diff --git a/src/basic/locale-util.c b/src/basic/locale-util.c
index 96151ffbf8c..e4ce289c519 100644
--- a/src/basic/locale-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/locale-util.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ out:
         return (bool) cached_answer;
 }
 
-static bool emoji_enabled(void) {
+bool emoji_enabled(void) {
         static int cached_emoji_enabled = -1;
 
         if (cached_emoji_enabled < 0) {
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ const char *special_glyph(SpecialGlyph code) {
                         [SPECIAL_GLYPH_SLIGHTLY_UNHAPPY_SMILEY] = ":-(",
                         [SPECIAL_GLYPH_UNHAPPY_SMILEY]          = ":-{",
                         [SPECIAL_GLYPH_DEPRESSED_SMILEY]        = ":-[",
+                        [SPECIAL_GLYPH_LOCK_AND_KEY]            = "o-,"
                 },
 
                 /* UTF-8 */
@@ -392,12 +393,15 @@ const char *special_glyph(SpecialGlyph code) {
                         [SPECIAL_GLYPH_SLIGHTLY_UNHAPPY_SMILEY] = "\360\237\231\201",         /* 🙁 (actually called: SLIGHTLY FROWNING FACE) */
                         [SPECIAL_GLYPH_UNHAPPY_SMILEY]          = "\360\237\230\250",         /* 😨 (actually called: FEARFUL FACE) */
                         [SPECIAL_GLYPH_DEPRESSED_SMILEY]        = "\360\237\244\242",         /* 🤢 (actually called: NAUSEATED FACE) */
+
+                        /* This emoji is a single character cell glyph in Unicode, and three in ASCII */
+                        [SPECIAL_GLYPH_LOCK_AND_KEY]            = "\360\237\224\220",         /* 🔐 (actually called: CLOSED LOCK WITH KEY) */
                 },
         };
 
         assert(code < _SPECIAL_GLYPH_MAX);
 
-        return draw_table[code >= _SPECIAL_GLYPH_FIRST_SMILEY ? emoji_enabled() : is_locale_utf8()][code];
+        return draw_table[code >= _SPECIAL_GLYPH_FIRST_EMOJI ? emoji_enabled() : is_locale_utf8()][code];
 }
 
 void locale_variables_free(char *l[_VARIABLE_LC_MAX]) {
diff --git a/src/basic/locale-util.h b/src/basic/locale-util.h
index cefc4e7f0ed..7d77fa2bdae 100644
--- a/src/basic/locale-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/locale-util.h
@@ -54,19 +54,22 @@ typedef enum {
         SPECIAL_GLYPH_LIGHT_SHADE,
         SPECIAL_GLYPH_DARK_SHADE,
         SPECIAL_GLYPH_SIGMA,
-        _SPECIAL_GLYPH_FIRST_SMILEY,
-        SPECIAL_GLYPH_ECSTATIC_SMILEY = _SPECIAL_GLYPH_FIRST_SMILEY,
+        _SPECIAL_GLYPH_FIRST_EMOJI,
+        SPECIAL_GLYPH_ECSTATIC_SMILEY = _SPECIAL_GLYPH_FIRST_EMOJI,
         SPECIAL_GLYPH_HAPPY_SMILEY,
         SPECIAL_GLYPH_SLIGHTLY_HAPPY_SMILEY,
         SPECIAL_GLYPH_NEUTRAL_SMILEY,
         SPECIAL_GLYPH_SLIGHTLY_UNHAPPY_SMILEY,
         SPECIAL_GLYPH_UNHAPPY_SMILEY,
         SPECIAL_GLYPH_DEPRESSED_SMILEY,
+        SPECIAL_GLYPH_LOCK_AND_KEY,
         _SPECIAL_GLYPH_MAX
 } SpecialGlyph;
 
 const char *special_glyph(SpecialGlyph code) _const_;
 
+bool emoji_enabled(void);
+
 const char* locale_variable_to_string(LocaleVariable i) _const_;
 LocaleVariable locale_variable_from_string(const char *s) _pure_;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/ask-password-api.c b/src/shared/ask-password-api.c
index b64663bd1e0..9b74d909b1c 100644
--- a/src/shared/ask-password-api.c
+++ b/src/shared/ask-password-api.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "format-util.h"
 #include "fs-util.h"
 #include "io-util.h"
+#include "locale-util.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "memory-util.h"
@@ -134,12 +135,12 @@ static int add_to_keyring(const char *keyname, AskPasswordFlags flags, char **pa
         if (keyctl(KEYCTL_SET_TIMEOUT,
                    (unsigned long) serial,
                    (unsigned long) DIV_ROUND_UP(KEYRING_TIMEOUT_USEC, USEC_PER_SEC), 0, 0) < 0)
-                log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to adjust timeout: %m");
+                log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to adjust kernel keyring key timeout: %m");
 
         /* Tell everyone to check the keyring */
         (void) touch("/run/systemd/ask-password");
 
-        log_debug("Added key to keyring as %" PRIi32 ".", serial);
+        log_debug("Added key to kernel keyring as %" PRIi32 ".", serial);
 
         return 1;
 }
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ static int add_to_keyring_and_log(const char *keyname, AskPasswordFlags flags, c
 
         r = add_to_keyring(keyname, flags, passwords);
         if (r < 0)
-                return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to add password to keyring: %m");
+                return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to add password to kernel keyring: %m");
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -430,6 +431,9 @@ int ask_password_tty(
         if (!message)
                 message = "Password:";
 
+        if (emoji_enabled())
+                message = strjoina(special_glyph(SPECIAL_GLYPH_LOCK_AND_KEY), " ", message);
+
         if (flag_file || ((flags & ASK_PASSWORD_ACCEPT_CACHED) && keyname)) {
                 notify = inotify_init1(IN_CLOEXEC|IN_NONBLOCK);
                 if (notify < 0)
diff --git a/src/test/test-locale-util.c b/src/test/test-locale-util.c
index f49cc6371ef..e7a22797bb6 100644
--- a/src/test/test-locale-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-locale-util.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void test_keymaps(void) {
 
 #define dump_glyph(x) log_info(STRINGIFY(x) ": %s", special_glyph(x))
 static void dump_special_glyphs(void) {
-        assert_cc(SPECIAL_GLYPH_DEPRESSED_SMILEY + 1 == _SPECIAL_GLYPH_MAX);
+        assert_cc(SPECIAL_GLYPH_LOCK_AND_KEY + 1 == _SPECIAL_GLYPH_MAX);
 
         log_info("/* %s */", __func__);
 
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static void dump_special_glyphs(void) {
         dump_glyph(SPECIAL_GLYPH_SLIGHTLY_UNHAPPY_SMILEY);
         dump_glyph(SPECIAL_GLYPH_UNHAPPY_SMILEY);
         dump_glyph(SPECIAL_GLYPH_DEPRESSED_SMILEY);
+        dump_glyph(SPECIAL_GLYPH_LOCK_AND_KEY);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {