diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/UmbracoCoreServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/UmbracoCoreServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index eb14267ecd..358378ca35 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/UmbracoCoreServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/UmbracoCoreServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Data.Common;
 using System.Data.SqlClient;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
@@ -247,7 +248,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Extensions
             var globalSettings = configs.Global();
             var connStrings = configs.ConnectionStrings();
             var appSettingMainDomLock = globalSettings.MainDomLock;
-            var mainDomLock = appSettingMainDomLock == "SqlMainDomLock"
+
+            var isLinux = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux);
+            var mainDomLock = appSettingMainDomLock == "SqlMainDomLock" || isLinux == true
                 ? (IMainDomLock)new SqlMainDomLock(logger, globalSettings, connStrings, dbProviderFactoryCreator, hostingEnvironment)
                 : new MainDomSemaphoreLock(logger, hostingEnvironment);
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoApplication.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoApplication.cs
index cf2a28f98f..41a4833ff4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoApplication.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoApplication.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Web;
 using Umbraco.Core;
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 
             // Determine if we should use the sql main dom or the default
             var appSettingMainDomLock = globalSettings.MainDomLock;
-            var mainDomLock = appSettingMainDomLock == "SqlMainDomLock"
+
+            var isLinux = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux);
+            var mainDomLock = appSettingMainDomLock == "SqlMainDomLock" || isLinux == true
                 ? (IMainDomLock)new SqlMainDomLock(logger, globalSettings, connectionStrings, dbProviderFactoryCreator, hostingEnvironment)
                 : new MainDomSemaphoreLock(logger, hostingEnvironment);