diff --git a/library/Director/DataType/DataTypeSqlQuery.php b/library/Director/DataType/DataTypeSqlQuery.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4026dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Director/DataType/DataTypeSqlQuery.php
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Director\DataType;
+
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Web\Form\QuickForm;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Web\Hook\DataTypeHook;
+use Icinga\Data\Db\DbConnection;
+
+class DataTypeSqlQuery extends DataTypeHook
+{
+    protected $db;
+
+    protected static $cachedResult;
+
+    protected static $cacheTime = 0;
+
+    public function getFormElement($name, QuickForm $form)
+    {
+        $element = $form->createElement('select', $name, array(
+            'multiOptions' => array(null => '- please choose -') +
+                $this->fetchData(),
+        ));
+
+        return $element;
+    }
+
+    protected function fetchData()
+    {
+        if (self::$cachedResult === null || (time() - self::$cacheTime > 3)) {
+            self::$cachedResult = $this->db()->fetchPairs($this->settings['query']);
+            self::$cacheTime = time();
+        }
+
+        return self::$cachedResult;
+    }
+
+    public static function addSettingsFormFields(QuickForm $form)
+    {
+        $db = $form->getDb();
+
+        $form->addElement('text', 'resource', array(
+            'label'    => 'Resource name',
+            'required' => true,
+        ));
+
+        $form->addElement('textarea', 'query', array(
+            'label'       => 'DB Query',
+            'description' => 'This query should return exactly two columns, value and label',
+            'required'    => true,
+        ));
+
+        return $form;
+    }
+
+    protected function db()
+    {
+        if ($this->db === null) {
+            $this->db = DbConnection::fromResourceName($this->settings['resource'])->getDbAdapter();
+        }
+
+        return $this->db;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/run.php b/run.php
index ac8dc84a..2c172218 100644
--- a/run.php
+++ b/run.php
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ $this->registerHook('Director\\DataType', '\\Icinga\\Module\\Director\\DataType\
 $this->registerHook('Director\\DataType', '\\Icinga\\Module\\Director\\DataType\\DataTypeNumber', 'number');
 $this->registerHook('Director\\DataType', '\\Icinga\\Module\\Director\\DataType\\DataTypeTime', 'time');
 $this->registerHook('Director\\DataType', '\\Icinga\\Module\\Director\\DataType\\DataTypeDatalist', 'datalist');
+$this->registerHook('Director\\DataType', '\\Icinga\\Module\\Director\\DataType\\DataTypeSqlQuery', 'sqlquery');