diff --git a/group_vars/all b/group_vars/all
index 140870a..1ef1cf6 100644
--- a/group_vars/all
+++ b/group_vars/all
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ ispmail_mysql_mailuser_password: fLxsWdf5ABLqwhZr
 
 ispmail_dovecot_auth_mechanisms: plain login
 
+ispmail_populate_test_data: true
+
diff --git a/roles/ispmail-database/files/test.sql b/roles/ispmail-database/files/test.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faf1d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ispmail-database/files/test.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+REPLACE INTO `mailserver`.`virtual_domains` (
+      `id` ,
+      `name`
+)
+VALUES (
+      '1', 'example.org'
+);
+REPLACE INTO `mailserver`.`virtual_users` (
+      `id` ,
+      `domain_id` ,
+      `password` ,
+      `email`
+)
+VALUES (
+      '1', '1', MD5( 'summersun' ) , 'john@example.org'
+);
+REPLACE INTO `mailserver`.`virtual_aliases` (
+      `id`,
+      `domain_id`,
+      `source`,
+      `destination`
+)
+VALUES (
+      '1', '1', 'jack@example.org', 'john@example.org'
+);
+
diff --git a/roles/ispmail-database/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ispmail-database/tasks/main.yml
index 4f30b09..faa40c1 100644
--- a/roles/ispmail-database/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ispmail-database/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,10 @@
   mysql_db: name=mailserver state=import target=/tmp/schema.sql
 - name: creating MySQL user to read the mailserver database
   mysql_user: name=mailuser password={{ispmail_mysql_mailuser_password}} priv=mailserver.*:SELECT state=present
+- name: copying MySQL test data to server
+  copy: src=test.sql dest=/tmp
+  when: ispmail_populate_test_data == true
+- name: populating the database with test data
+  mysql_db: name=mailserver state=import target=/tmp/test.sql
+  when: ispmail_populate_test_data == true