diff --git a/docker/POL/Dockerfile b/docker/POL/Dockerfile
index 8a39a85..148e742 100644
--- a/docker/POL/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/POL/Dockerfile
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 
 RUN apt-get --yes update  && apt-get -y install python3-osm-policy-module${POL_VERSION}
 
+COPY scripts/ scripts/
+
 ENV OSMPOL_MESSAGE_DRIVER kafka
 ENV OSMPOL_MESSAGE_HOST kafka
 ENV OSMPOL_MESSAGE_PORT 9092
@@ -58,4 +60,4 @@
 
 ENV OSMPOL_GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL INFO
 
-CMD osm-policy-agent
+CMD /bin/bash scripts/start.sh
diff --git a/docker/POL/scripts/start.sh b/docker/POL/scripts/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04d0d34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/POL/scripts/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+DB_EXISTS=""
+
+max_attempts=120
+function wait_db(){
+    db_host=$1
+    db_port=$2
+    attempt=0
+    echo "Wait until $max_attempts seconds for MySQL mano Server ${db_host}:${db_port} "
+    while ! mysqladmin ping -h"$db_host" -P"$db_port" --silent; do
+        #wait 120 sec
+        if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+            echo
+            echo "Can not connect to database ${db_host}:${db_port} during $max_attempts sec"
+            return 1
+        fi
+        attempt=$[$attempt+1]
+        echo -n "."
+        sleep 1
+    done
+    return 0
+}
+
+function is_db_created() {
+    db_host=$1
+    db_port=$2
+    db_user=$3
+    db_pswd=$4
+    db_name=$5
+
+    if mysqlshow -h"$db_host" -P"$db_port" -u"$db_user" -p"$db_pswd" | grep -v Wildcard | grep -q $db_name; then
+        echo "DB $db_name exists"
+        return 0
+    else
+        echo "DB $db_name does not exist"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+if [[ $OSMPOL_SQL_DATABASE_URI == *'mysql'* ]]; then
+    DB_HOST=$(echo $OSMPOL_SQL_DATABASE_URI | sed -r 's|^\w+://.+:.+@(.+):.*$|\1|')
+    DB_PORT=$(echo $OSMPOL_SQL_DATABASE_URI | sed -r 's|^\w+://.*:([0-9]+).*$|\1|')
+    DB_USER=$(echo $OSMPOL_SQL_DATABASE_URI | sed -r 's|^\w+://(.+):.+@.+$|\1|')
+    DB_PASSWORD=$(echo $OSMPOL_SQL_DATABASE_URI | sed -r 's|^.+://.+:(.+)@.*$|\1|')
+    DB_NAME=$(echo $OSMPOL_SQL_DATABASE_URI | sed -r 's|^\w+://.+:.+@.+:.*/(.+)$|\1|')
+
+    wait_db "$DB_HOST" "$DB_PORT" || exit 1
+
+    is_db_created "$DB_HOST" "$DB_PORT" "$DB_USER" "$DB_PASSWORD" "$DB_NAME" && DB_EXISTS="Y"
+
+    if [ -z $DB_EXISTS ]; then
+        mysql -h"$DB_HOST" -P"$DB_PORT" -u"$DB_USER" -p"$DB_PASSWORD" --default_character_set utf8 -e "CREATE DATABASE $DB_NAME"
+    fi
+fi
+
+osm-policy-agent
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installers/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/installers/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index 3a879ad..b1f0cc8 100644
--- a/installers/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/installers/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -148,9 +148,10 @@
     volumes:
       - pol_db:/app/database
     environment:
-      OSMPOL_SQL_DATABASE_URI: sqlite:///app/database/policy_module.db
       OSMPOL_MESSAGE_HOST: kafka
       OSMPOL_MESSAGE_PORT: 9092
+    env_file:
+      - ./pol.env
     #depends_on:
     #  - kafka
     #  - mon
diff --git a/installers/full_install_osm.sh b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
index a48bd4d..6381c7e 100755
--- a/installers/full_install_osm.sh
+++ b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
@@ -822,6 +822,11 @@
         $WORKDIR_SUDO sed -i "s|OSMMON_VCA_SECRET.*|OSMMON_VCA_SECRET=$OSM_VCA_SECRET|g" $OSM_DOCKER_WORK_DIR/mon.env
     fi
 
+    # POL
+    if [ ! -f $OSM_DOCKER_WORK_DIR/pol.env ]; then
+        echo "OSMPOL_SQL_DATABASE_URI=mysql://root:${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}@mysql:3306/pol" | $WORKDIR_SUDO tee -a $OSM_DOCKER_WORK_DIR/pol.env
+    fi
+
     echo "Finished generation of docker env files"
 }