diff --git a/mysql/Dockerfile b/mysql/Dockerfile
index aada38f2..f63e014f 100644
--- a/mysql/Dockerfile
+++ b/mysql/Dockerfile
@@ -12,8 +12,24 @@ RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
 
 RUN chown -R mysql:root /var/lib/mysql/
 
+ADD startup /etc/mysql/startup
+
+ARG MYSQL_DATABASE=default
+ARG MYSQL_USER=default
+ARG MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret
+ARG MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
+
+ENV MYSQL_DATABASE=$MYSQL_DATABASE
+ENV MYSQL_USER=$MYSQL_USER
+ENV MYSQL_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_PASSWORD
+ENV MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
+
+RUN sed -i 's/MYSQL_DATABASE/'$MYSQL_DATABASE'/g' /etc/mysql/startup && \
+    sed -i 's/MYSQL_USER/'$MYSQL_USER'/g' /etc/mysql/startup && \
+    sed -i 's/MYSQL_PASSWORD/'$MYSQL_PASSWORD'/g' /etc/mysql/startup
+
 ADD my.cnf /etc/mysql/conf.d/my.cnf
 
-CMD ["mysqld"]
+CMD ["mysqld", "--init-file=/etc/mysql/startup"]
 
 EXPOSE 3306
diff --git a/mysql/startup b/mysql/startup
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11ced199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql/startup
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DROP USER MYSQL_USER;
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS MYSQL_DATABASE;
+GRANT ALL ON `MYSQL_DATABASE`.* TO 'MYSQL_USER'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'MYSQL_PASSWORD'; 
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