diff --git a/src/onedb/onedb.rb b/src/onedb/onedb.rb
index 7145bfb1ab..ab1b3f77e6 100644
--- a/src/onedb/onedb.rb
+++ b/src/onedb/onedb.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ class OneDB
             end
 
             passwd = ops[:passwd]
+            if !passwd
+                passwd = ENV['ONE_DB_PASSWORD']
+            end
             if !passwd
                 passwd = get_password
             end