diff --git a/src/Codeception/Extension/MultiDb.php b/src/Codeception/Extension/MultiDb.php
index 82fdcab..12ec713 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Extension/MultiDb.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Extension/MultiDb.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Codeception\Exception\ModuleConfig as ModuleConfigException;
 use Codeception\Module;
 use Codeception\TestCase;
+use Codeception\Configuration as Configuration;
 
 /**
  * MultiDb - Module that allows tests to perform setup queries and assertions across multiple databases.
@@ -85,6 +86,55 @@ public function _initialize()
         $this->timezone = $this->config['timezone'];
 
         parent::_initialize();
+
+        foreach ($this->config['connectors'] as $connector => $connectorConfig) {
+            if ($connectorConfig['populate']) {
+                if ($connectorConfig['cleanup']) {
+                    $this->cleanup($connector);
+                }
+                $this->loadDump($connector);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function loadDump($connector)
+    {
+        $config = $this->config['connectors'][$connector];
+        
+        if ($config['dump'] && ($config['cleanup'] or ($config['populate']))) {
+            if (!file_exists(Configuration::projectDir() . $config['dump'])) {
+                throw new ModuleConfigException(
+                  __CLASS__,
+                  "\nFile with dump doesn't exist.
+                    Please, check path for sql file: " . $config['dump']
+                );
+            }
+            $sql = file_get_contents(Configuration::projectDir() . $config['dump']);
+            $sql = preg_replace('%/\*(?!!\d+)(?:(?!\*/).)*\*/%s', "", $sql);
+            if (!empty($sql)) {
+                $sql = explode("\n", $sql);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!$sql) {
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            $this->getDriver($connector)->load($sql);
+        } catch (\PDOException $e) {
+            throw new ModuleException(
+              __CLASS__,
+              $e->getMessage() . "\nSQL query being executed: " . $sql
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function cleanup($connector)
+    {
+        try {
+            $this->getDriver($connector)->cleanup();
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            throw new ModuleException(__CLASS__, $e->getMessage());
+        }
     }
 
     // HOOK: before scenario