diff --git a/features/environment.py b/features/environment.py
index a4bc109..c927c2c 100644
--- a/features/environment.py
+++ b/features/environment.py
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ def _output_write(text):
                 'db_name': database,
                 'openerp_config': server.tools.config,
                 }
-    # We try to manage default login
-    # even if there is a sentence to log a given user
-    # Just add options.admin_login_password in your buildout to log from config
-    admin_login_password = server.tools.config.get('admin_login_password')
-    if admin_login_password:
-        ctx.client.login('admin', admin_login_password, database=database)
-    else:
-        ctx.client.login('admin', 'admin', database=database)
 
 
 def before_feature(ctx, feature):
@@ -45,6 +37,19 @@ def before_scenario(ctx, scenario):
     ctx.oe_context = {}
     if not hasattr(ctx, 'data'):
         ctx.data = {}
+    # do not login if tag `no_login` is present
+    # this allow to do database creation and sql requests
+    # before trying to login in Odoo
+    if not ctx.client.user and 'no_login' not in scenario.tags:
+        server = ctx.conf['server']
+        database = ctx.conf['db_name']
+        config = server.tools.config
+        # We try to manage default login
+        # even if there is a sentence to log a given user
+        # Just add options.admin_login_password in your buildout to log from
+        # config
+        admin_login_password = config.get('admin_login_password', 'admin')
+        ctx.client.login('admin', admin_login_password, database=database)
 
 
 def before_step(ctx, step):