diff --git a/app/models/application_setting.rb b/app/models/application_setting.rb
index 052cd874733..36f88154232 100644
--- a/app/models/application_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_setting.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ class ApplicationSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
       require_two_factor_authentication: false,
       two_factor_grace_period: 48,
       recaptcha_enabled: false,
-      akismet_enabled: false
+      akismet_enabled: false,
+      repository_checks_enabled: true,
     )
   end
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160412140240_add_repository_checks_enabled_setting.rb b/db/migrate/20160412140240_add_repository_checks_enabled_setting.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebfa4bcbc7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160412140240_add_repository_checks_enabled_setting.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddRepositoryChecksEnabledSetting < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :application_settings, :repository_checks_enabled, :boolean, default: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 53509956888..a9c595fe36d 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160331133914) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160412140240) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160331133914) do
     t.string   "akismet_api_key"
     t.boolean  "email_author_in_body",              default: false
     t.integer  "default_group_visibility"
+    t.boolean  "repository_checks_enabled",         default: true
   end
 
   create_table "audit_events", force: :cascade do |t|