diff --git a/lib/db_ido/dbconnection.cpp b/lib/db_ido/dbconnection.cpp
index 6ca2d5ace3a..8d81208efe1 100644
--- a/lib/db_ido/dbconnection.cpp
+++ b/lib/db_ido/dbconnection.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "base/convert.hpp"
 #include "base/objectlock.hpp"
 #include "base/utility.hpp"
-#include "base/initialize.hpp"
 #include "base/logger.hpp"
 #include "base/scriptfunction.hpp"
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
@@ -38,8 +37,7 @@ REGISTER_TYPE(DbConnection);
 REGISTER_SCRIPTFUNCTION(ValidateFailoverTimeout, &DbConnection::ValidateFailoverTimeout);
 
 Timer::Ptr DbConnection::m_ProgramStatusTimer;
-
-INITIALIZE_ONCE(&DbConnection::StaticInitialize);
+boost::once_flag DbConnection::m_OnceFlag = BOOST_ONCE_INIT;
 
 void DbConnection::OnConfigLoaded(void)
 {
@@ -51,6 +49,8 @@ void DbConnection::OnConfigLoaded(void)
 
 		SetHAMode(HARunEverywhere);
 	}
+
+	boost::call_once(m_OnceFlag, InitializeDbTimer);
 }
 
 void DbConnection::Start(void)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void DbConnection::Pause(void)
 	m_CleanUpTimer.reset();
 }
 
-void DbConnection::StaticInitialize(void)
+void DbConnection::InitializeDbTimer(void)
 {
 	m_ProgramStatusTimer = new Timer();
 	m_ProgramStatusTimer->SetInterval(10);
diff --git a/lib/db_ido/dbconnection.hpp b/lib/db_ido/dbconnection.hpp
index d4e674a554e..d6d6cfe0289 100644
--- a/lib/db_ido/dbconnection.hpp
+++ b/lib/db_ido/dbconnection.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "db_ido/dbobject.hpp"
 #include "db_ido/dbquery.hpp"
 #include "base/timer.hpp"
+#include <boost/thread/once.hpp>
 
 namespace icinga
 {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class I2_DB_IDO_API DbConnection : public ObjectImpl<DbConnection>
 public:
 	DECLARE_OBJECT(DbConnection);
 
-	static void StaticInitialize(void);
+	static void InitializeDbTimer(void);
 
 	void SetObjectID(const DbObject::Ptr& dbobj, const DbReference& dbref);
 	DbReference GetObjectID(const DbObject::Ptr& dbobj) const;
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ class I2_DB_IDO_API DbConnection : public ObjectImpl<DbConnection>
 	virtual void ClearConfigTable(const String& table) = 0;
 
 	static Timer::Ptr m_ProgramStatusTimer;
+	static boost::once_flag m_OnceFlag;
 
 	static void InsertRuntimeVariable(const String& key, const Value& value);
 	static void ProgramStatusHandler(void);