diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index da7d1c382205657301d9d898247cf137b22b9a7b..f58d09f16d015821261d43e3e196ebd422f6c505 100755
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 		'username' => 'facebook100000123456789', // trystack will user your facebook id as the user name
 		'password' => 'Secr3tPaSSWoRdt7', // in the trystack dashboard go to user -> settings -> API Password to generate a password
 		'container' => 'owncloud', // must already exist in the objectstore, name can be different
+		'autocreate' => true, // create the container if it does not exist. default is false
 		'region' => 'RegionOne', //required, dev-/trystack defaults to 'RegionOne'
 		'url' => 'http://8.21.28.222:5000/v2.0', // The Identity / Keystone endpoint
 		'tenantName' => 'facebook100000123456789', // required on dev-/trystack
diff --git a/lib/private/files/objectstore/swift.php b/lib/private/files/objectstore/swift.php
index b4ef8996cb85fae6836f8dcd44cdd98a49870005..53367367af0ea93d278127f00806b170e150f31c 100644
--- a/lib/private/files/objectstore/swift.php
+++ b/lib/private/files/objectstore/swift.php
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@
 
 namespace OC\Files\ObjectStore;
 
+use Guzzle\Http\Exception\ClientErrorResponseException;
 use OpenCloud\OpenStack;
 
 class Swift extends AbstractObjectStore {
 
+	/**
+	 * @var \OpenCloud\ObjectStore\Service
+	 */
+	private $objectStoreService;
 	
 	/**
 	 * @var \OpenCloud\ObjectStore\Resource\Container
@@ -34,6 +39,13 @@ class Swift extends AbstractObjectStore {
 		if (!isset($params['username']) || !isset($params['password']) ) {
 			throw new \Exception("Access Key and Secret have to be configured.");
 		}
+		if (!isset($params['container'])) {
+			$params['container'] = 'owncloud';
+		}
+		if (!isset($params['autocreate'])) {
+			// should only be true for tests
+			$params['autocreate'] = false;
+		}
 
 		$secret = array(
 			'username' => $params['username'],
@@ -54,10 +66,18 @@ class Swift extends AbstractObjectStore {
 
 		$client = new OpenStack($params['url'], $secret);
 
-		/** @var $objectStoreService \OpenCloud\ObjectStore\Service **/
-		$objectStoreService = $client->objectStoreService($serviceName, $params['region']);
-
-		$this->container = $objectStoreService->getContainer($params['container']);
+		$this->objectStoreService = $client->objectStoreService($serviceName, $params['region']);
+
+		try {
+			$this->container = $this->objectStoreService->getContainer($params['container']);
+		} catch (ClientErrorResponseException $ex) {
+			// if the container does not exist and autocreate is true try to create the container on the fly
+			if (isset($params['autocreate']) && $params['autocreate'] === true) {
+				$this->container = $this->objectStoreService->createContainer($params['container']);
+			} else {
+				throw $ex;
+			}
+		}
 
 		//set the user via parent constructor, also initializes the root of the filecache
 		parent::__construct($params);
@@ -105,4 +125,8 @@ class Swift extends AbstractObjectStore {
 		$this->container->uploadObject($urn, $fileData);
 	}
 
+	public function deleteContainer($recursive = false) {
+		$this->container->delete($recursive);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/files/objectstore/swift.php b/tests/lib/files/objectstore/swift.php
index 1e7495e0a22c137501ca794bba2f00f2d7de472d..497ea7f241c265aafa64c1e45920c2f35f8fabe7 100644
--- a/tests/lib/files/objectstore/swift.php
+++ b/tests/lib/files/objectstore/swift.php
@@ -53,11 +53,14 @@ class Swift extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		\OC_User::setUserId('');
 		\OC\Files\Filesystem::tearDown();
 		\OC_User::setUserId('test');
-		
+
+		$testContainer = 'oc-test-container-'.substr( md5(rand()), 0, 7);
+
 		$params = array(
 			'username' => 'facebook100000330192569',
 			'password' => 'Dbdj1sXnRSHxIGc4',
-			'container' => 'owncloud',
+			'container' => $testContainer,
+			'autocreate' => true,
 			'region' => 'RegionOne', //required, trystack defaults to 'RegionOne'
 			'url' => 'http://8.21.28.222:5000/v2.0', // The Identity / Keystone endpoint
 			'tenantName' => 'facebook100000330192569', // required on trystack
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ class Swift extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		if (is_null($this->storage)) {
 			return;
 		}
+		$this->storage->deleteContainer(true);
 		$this->storage->getCache()->clear();
 		//TODO how do I clear hooks?
 	}