diff --git a/setup/ajax.js b/setup/ajax.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98d985a4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/ajax.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
+/**
+ * Dummy implementation of the ajax page loader
+ */
+var AJAX = {
+    registerOnload: function (idx, func) {
+        $(document).ready(func);
+    },
+    registerTeardown: function (idx, func) {
+    }
+};
diff --git a/setup/index.php b/setup/index.php
index a2b657b7c9..dd87a87cbb 100644
--- a/setup/index.php
+++ b/setup/index.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ PMA_noCacheHeader();
 <script type="text/javascript" src="../js/jquery/jquery-1.6.2.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="../js/jquery/jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="../js/jquery/jquery.json-2.2.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="ajax.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="../js/config.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts.js"></script>
 </head>