diff --git a/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2 b/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2
index dd067c7489..5de892555a 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2
@@ -201,11 +201,15 @@ start() {
 {%- if sonic_asic_platform == "mellanox" %}
 {%- if docker_container_name == "syncd" %}
         -v /var/log/mellanox/sniffer:/var/log/mellanox/sniffer:rw \
-        -v mlnx_sdk_socket:/tmp \
+        -v mlnx_sdk_socket:/var/run/sx_sdk \
+        -v mlnx_sdk_ready:/tmp \
         -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm:rw \
+        -e SX_API_SOCKET_FILE=/var/run/sx_sdk/sx_api.sock \
 {%- elif docker_container_name == "pmon" %}
         -v /var/run/hw-management:/var/run/hw-management:rw \
-        -v mlnx_sdk_socket:/tmp \
+        -v mlnx_sdk_socket:/var/run/sx_sdk \
+        -v mlnx_sdk_ready:/tmp \
+        -e SX_API_SOCKET_FILE=/var/run/sx_sdk/sx_api.sock \
         -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm:rw \
 {%- else %}
         --tmpfs /tmp \
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx-rpc/Dockerfile.j2 b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx-rpc/Dockerfile.j2
index d9b86e7825..3f6225c96b 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx-rpc/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx-rpc/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ FROM docker-syncd-mlnx
 ## Make apt-get non-interactive
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
+RUN mkdir -p /var/run/sx_sdk
+
 RUN apt-get purge -y syncd
 
 {% if docker_syncd_mlnx_rpc_debs.strip() -%}
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/Dockerfile.j2 b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/Dockerfile.j2
index 4d22335ec7..6953933735 100755
--- a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ FROM docker-config-engine-stretch
 ARG docker_container_name
 RUN [ -f /etc/rsyslog.conf ] && sed -ri "s/%syslogtag%/$docker_container_name#%syslogtag%/;" /etc/rsyslog.conf
 
+RUN mkdir -p /var/run/sx_sdk
+
 ## Make apt-get non-interactive
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive