diff --git a/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
index 7ecbb76109110f0d85945626168ecbfa0cccb7b3..6557a2d6fb98ca1a500118459b34d61089d4718e 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
@@ -1561,15 +1561,19 @@ class apache2_plugin {
 			}
 		}
 
+		$socket_dir = escapeshellcmd($web_config['php_fpm_socket_dir']);
+
 		if($default_php_fpm){
 			$pool_dir = escapeshellcmd($web_config['php_fpm_pool_dir']);
 		} else {
 			$pool_dir = $custom_php_fpm_pool_dir;
+			// create dedicated socket dir for each php version, e.g. /var/lib/php7.2-fpm/, /var/lib/php7.3-fpm/
+			$socket_dir = str_replace(array_slice(explode("/", $socket_dir), -1)[0], $custom_php_fpm_init_script,  $socket_dir);
 		}
+
 		$pool_dir = trim($pool_dir);
 		if(substr($pool_dir, -1) != '/') $pool_dir .= '/';
 		$pool_name = 'web'.$data['new']['domain_id'];
-		$socket_dir = escapeshellcmd($web_config['php_fpm_socket_dir']);
 		if(substr($socket_dir, -1) != '/') $socket_dir .= '/';
 		
 		if($data['new']['php_fpm_use_socket'] == 'y'){