diff --git a/libraries/default.rb b/libraries/default.rb
index a73797a4..00110cdb 100644
--- a/libraries/default.rb
+++ b/libraries/default.rb
@@ -79,4 +79,61 @@ module Openstack
       end
     end
   end
+
+  # Library routine that uses the database cookbook to create the
+  # service's database and grant read/write access to the
+  # given user and password. A privileged "super user" and password
+  # is supplied, which is needed to create the database and user
+  # records. Returns the db info from the db() library call.
+  def db_create_with_user(service, super_user, super_pass, user, pass)
+    info = db(service)
+    if info
+      host = info['host']
+      port = info['port'].to_s
+      type = info['db_type']
+      db_name = info['db_name']
+      connection_info = {
+        'host' => host,
+        'port' => port,
+        'username' => super_user,
+        'password' => super_pass
+      }
+      prov = case type
+      when 'postgresql', 'pgsql'
+        Chef::Provider::Database::Postgresql
+      when 'mysql'
+        Chef::Provider::Database::Mysql
+      else
+        Chef::Log.error("Unsupported database type #{type}")
+      end
+
+      # create database
+      database "create #{db_name} database" do
+        provider prov
+        connection connection_info
+        database_name db_name
+        action :create
+      end
+      
+      # create user
+      database_user username do
+        provider prov
+        connection connection_info
+        password pass
+        action :create
+      end
+      
+      # grant privs to user
+      database_user username do
+        provider prov
+        connection connection_info
+        password pass
+        database_name db_name
+        host '%'
+        privileges [:all]
+        action :grant
+      end
+    end
+    info
+  end
 end
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index d1c2c0ab..6c48d878 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+name             "openstack-common"
 maintainer       "Jay Pipes"
 maintainer_email "jaypipes@gmail.com"
 license          "Apache 2.0"
 description      "Common OpenStack attributes, libraries and recipes."
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
 version          "0.0.1"
+depends          "database"
 depends          "openstack-utils"
diff --git a/spec/default_spec.rb b/spec/default_spec.rb
index 833c4bfc..db515c8c 100644
--- a/spec/default_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/default_spec.rb
@@ -129,4 +129,26 @@ describe ::Openstack do
       @subject.db_uri("compute", "user", "pass").should eq expect
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#db_create_with_user" do
+    it "returns nil when no openstack.db not in node attrs" do
+      @subject.instance_variable_set(:@node, {})
+      @subject.db_create_with_user("nonexisting", "superuser", "superpass", "user", "pass").should be_nil
+    end
+    it "returns nil when no such service was found" do
+      @subject.instance_variable_set(:@node, @chef_run.node)
+      @subject.db_create_with_user("nonexisting", "superuser", "superpass", "user", "pass").should be_nil
+    end
+    it "returns db info and creates database with user when service found" do
+      stub_const("Chef::Provider::Database::Mysql", nil)
+      Chef::Recipe.any_instance.stub(:database).and_return(Hash.new)
+      @subject.instance_variable_set(:@node, @chef_run.node)
+      expect = {
+        'host' => '127.0.0.1',
+        'port' => 3306
+      }
+      result = @subject.db_create_with_user("compute", "superuser", "superpass", "user", "pass")
+      result.should eq expect
+    end
+  end
 end