diff --git a/src/test/user-test.js b/src/test/user-test.js
index 1600b09c7..091853fd9 100644
--- a/src/test/user-test.js
+++ b/src/test/user-test.js
@@ -106,6 +106,30 @@ describe('User', function () {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('getOwner', function() {
+        before(cleanupUsers);
+        after(cleanupUsers);
+
+        it('fails because there is no owner', function (done) {
+            user.getOwner(function (error) {
+                expect(error.reason).to.be(UserError.NOT_FOUND);
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('succeeds', function (done) {
+            createUser(function (error) {
+                if (error) return done(error);
+
+                user.getOwner(function (error, owner) {
+                    expect(error).to.be(null);
+                    expect(owner.email).to.be(EMAIL);
+                    done();
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('verify', function () {
         before(createUser);
         after(cleanupUsers);
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index ae345294d..d785a4d83 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     setPassword: setPassword,
     changePassword: changePassword,
     update: updateUser,
-    createOwner: createOwner
+    createOwner: createOwner,
+    getOwner: getOwner
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
@@ -382,3 +383,11 @@ function createOwner(username, password, email, callback) {
     });
 }
 
+function getOwner(callback) {
+    userdb.getOwner(function (error, owner) {
+        if (error && error.reason === DatabaseError.NOT_FOUND) return callback(new UserError(UserError.NOT_FOUND));
+        if (error) return callback(new UserError(UserError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
+
+        return callback(null, owner);
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/userdb.js b/src/userdb.js
index 38bf603cc..b0baae525 100644
--- a/src/userdb.js
+++ b/src/userdb.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     getByEmail: getByEmail,
     getByAccessToken: getByAccessToken,
     getByResetToken: getByResetToken,
+    getOwner: getOwner,
     getAll: getAll,
     getAllAdmins: getAllAdmins,
     add: add,
@@ -56,6 +57,18 @@ function getByEmail(email, callback) {
     });
 }
 
+function getOwner(callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    // the first created user it the admin
+    database.query('SELECT ' + USERS_FIELDS + ' FROM users WHERE admin=1 ORDER BY createdAt LIMIT 1', function (error, result) {
+        if (error) return callback(new DatabaseError(DatabaseError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
+        if (result.length === 0) return callback(new DatabaseError(DatabaseError.NOT_FOUND));
+
+        callback(null, result[0]);
+    });
+}
+
 function getByResetToken(resetToken, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof resetToken, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');