diff --git a/scripts/firstrun_maria b/scripts/firstrun_maria
index 99202621020f8b86338f108a133c23e154cc87f9..7345bf6556e21a588c9dd9636927529cbfa70943 100755
--- a/scripts/firstrun_maria
+++ b/scripts/firstrun_maria
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ firstrun_maria() {
 			echo "Disabled"
 		fi
 
+
+		# 1. Create localhost db user DB_USER with root privilieges
+		# 2. Create remote    db user DB_USER with root privilieges
+		mysql -uroot -e "CREATE USER '${DB_USER}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '${DB_PASS}'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '${DB_USER}'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
+		mysql -uroot -e "CREATE USER '${DB_USER}'@'%'         IDENTIFIED BY '${DB_PASS}'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '${DB_USER}'@'%'         WITH GRANT OPTION;"
+
+
+
         # shutdown mariadb to wait for supervisor
 		mysqladmin -u root shutdown