diff --git a/database/package.json b/database/package.json
index d69926340..ff238ee13 100644
--- a/database/package.json
+++ b/database/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
     "typescript": "^4.3.5"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "crypto": "^1.0.1",
     "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
+    "faker": "^5.5.3",
     "mysql2": "^2.3.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
     "ts-mysql-migrate": "^1.0.2",
diff --git a/database/src/factories/user.factory.ts b/database/src/factories/user.factory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fbccbdb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/factories/user.factory.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import Faker from 'faker'
+import { define } from 'typeorm-seeding'
+import { User } from '../../entity/User'
+import { randomBytes } from 'crypto'
+
+interface UserContext {
+  pubkey?: Buffer
+  email?: string
+  firstName?: string
+  lastName?: string
+  username?: string
+  disabled?: boolean
+}
+
+define(User, (faker: typeof Faker, context: UserContext) => {
+  const user = new User()
+
+  user.pubkey = context.pubkey ? context.pubkey : randomBytes(32)
+  user.email = context.email ? context.email : faker.internet.email()
+  user.firstName = context.firstName ? context.firstName : faker.name.firstName()
+  user.lastName = context.lastName ? context.lastName : faker.name.lastName()
+  user.username = context.username ? context.username : faker.internet.userName()
+  user.disabled = context.disabled ? context.disabled : false
+
+  return user
+})
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/create-user.seed.ts b/database/src/seeds/create-user.seed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b95d1bbe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/create-user.seed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { Factory, Seeder } from 'typeorm-seeding'
+import { User } from '../../entity/User'
+
+export class CreateUser implements Seeder {
+  public async run(factory: Factory): Promise<void> {
+    await factory(User)().create()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/database/yarn.lock b/database/yarn.lock
index 7ea8914c1..25b236371 100644
--- a/database/yarn.lock
+++ b/database/yarn.lock
@@ -647,6 +647,11 @@ crypto-random-string@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/crypto-random-string/-/crypto-random-string-2.0.0.tgz#ef2a7a966ec11083388369baa02ebead229b30d5"
   integrity sha512-v1plID3y9r/lPhviJ1wrXpLeyUIGAZ2SHNYTEapm7/8A9nLPoyvVp3RK/EPFqn5kEznyWgYZNsRtYYIWbuG8KA==
 
+crypto@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/crypto/-/crypto-1.0.1.tgz#2af1b7cad8175d24c8a1b0778255794a21803037"
+  integrity sha512-VxBKmeNcqQdiUQUW2Tzq0t377b54N2bMtXO/qiLa+6eRRmmC4qT3D4OnTGoT/U6O9aklQ/jTwbOtRMTTY8G0Ig==
+
 debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.6.9:
   version "2.6.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-2.6.9.tgz#5d128515df134ff327e90a4c93f4e077a536341f"
@@ -1050,6 +1055,11 @@ faker@4.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/faker/-/faker-4.1.0.tgz#1e45bbbecc6774b3c195fad2835109c6d748cc3f"
   integrity sha1-HkW7vsxndLPBlfrSg1EJxtdIzD8=
 
+faker@^5.5.3:
+  version "5.5.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/faker/-/faker-5.5.3.tgz#c57974ee484431b25205c2c8dc09fda861e51e0e"
+  integrity sha512-wLTv2a28wjUyWkbnX7u/ABZBkUkIF2fCd73V6P2oFqEGEktDfzWx4UxrSqtPRw0xPRAcjeAOIiJWqZm3pP4u3g==
+
 fast-deep-equal@^3.1.1, fast-deep-equal@^3.1.3:
   version "3.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-3.1.3.tgz#3a7d56b559d6cbc3eb512325244e619a65c6c525"