diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b9fa8b5..62203003 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ Icinga Web 2 is the next generation open source monitoring web interface, framew
       }
     }
 
+### Initialize db
+
+    node /box/ {
+      class { 'icingaweb2':
+        initialize => true,
+      }
+    }
+
 ### Manage repository
 
     node /box/ {
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 7482b714..1a1f884a 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
 # $web_type::
 #                         Default:
 #
+# $initialize::           Whether or not to initialize a db scheme and a user
+#                         Default : false
 class icingaweb2 (
   $admin_permissions                 = $::icingaweb2::params::admin_permissions,
   $admin_users                       = $::icingaweb2::params::admin_users,
@@ -217,10 +219,12 @@
   $web_db_user                       = $::icingaweb2::params::web_db_user,
   $web_root                          = $::icingaweb2::params::web_root,
   $web_type                          = $::icingaweb2::params::web_type,
+  $initialize                        = $::icingaweb2::params::initialize,
 ) inherits ::icingaweb2::params {
   class { '::icingaweb2::preinstall': } ->
   class { '::icingaweb2::install': } ->
   class { '::icingaweb2::config': } ->
+  class { '::icingaweb2::initialize': } ->
   Class['::icingaweb2']
 
   validate_absolute_path($config_dir)
@@ -229,6 +233,7 @@
   validate_array($pkg_list)
   validate_bool($config_dir_recurse)
   validate_bool($manage_repo)
+  validate_bool($initialize)
   validate_slength($config_dir_mode, 4)
   validate_slength($config_file_mode, 4)
   validate_string($admin_permissions)
diff --git a/manifests/initialize.pp b/manifests/initialize.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9854b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/initialize.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# == Class icingaweb2::initialize
+#
+# This class is used to initialize a default icingaweb2 db and user
+# Depends on the pupppetlabs-mysql module
+class icingaweb2::initialize {
+  if $::icingaweb2::initialize {
+    case $::operatingsystem {
+      'RedHat', 'CentOS': {
+        case $::icingaweb2::web_db {
+          'mysql': {
+            exec { 'create db scheme':
+              command => "mysql -u ${::icingaweb2::web_db_user} -p${::icingaweb2::web_db_pass} ${::icingaweb2::web_db_name} < /usr/share/doc/icingaweb2/schema/mysql.schema.sql",
+              onlyif  => 'test -f /root/.my.cnf',
+              notify  => Exec['create web user']
+            }
+
+            exec { 'create web user':
+              command     => "mysql --defaults-file='/root/.my.cnf' ${::icingaweb2::web_db_name} -e \" INSERT INTO icingaweb_user (name, active, password_hash) VALUES ('icingaadmin', 1, '\\\$1\\\$EzxLOFDr\\\$giVx3bGhVm4lDUAw6srGX1');\"",
+              refreshonly => true,
+            }
+          }
+
+          default: {
+            fail "DB type ${::icingaweb2::web_db} not supported yet"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      default: {
+        fail "Managing repositories for ${::operatingsystem} is not supported."
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 7b8d0cf9..72363476 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   $web_db_prefix     = 'icingaweb2_'
   $web_db_user       = 'icingaweb2'
   $web_type          = 'db'
+  $initialize        = false
 
   case $::osfamily {
     'RedHat': {
diff --git a/spec/classes/icingaweb2_spec.rb b/spec/classes/icingaweb2_spec.rb
index dfaab20c..49044eb2 100644
--- a/spec/classes/icingaweb2_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/icingaweb2_spec.rb
@@ -280,6 +280,15 @@
     pending
   end
 
+  describe 'with parameter: initialize => true' do
+    context 'Distro: CentOS' do
+      let (:params) { { :initialize => true } }
+      let (:facts) { centos_facts }
+
+      it { should contain_icingaweb2__initialize }
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'with parameter: web_db_host' do
     let (:params) { { :web_db_host => '"_web_db_host_"' } }