host $MYSQL_HOST"
+      if [ "$MYSQL_PORT" ]; then
+          MYSQL_CONNECTION="$MYSQL_CONNECTION --port $MYSQL_PORT"
+      fi
+  fi
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$PATCH" ]; then