diff --git a/src/Core/Console.php b/src/Core/Console.php
index a1143ae1d..82c485179 100644
--- a/src/Core/Console.php
+++ b/src/Core/Console.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Console extends \Asika\SimpleConsole\Console
 		'extract'                => __NAMESPACE__ . '\Console\Extract',
 		'globalcommunityblock'   => __NAMESPACE__ . '\Console\GlobalCommunityBlock',
 		'globalcommunitysilence' => __NAMESPACE__ . '\Console\GlobalCommunitySilence',
+		'autoinstall'            => __NAMESPACE__ . '\Console\AutomaticInstallation',
 		'maintenance'            => __NAMESPACE__ . '\Console\Maintenance',
 		'newpassword'            => __NAMESPACE__ . '\Console\NewPassword',
 		'php2po'                 => __NAMESPACE__ . '\Console\PhpToPo',
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ Commands:
 	globalcommunityblock   Block remote profile from interacting with this node
 	globalcommunitysilence Silence remote profile from global community page
 	help                   Show help about a command, e.g (bin/console help config)
+	autoinstall            Starts automatic installation of friendica based on values from htconfig.php
 	maintenance            Set maintenance mode for this node
 	newpassword            Set a new password for a given user
 	php2po                 Generate a messages.po file from a strings.php file
diff --git a/src/Core/Console/AutomaticInstallation.php b/src/Core/Console/AutomaticInstallation.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6318b19a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Console/AutomaticInstallation.php
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Core\Console;
+
+use Asika\SimpleConsole\Console;
+use dba;
+use Friendica\App;
+
+require_once 'mod/install.php';
+require_once 'include/dba.php';
+
+class AutomaticInstallation extends Console
+{
+	protected function getHelp()
+	{
+		return <<<HELP
+Installation - Install Friendica automatically
+Synopsis
+	bin/console autoinstall [-h|--help|-?] [-v] [-a] 
+	
+Description
+    Installs Friendica with data based on the htconfig.php file
+
+Notes:
+    Not checking .htaccess/URL-Rewrite during CLI installation.
+
+Options
+    -h|--help|-? Show help information
+    -v           Show more debug information.
+    -a           All setup checks are required (except .htaccess)
+HELP;
+	}
+
+	protected function doExecute()
+	{
+		// Initialise the app
+		$this->out("Initializing setup...\n");
+
+		$a = get_app();
+		$db_host = '';
+		$db_user = '';
+		$db_pass = '';
+		$db_data = '';
+		require_once 'htconfig.php';
+
+		$this->out(" Complete!\n\n");
+
+		// Check basic setup
+		$this->out("Checking basic setup...\n");
+
+		$checkResults = [];
+		$checkResults['basic'] = $this->runBasicChecks($a);
+		$errorMessage = $this->extractErrors($checkResults['basic']);
+
+		if ($errorMessage !== '') {
+			throw new \RuntimeException($errorMessage);
+		}
+
+		$this->out(" Complete!\n\n");
+
+		// Check database connection
+		$this->out("Checking database...\n");
+
+		$checkResults['db'] = array();
+		$checkResults['db'][] = $this->runDatabaseCheck($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+		$errorMessage = $this->extractErrors($checkResults['db']);
+
+		if ($errorMessage !== '') {
+			throw new \RuntimeException($errorMessage);
+		}
+
+		$this->out(" Complete!\n\n");
+
+		// Install database
+		$this->out("Inserting data into database...\n");
+
+		$checkResults['data'] = load_database();
+
+		if ($checkResults['data'] !== '') {
+			throw new \RuntimeException("ERROR: DB Database creation error. Is the DB empty?\n");
+		}
+
+		$this->out(" Complete!\n\n");
+
+		// Copy config file
+		$this->out("Saving config file...\n");
+		if (!copy('htconfig.php', '.htconfig.php')) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException("ERROR: Saving config file failed. Please copy .htautoinstall.php to .htconfig.php manually.\n");
+		}
+		$this->out(" Complete!\n\n");
+		$this->out("\nInstallation is finished\n");
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param App $app
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	private function runBasicChecks($app)
+	{
+		$checks = [];
+
+		check_funcs($checks);
+		check_imagik($checks);
+		check_htconfig($checks);
+		check_smarty3($checks);
+		check_keys($checks);
+
+		if (!empty($app->config['php_path'])) {
+			check_php($app->config['php_path'], $checks);
+		} else {
+			throw new \RuntimeException(" ERROR: The php_path is not set in the config. Please check the file .htconfig.php.\n");
+		}
+
+		$this->out(" NOTICE: Not checking .htaccess/URL-Rewrite during CLI installation.\n");
+
+		return $checks;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $db_host
+	 * @param $db_user
+	 * @param $db_pass
+	 * @param $db_data
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	private function runDatabaseCheck($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data)
+	{
+		$result = array(
+			'title' => 'MySQL Connection',
+			'required' => true,
+			'status' => true,
+			'help' => '',
+		);
+
+
+		if (!dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, true)) {
+			$result['status'] = false;
+			$result['help'] = 'Failed, please check your MySQL settings and credentials.';
+		}
+
+		return $result;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array $results
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	private function extractErrors($results)
+	{
+		$errorMessage = '';
+		$allChecksRequired = $this->getOption('a') !== null;
+
+		foreach ($results as $result) {
+			if (($allChecksRequired || $result['required'] === true) && $result['status'] === false) {
+				$errorMessage .= "--------\n";
+				$errorMessage .= $result['title'] . ': ' . $result['help'] . "\n";
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $errorMessage;
+	}
+}