diff --git a/servers/slapd/slapd.conf b/servers/slapd/slapd.conf
index b225fe5311..b28c56be3e 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/slapd.conf
+++ b/servers/slapd/slapd.conf
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@ rootpw		secret
 directory	%LOCALSTATEDIR%/openldap-data
 # Indices to maintain
 index	objectClass	eq
+
+#######################################################################
+# monitor database definitions
+#######################################################################
+database monitor
diff --git a/servers/slapd/slapd.ldif b/servers/slapd/slapd.ldif
index c320f43deb..0182a7cc12 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/slapd.ldif
+++ b/servers/slapd/slapd.ldif
@@ -93,3 +93,9 @@ olcRootPW: secret
 olcDbDirectory:	%LOCALSTATEDIR%/openldap-data
 # Indices to maintain
 olcDbIndex: objectClass eq
+
+dn: olcDatabase=monitor,cn=config
+objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
+olcDatabase: monitor
+olcRootDN: cn=config
+olcMonitoring: FALSE