diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 9b406e1..5e02485 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ else
   default[:pacemaker][:platform][:packages] = %w()
 end
 
+default[:pacemaker][:crm][:initial_config_file] = "/etc/corosync/crm-initial.conf"
+
 # Only use short hostname (not FQDN)
 default['pacemaker']['nodes'] = ['node1', 'node2']
 
diff --git a/recipes/setup.rb b/recipes/setup.rb
index 27b599e..6ae49cd 100644
--- a/recipes/setup.rb
+++ b/recipes/setup.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+crm_conf = node[:pacemaker][:crm][:initial_config_file]
+template crm_conf do
+  source "crm-initial.conf.erb"
+  owner "root"
+  group "root"
+  mode 0600
+end
+
+execute "crm initial configuration" do
+  user "root"
+  command "crm configure load replace #{crm_conf}"
+end
+
 node[:pacemaker][:platform][:packages].each do |pkg|
   package pkg do
     action :install
diff --git a/templates/default/crm-initial.conf.erb b/templates/default/crm-initial.conf.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83232cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/crm-initial.conf.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+property $id="cib-bootstrap-options" \
+        stonith-enabled="false" \
+        no-quorum-policy="ignore" \
+        placement-strategy="balanced"
+op_defaults $id="op-options" \
+        timeout="600" \
+        record-pending="true"
+rsc_defaults $id="rsc-options" \
+        resource-stickiness="1" \
+        migration-threshold="3"