diff --git a/src/Model/Subsite.php b/src/Model/Subsite.php
index 4b78ed3..18fd6de 100644
--- a/src/Model/Subsite.php
+++ b/src/Model/Subsite.php
@@ -829,16 +829,35 @@ class Subsite extends DataObject
     }
 
     /**
-     * Whenever a Subsite is written, rewrite the hostmap
+     * Whenever a Subsite is written, rewrite the hostmap and create some default pages
      *
      * @return void
      */
     public function onAfterWrite()
     {
         Subsite::writeHostMap();
+        if ($this->isChanged('ID')) {
+            $this->createDefaultPages();
+        }
         parent::onAfterWrite();
     }
 
+	/**
+     * Automatically create default pages for new subsites
+     */
+    protected function createDefaultPages()
+    {
+        $currentSubsite = Subsite::currentSubsiteID();
+        Subsite::changeSubsite($this->ID);
+
+        // Silence DB schema output
+        DB::quiet();
+        $siteTree = new SiteTree();
+        $siteTree->requireDefaultRecords();
+
+        Subsite::changeSubsite($currentSubsite);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the primary domain of this site. Tries to "normalize" the domain name,
      * by replacing potential wildcards.
diff --git a/tests/php/SiteTreeSubsitesTest.php b/tests/php/SiteTreeSubsitesTest.php
index f14e778..17131ae 100644
--- a/tests/php/SiteTreeSubsitesTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/SiteTreeSubsitesTest.php
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ class SiteTreeSubsitesTest extends BaseSubsiteTest
         SiteTree::class => ['Translatable'] // @todo implement Translatable namespace
     ];
 
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        // We have our own home page fixtures, prevent the default one being created in this test suite.
+        Config::modify()->set(SiteTree::class, 'create_default_pages', false);
+
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
     public function testPagesInDifferentSubsitesCanShareURLSegment()
     {
         $subsiteMain = $this->objFromFixture(Subsite::class, 'main');
diff --git a/tests/php/SubsiteTest.php b/tests/php/SubsiteTest.php
index bea0426..21e8f97 100644
--- a/tests/php/SubsiteTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/SubsiteTest.php
@@ -473,4 +473,15 @@ class SubsiteTest extends BaseSubsiteTest
         $subsite2->activate();
         $this->assertEquals('MyNewAwesomePage', DataObject::get_by_id('Page', $page2->ID)->Title);
     }
+
+    public function testDefaultPageCreatedWhenCreatingSubsite()
+	{
+        $subsite = new Subsite();
+        $subsite->Title = 'New Subsite';
+        $subsite->write();
+		$subsite->activate();
+
+		$pages = SiteTree::get();
+		$this->assertGreaterThanOrEqual(1, $pages->count());
+	}
 }