diff --git a/app/models/service.rb b/app/models/service.rb
index 6ce392d66c0..d9caef840ac 100644
--- a/app/models/service.rb
+++ b/app/models/service.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class Service < ApplicationRecord
 
   default_value_for :display, false
   default_value_for :retired, false
+  default_value_for :initiator, 'user'
 
   validates :display, :inclusion => { :in => [true, false] }
   validates :retired, :inclusion => { :in => [true, false] }
diff --git a/db/migrate/20170222214902_add_initiator_to_service.rb b/db/migrate/20170222214902_add_initiator_to_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19a6ac28915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20170222214902_add_initiator_to_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class AddInitiatorToService < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+  class Service < ActiveRecord::Base; end
+
+  def up
+    add_column :services, :initiator, :string, :comment => "Entity that initiated the service creation"
+    say_with_time("Updating existing services to 'user' initiator") do
+      Service.update_all(:initiator => 'user')
+    end
+  end
+
+  def down
+    remove_column :services, :initiator
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.yml b/db/schema.yml
index f8c035b75a0..5379238e440 100644
--- a/db/schema.yml
+++ b/db/schema.yml
@@ -6435,6 +6435,7 @@ services:
 - retirement_requester
 - tenant_id
 - ancestry
+- initiator
 sessions:
 - id
 - session_id
diff --git a/spec/migrations/20170222214902_add_initiator_to_service_spec.rb b/spec/migrations/20170222214902_add_initiator_to_service_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e4239074ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/migrations/20170222214902_add_initiator_to_service_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require_migration
+
+describe AddInitiatorToService do
+  let(:service_stub) { migration_stub(:Service) }
+  let(:default_initiator) { "user" }
+
+  migration_context :up do
+    it "adds initiator and sets it to user" do
+      service_stub.create!(:name => 'service1')
+      service_stub.create!(:name => 'service2')
+
+      migrate
+
+      expect(service_stub.count).to eq(2)
+      expect(service_stub.find_by(:name => 'service1').initiator).to eq(default_initiator)
+      expect(service_stub.find_by(:name => 'service2').initiator).to eq(default_initiator)
+    end
+  end
+end