diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 582d5bd0..a6d959e5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ COPY --from=FRONT /web/build /web/build
 CMD chmod 777 /tmp && service mariadb start&&\
 if [ "${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}" = "" ] ;then MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=123456 ; fi&&\
 mysqladmin -u root password ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} &&\
-./wait-for-it localhost:3306 -- ./server
+./wait-for-it localhost:3306 -- ./server --createDatabase=true
 
 
 FROM alpine:latest
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d4ad28b1..55b1342b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
+
 	"github.com/astaxie/beego"
 	"github.com/astaxie/beego/logs"
 	"github.com/astaxie/beego/plugins/cors"
@@ -23,12 +25,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/casbin/casdoor/object"
 	"github.com/casbin/casdoor/proxy"
 	"github.com/casbin/casdoor/routers"
-
 	_ "github.com/casbin/casdoor/routers"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	object.InitAdapter()
+	createDatabase := flag.Bool("createDatabase", false, "true if you need casdoor to create database")
+	flag.Parse()
+	object.InitAdapter(*createDatabase)
 	object.InitDb()
 	object.InitDefaultStorageProvider()
 	object.InitLdapAutoSynchronizer()
diff --git a/object/adapter.go b/object/adapter.go
index b5b0c7d6..16b4165b 100644
--- a/object/adapter.go
+++ b/object/adapter.go
@@ -35,11 +35,15 @@ func InitConfig() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	InitAdapter()
+	InitAdapter(true)
 }
 
-func InitAdapter() {
+func InitAdapter(createDatabase bool) {
+
 	adapter = NewAdapter(beego.AppConfig.String("driverName"), conf.GetBeegoConfDataSourceName(), beego.AppConfig.String("dbName"))
+	if createDatabase {
+		adapter.CreateDatabase()
+	}
 	adapter.createTable()
 }
 
@@ -75,6 +79,17 @@ func NewAdapter(driverName string, dataSourceName string, dbName string) *Adapte
 	return a
 }
 
+func (a *Adapter) CreateDatabase() error {
+	engine, err := xorm.NewEngine(a.driverName, a.dataSourceName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer engine.Close()
+
+	_, err = engine.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS %s default charset utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci", a.dbName))
+	return err
+}
+
 func (a *Adapter) open() {
 	dataSourceName := a.dataSourceName + a.dbName
 	if a.driverName != "mysql" {