diff --git a/wp-admin/install.php b/wp-admin/install.php
index 40505a058a..d037d7be1b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/install.php
+++ b/wp-admin/install.php
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ $wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->comments (comment_post_ID, comment_author, comm
 
 // First Page
 
-$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->posts (post_author, post_date, post_date_gmt, post_content, post_title, post_category, post_name, post_modified, post_modified_gmt) VALUES ('1', '$now', '$now_gmt', '".addslashes(__('This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many pages like this one or sub-pages as you like and manage all of your content inside of WordPress.'))."', '".addslashes(__('About'))."', '0', '".addslashes(__('about'))."', '$now', '$now_gmt')");
+$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->posts (post_author, post_date, post_date_gmt, post_content, post_title, post_category, post_name, post_modified, post_modified_gmt, post_status) VALUES ('1', '$now', '$now_gmt', '".addslashes(__('This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many pages like this one or sub-pages as you like and manage all of your content inside of WordPress.'))."', '".addslashes(__('About'))."', '0', '".addslashes(__('about'))."', '$now', '$now_gmt', 'static')");
 
 // Set up admin user
 $random_password = substr(md5(uniqid(microtime())), 0, 6);