diff --git a/helper/sync-db b/helper/sync-db
index af662a2c..bc4b8c04 100755
--- a/helper/sync-db
+++ b/helper/sync-db
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ exit 1 unless(sync_general_timezone($dbh,
 
 exit 1 unless(sync_db_timezones($dbh));
 
+exit 1 unless(sync_li_admins($dbh, $config->{www_admin}->{lawful_intercept_admins}));
+
 $dbh->disconnect;
 
 exit 0;
@@ -253,4 +255,78 @@ SQL
     return 1;
 }
 
+## add LI admins into MariaDB ##############################
+sub sync_li_admins {
+    my ($dbh, $cfg_admins) = @_;
+
+    my $sql = '';
+    eval {
+        $dbh->begin_work() or die "Cannot start tx: $DBI::errstr\n";
+        $dbh->do('USE billing')
+            or die "Cannot use billing database: $DBI::errstr\n";
+
+        my $existent_admins = $dbh->selectall_hashref(<<SQL, 'login')
+SELECT login, email
+FROM billing.admins
+WHERE lawful_intercept = 1
+SQL
+        or die "Could not select existent admins: ".$DBI::errstr;
+
+        #generate random password
+        my @chars = ("A".."Z", "a".."z", "0".."9");
+        my $password;
+        $password .= $chars[rand @chars] for 1..54;
+        my $vals;
+        foreach my $li_admin (@{$cfg_admins}) {
+            unless ($li_admin->{username} && $li_admin->{email}) {
+                print "A Lawful Intercept Administrator does not have username or password set\n";
+                next;
+            }
+            if (!exists $existent_admins->{$li_admin->{username}} ||
+                !$existent_admins->{$li_admin->{username}}->{email} || ($li_admin->{email} ne $existent_admins->{$li_admin->{username}}->{email})) {
+                #new admin or updated email
+                $vals and $vals .= ",";
+                $vals .= "('".$li_admin->{username}."','".$li_admin->{email}."','".$password."', 1, 1, 1, 1)";
+            }
+            #delete all admins that have been found in config.yml and use the remaining ones for the delete statement
+            delete $existent_admins->{$li_admin->{username}};
+        }
+        if ($vals) {
+            #insert new admins or update email
+            $dbh->do(<<SQL)
+INSERT INTO billing.admins
+(login, email, saltedpass, is_superuser, lawful_intercept, billing_data, call_data)
+VALUES
+$vals
+ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
+email = VALUES (email),
+is_superuser = VALUES(is_superuser),
+lawful_intercept = VALUES(lawful_intercept),
+billing_data = VALUES(billing_data),
+call_data = VALUES(call_data)
+SQL
+            or die "Could not insert admin: ".$DBI::errstr;
+        }
+        my @admins_to_delete = keys %$existent_admins;
+        if (scalar @admins_to_delete) {
+            my $placeholders = join ", ", ("?") x @admins_to_delete;
+            #delete admins not found in config.yml
+            $dbh->do(<<SQL, undef, @admins_to_delete)
+DELETE FROM billing.admins
+WHERE login IN ($placeholders)
+SQL
+            or die "Could not insert admin: ".$DBI::errstr;
+        }
+    };
+    my $err = $EVAL_ERROR;
+    if ($err) {
+        print $err;
+        $dbh->rollback();
+        return;
+    }
+    $dbh->commit();
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
 ## END OF FILE #################################################################