Index: server/src/akonadi.cpp
===================================================================
--- server/src/akonadi.cpp
+++ server/src/akonadi.cpp      2010-03-22 10:15:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -368,11 +368,15 @@
 void AkonadiServer::startMysqlDatabaseProcess()
 {
   const QString mysqldPath = DbConfig::serverPath();
+  const QStringList mysqldSearchPath = DbConfig::mysqldSearchPath();
 
   const QString dataDir = XdgBaseDirs::saveDir( "data", QLatin1String( "akonadi/db_data" ) );
   const QString akDir   = XdgBaseDirs::saveDir( "data", QLatin1String( "akonadi/" ) );
   const QString miscDir = XdgBaseDirs::saveDir( "data", QLatin1String( "akonadi/db_misc" ) );
   const QString fileDataDir = XdgBaseDirs::saveDir( "data", QLatin1String( "akonadi/file_db_data" ) );
+  const QString mMysqlInstallDbPath = XdgBaseDirs::findExecutableFile( QLatin1String( "mysql_install_db" ), mysqldSearchPath );
+  akDebug() << "Found mysql_install_db: " << mMysqlInstallDbPath;
+
 
   // generate config file
   const QString globalConfig = XdgBaseDirs::findResourceFile( "config", QLatin1String( "akonadi/mysql-global.conf" ) );
@@ -443,6 +447,12 @@
     }
   }
 
+  // first run, some MySQL versions need a mysql_install_db run for that
+  if ( QDir( dataDir ).entryList( QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::AllEntries ).isEmpty() && !mMysqlInstallDbPath.isEmpty() ) {
+    const QStringList arguments = QStringList() << QString::fromLatin1( "--datadir=%1/" ).arg( dataDir ); 
+    QProcess::execute( mMysqlInstallDbPath, arguments );
+  }
+
   // clear mysql ib_logfile's in case innodb_log_file_size option changed in last confUpdate
   if ( confUpdate ) {
       QFile(dataDir + QDir::separator() + QString::fromLatin1( "ib_logfile0" )).remove();
Index: server/src/storage/dbconfig.cpp
===================================================================
--- server/src/storage/dbconfig.cpp
+++ server/src/storage/dbconfig.cpp     2010-03-22 10:13:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -299,3 +299,15 @@
     return sInstance()->mCleanServerShutdownCommand;
 }
 
+QStringList DbConfig::mysqldSearchPath()
+{
+const QStringList mysqldSearchPath = QStringList()
+  << QLatin1String("/usr/sbin")
+  << QLatin1String("/usr/local/sbin")
+  << QLatin1String("/usr/local/libexec")
+  << QLatin1String("/usr/libexec")
+  << QLatin1String("/opt/mysql/libexec")
+  << QLatin1String("/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin");
+
+    return mysqldSearchPath ;
+}
Index: server/src/storage/dbconfig.h
===================================================================
--- server/src/storage/dbconfig.h
+++ server/src/storage/dbconfig.h       2010-03-22 10:14:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@
    * exists.
    */
   QString cleanServerShutdownCommand();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the path where mysql binaries are searched
+   */
+  QStringList mysqldSearchPath() ;
 }
 
 #endif