diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9f6978c..7e12e44 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ EXPOSE 5311
 
 CMD cd /opt/surveil && \
     ./setup.sh && \
-    ((sleep 40 && surveil-init --influxdb --packs --mongodb) &) && \
+    ((sleep 50 && surveil-init --influxdb --packs --mongodb) &) && \
     surveil-api
diff --git a/surveil/api/datamodel/config/host.py b/surveil/api/datamodel/config/host.py
index 71b2d69..57fee63 100644
--- a/surveil/api/datamodel/config/host.py
+++ b/surveil/api/datamodel/config/host.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class Host(types.Base):
 
     retry_interval = wsme.wsattr(int, mandatory=False)
 
+    passive_checks_enabled = wsme.wsattr(wtypes.text, mandatory=False)
+
     # TODO(aviau): Custom fields starting without '_' should raise an error.
     custom_fields = wsme.wsattr(
         wtypes.DictType(wtypes.text, wtypes.text),
diff --git a/surveil/api/storage/mongodb/config/host.py b/surveil/api/storage/mongodb/config/host.py
index d9ce2c9..53aa50d 100644
--- a/surveil/api/storage/mongodb/config/host.py
+++ b/surveil/api/storage/mongodb/config/host.py
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ class Host(mongoengine.Document):
     check_interval = mongoengine.IntField()
     retry_interval = mongoengine.IntField()
     custom_fields = mongoengine.DictField()
+    passive_checks_enabled = mongoengine.StringField()
diff --git a/surveil/cmd/init.py b/surveil/cmd/init.py
index a15e6b8..14cc34e 100644
--- a/surveil/cmd/init.py
+++ b/surveil/cmd/init.py
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ def main():
             service_description="check-ws-arbiter"
         )
 
+        # Passive checks host
+        cli_surveil.config.hosts.create(
+            host_name='passive_check_host',
+            use=['generic-host'],
+            address='127.0.0.1',
+            passive_checks_enabled='1'
+        )
+
         # Linux-keystone template
         cli_surveil.config.hosts.create(
             host_name='test_keystone',