diff --git a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/setup_db.py b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/setup_db.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/setup_db.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/setup_db.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import paste.deploy
 
+import kallithea
 from kallithea.lib.db_manage import DbManage
 from kallithea.lib.paster_commands.common import BasePasterCommand
 from kallithea.model.meta import Session
@@ -103,4 +104,14 @@ class Command(BasePasterCommand):
         dbmanage.populate_default_permissions()
         Session().commit()
 
+        # initial repository scan
+        kallithea.config.middleware.make_app_without_logging(
+                self.config.global_conf, **self.config.local_conf)
+        added, _ = kallithea.lib.utils.repo2db_mapper(kallithea.model.scm.ScmModel().repo_scan())
+        if added:
+            print 'Initial repository scan: added following repositories:'
+            print '\t','\n\t'.join(added)
+        else:
+            print 'Initial repository scan: no repositories found.'
+
         print 'Database set up successfully.'