diff --git a/Modulefile b/Modulefile
index 18a6985..daf53da 100644
--- a/Modulefile
+++ b/Modulefile
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ project_page 'https://github.com/openstack-ci/puppet-refstack'
 ## Add dependencies, if any:
 dependency 'stankevich/python', '= 1.6.6'
 dependency 'openstackci/vcsrepo', '= 0.0.8'
+dependency 'puppetlabs/mysql', '= 0.6.1'
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 79f7128..0c5bf0f 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -17,12 +17,20 @@
 # This class installs and updates refstack in a continuous-deployment fashion
 # directly from its git repositories.
 #
-class refstack () {
+class refstack (
+  $mysql_database      = 'refstack',
+  $mysql_user          = 'refstack',
+  $mysql_user_password,
+) {
 
   # Configure the entire refstack instance. This does not install anything,
   # but ensures that variables are consistent across all modules.
   class { '::refstack::params':
+    mysql_database         => $mysql_database,
+    mysql_user             => $mysql_user,
+    mysql_user_password    => $mysql_user_password,
   }
 
+  include ::refstack::mysql
   include ::refstack::api
 }
diff --git a/manifests/mysql.pp b/manifests/mysql.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db141ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/mysql.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# == Class: refstack::mysql
+#
+# The Refstack MySQL manifest will install a standalone, localhost instance
+# of mysql for refstack to connect to.
+#
+class refstack::mysql () {
+
+  require ::refstack::params
+
+  # Import parameters.
+  $mysql_database      = $refstack::params::mysql_database
+  $mysql_user          = $refstack::params::mysql_user
+  $mysql_user_password = $refstack::params::mysql_user_password
+
+  # Install MySQL
+  include mysql::server
+
+  # Add the storyboard database.
+  mysql::db { $mysql_database:
+    user     => $mysql_user,
+    password => $mysql_user_password,
+    host     => 'localhost',
+    grant    => ['all'],
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 134c8d5..cde00c4 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ class refstack::params (
   # The user under which refstack will run.
   $user           = 'refstack',
   $group          = 'refstack',
+
+  # [database] refstack.conf
+  $mysql_user             = 'refstack',
+  $mysql_user_password,
+  $mysql_host             = localhost,
+  $mysql_port             = 3306,
+  $mysql_database         = 'refstack',
 ) {
 
   # Resolve a few parameters based on the install environment.
@@ -34,4 +41,8 @@ class refstack::params (
 
   # Create our install directory with a python-versioned name (because venv).
   $install_api_root       = "/var/lib/refstack-py${python_version}"
+
+  # Build the connection string from individual parameters
+  $mysql_connection_string = "mysql://${mysql_user}:${mysql_user_password}@${mysql_host}:${mysql_port}/${mysql_database}"
+
 }
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 7289083..bd779a7 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
     {
       "name": "openstackci/vcsrepo",
       "version_requirement": ">= 0.0.8"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "puppetlabs/mysql",
+      "version_requirement": ">= 0.6.1"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/vagrant.pp b/vagrant.pp
index 95b862a..90e1f83 100644
--- a/vagrant.pp
+++ b/vagrant.pp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 node default {
   class { 'refstack':
+    mysql_user_password    => 'refstack',
   }
 }
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diff --git a/vagrant.sh b/vagrant.sh
index 6b66c71..5792deb 100644
--- a/vagrant.sh
+++ b/vagrant.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ if [ ! -d /etc/puppet/modules/python ]; then
 fi
 if [ ! -d /etc/puppet/modules/vcsrepo ]; then
   puppet module install openstackci-vcsrepo --version 0.0.8
+fi
+if [ ! -d /etc/puppet/modules/mysql ]; then
+  puppet module install puppetlabs-mysql --version 0.6.1
 fi
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