diff --git a/config/packages/kimai.yaml b/config/packages/kimai.yaml
index 4f615126..24bee135 100644
--- a/config/packages/kimai.yaml
+++ b/config/packages/kimai.yaml
@@ -154,3 +154,10 @@ kimai:
         activeUsersYear: { title: stats.userActiveYear, query: users, begin: '01 january this year 00:00:00', end: '31 december this year 23:59:59', icon: user, color: yellow }
         activeUsersTotal: { title: stats.userActiveTotal, query: users, icon: user, color: red }
         activeRecordings: { title: stats.activeRecordings, query: active, icon: duration, color: red }
+
+    # Default settings used to populate forms
+    #defaults:
+    #    customer:
+    #        timezone: Europe/Berlin
+    #        country: DE
+    #        currency: EUR
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diff --git a/config/services.yaml b/config/services.yaml
index 84adba09..93ff2f4a 100644
--- a/config/services.yaml
+++ b/config/services.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ services:
         arguments:
             $timesheetAsMarkdown: "%kimai.timesheet.markdown%"
 
+    App\Controller\Admin\CustomerController:
+        arguments:
+            $defaults: "%kimai.defaults%"
+            
     # ================================================================================
     # DATABASE
     # ================================================================================
diff --git a/src/Controller/Admin/CustomerController.php b/src/Controller/Admin/CustomerController.php
index eb7634a4..3fe061a2 100644
--- a/src/Controller/Admin/CustomerController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/Admin/CustomerController.php
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
  */
 class CustomerController extends AbstractController
 {
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $defaults;
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $defaults
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $defaults)
+    {
+        $this->defaults = $defaults;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return \App\Repository\CustomerRepository
      */
@@ -67,7 +80,12 @@ class CustomerController extends AbstractController
      */
     public function createAction(Request $request)
     {
-        return $this->renderCustomerForm(new Customer(), $request);
+        $customer = new Customer();
+        $customer->setCountry($this->defaults['customer']['country']);
+        $customer->setCurrency($this->defaults['customer']['currency']);
+        $customer->setTimezone($this->defaults['customer']['timezone']);
+
+        return $this->renderCustomerForm($customer, $request);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/AppExtension.php b/src/DependencyInjection/AppExtension.php
index e2a5a766..6878c602 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/AppExtension.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/AppExtension.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class AppExtension extends Extension implements PrependExtensionInterface
         $container->setParameter('kimai.dashboard', $config['dashboard']);
         $container->setParameter('kimai.widgets', $config['widgets']);
         $container->setParameter('kimai.invoice.documents', $config['invoice']['documents']);
+        $container->setParameter('kimai.defaults', $config['defaults']);
 
         $this->createUserParameter($config, $container);
         $this->createTimesheetParameter($config, $container);
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 00cda4af..57416f6e 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                 ->append($this->getThemeNode())
                 ->append($this->getDashboardNode())
                 ->append($this->getWidgetsNode())
+                ->append($this->getDefaultsNode())
             ->end()
         ->end();
 
@@ -303,4 +304,26 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
 
         return $node;
     }
+
+    protected function getDefaultsNode()
+    {
+        $builder = new TreeBuilder();
+        $node = $builder->root('defaults');
+
+        $node
+            ->addDefaultsIfNotSet()
+            ->children()
+                ->arrayNode('customer')
+                    ->addDefaultsIfNotSet()
+                    ->children()
+                        ->scalarNode('timezone')->defaultValue('Europe/Berlin')->end()
+                        ->scalarNode('country')->defaultValue('DE')->end()
+                        ->scalarNode('currency')->defaultValue('EUR')->end()
+                    ->end()
+                ->end()
+            ->end()
+        ;
+
+        return $node;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Controller/Admin/CustomerControllerTest.php b/tests/Controller/Admin/CustomerControllerTest.php
index 912ee638..ee8010e5 100644
--- a/tests/Controller/Admin/CustomerControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Controller/Admin/CustomerControllerTest.php
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ class CustomerControllerTest extends ControllerBaseTest
         $client = $this->getClientForAuthenticatedUser(User::ROLE_ADMIN);
         $this->assertAccessIsGranted($client, '/admin/customer/create');
         $form = $client->getCrawler()->filter('form[name=customer_edit_form]')->form();
+
+        $kernel = self::bootKernel();
+        $container = $kernel->getContainer();
+        $defaults = $container->getParameter('kimai.defaults')['customer'];
+
+        $editForm = $client->getCrawler()->filter('form[name=customer_edit_form]')->form();
+        $this->assertEquals($defaults['country'], $editForm->get('customer_edit_form[country]')->getValue());
+        $this->assertEquals($defaults['currency'], $editForm->get('customer_edit_form[currency]')->getValue());
+        $this->assertEquals($defaults['timezone'], $editForm->get('customer_edit_form[timezone]')->getValue());
+
         $client->submit($form, [
             'customer_edit_form' => [
                 'name' => 'Test Customer',
diff --git a/var/docs/configurations.md b/var/docs/configurations.md
index 1310513e..13ddb54c 100644
--- a/var/docs/configurations.md
+++ b/var/docs/configurations.md
@@ -232,3 +232,19 @@ kimai:
                 days: ['saturday','sunday']
                 factor: 1.5
 ```
+
+## Forms (kimai.yaml)
+
+You can set some defaults for various forms within Kimai, to easify the creation process.
+
+### Customer creation
+
+Define the default values for a customer like this: 
+```yaml
+kimai:
+    defaults:
+        customer:
+            timezone: Europe/London
+            country: GB
+            currency: GBP
+```
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