diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/pagerduty.go b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/pagerduty.go
index 35f90a9e4b7..c4067abec3b 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/pagerduty.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/pagerduty.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func NewPagerdutyNotifier(model *m.AlertNotification) (alerting.Notifier, error) {
-	autoResolve := model.Settings.Get("autoResolve").MustBool(true)
+	autoResolve := model.Settings.Get("autoResolve").MustBool(false)
 	key := model.Settings.Get("integrationKey").MustString()
 	if key == "" {
 		return nil, alerting.ValidationError{Reason: "Could not find integration key property in settings"}
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/pagerduty_test.go b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/pagerduty_test.go
index ba8d229df13..1d2eeec4a52 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/pagerduty_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/pagerduty_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,26 @@ func TestPagerdutyNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 				So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
 			})
 
+			Convey("auto resolve should default to false", func() {
+				json := `{ "integrationKey": "abcdefgh0123456789" }`
+
+				settingsJSON, _ := simplejson.NewJson([]byte(json))
+				model := &m.AlertNotification{
+					Name:     "pagerduty_testing",
+					Type:     "pagerduty",
+					Settings: settingsJSON,
+				}
+
+				not, err := NewPagerdutyNotifier(model)
+				pagerdutyNotifier := not.(*PagerdutyNotifier)
+
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(pagerdutyNotifier.Name, ShouldEqual, "pagerduty_testing")
+				So(pagerdutyNotifier.Type, ShouldEqual, "pagerduty")
+				So(pagerdutyNotifier.Key, ShouldEqual, "abcdefgh0123456789")
+				So(pagerdutyNotifier.AutoResolve, ShouldBeFalse)
+			})
+
 			Convey("settings should trigger incident", func() {
 				json := `
 				{