diff --git a/apps/common/__init__.py b/apps/common/__init__.py
index 9d177e93ed..20657c8419 100644
--- a/apps/common/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/common/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import tempfile
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.contrib.auth import models as auth_models
+from django.contrib.auth.management import create_superuser
+from django.db.models import signals
+
+from navigation.api import register_links
 
 from common.conf import settings as common_settings
-from navigation.api import register_links
 
 TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY = common_settings.TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY \
     if common_settings.TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY else tempfile.mkdtemp()
@@ -17,3 +21,32 @@ current_user_details = {'text': _(u'user details'), 'view': 'current_user_detail
 current_user_edit = {'text': _(u'edit details'), 'view': 'current_user_edit', 'famfam': 'vcard_edit'}
 
 register_links(['current_user_details', 'current_user_edit', 'password_change_view'], [current_user_details, current_user_edit, password_change_view], menu_name='secondary_menu')
+
+
+if common_settings.AUTO_CREATE_ADMIN:
+    # From https://github.com/lambdalisue/django-qwert/blob/master/qwert/autoscript/__init__.py
+    # From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1466827/ --
+    #
+    # Prevent interactive question about wanting a superuser created. (This code
+    # has to go in this otherwise empty "models" module so that it gets processed by
+    # the "syncdb" command during database creation.)
+    #
+    # Create our own test user automatically.
+    def create_testuser(app, created_models, verbosity, **kwargs):
+        USERNAME = common_settings.AUTO_ADMIN_USERNAME
+        PASSWORD = common_settings.AUTO_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+        try:
+            auth_models.User.objects.get(username=USERNAME)
+        except auth_models.User.DoesNotExist:
+            print '*' * 80
+            print 'Creating test user -- login: %s, password: %s' % (USERNAME, PASSWORD)
+            print '*' * 80
+            assert auth_models.User.objects.create_superuser(USERNAME, 'x@x.com', PASSWORD)
+        else:
+            print 'Test user already exists. -- login: %s, password: %s' % (USERNAME, PASSWORD)
+    signals.post_syncdb.disconnect(
+        create_superuser,
+        sender=auth_models,
+        dispatch_uid='django.contrib.auth.management.create_superuser')
+    signals.post_syncdb.connect(create_testuser,
+        sender=auth_models, dispatch_uid='common.models.create_testuser')
diff --git a/apps/common/conf/settings.py b/apps/common/conf/settings.py
index 7e22f83d27..b1ed61dead 100644
--- a/apps/common/conf/settings.py
+++ b/apps/common/conf/settings.py
@@ -31,3 +31,27 @@ DEFAULT_PAGE_ORIENTATION = register_setting(
     global_name=u'COMMON_DEFAULT_PAGE_ORIENTATION',
     default=PAGE_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT,
 )
+
+register_setting(
+    namespace=u'common',
+    module=u'common.conf.settings',
+    name=u'AUTO_CREATE_ADMIN',
+    global_name=u'COMMON_AUTO_CREATE_ADMIN',
+    default=True,
+)
+
+register_setting(
+    namespace=u'common',
+    module=u'common.conf.settings',
+    name=u'AUTO_ADMIN_USERNAME',
+    global_name=u'COMMON_AUTO_ADMIN_USERNAME',
+    default=u'admin',
+)
+
+register_setting(
+    namespace=u'common',
+    module=u'common.conf.settings',
+    name=u'AUTO_ADMIN_PASSWORD',
+    global_name=u'COMMON_AUTO_ADMIN_PASSWORD',
+    default=u'admin',
+)