diff --git a/xwiki-mysql-tomcat/xwiki/start_xwiki.sh b/xwiki-mysql-tomcat/xwiki/start_xwiki.sh
index 38dc633edd3f1a9f5cadb1b4b08d7b51e61f05a3..cff36a2c3bbfc96dfe8500d09788a66c09c91f34 100755
--- a/xwiki-mysql-tomcat/xwiki/start_xwiki.sh
+++ b/xwiki-mysql-tomcat/xwiki/start_xwiki.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ function configure() {
 
   echo '  Setting permanent directory...'
   xwiki-set-properties 'environment.permanentDirectory' '/var/lib/xwiki'
+  echo '  Configure libreoffice...'
+  xwiki-set-properties 'openoffice.autoStart' 'true'
 }
 
 if [[ ! -f /var/lib/tomcat/.first_start_completed ]]; then