diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f574b9cd..6c88f6c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ This resource doesn't expose any additional attributes.
             * `gateway` - (Optional) The IPv6 gateway (must be omitted when `dhcp` is used as the address)
     * `user_account` - (Required) The user account configuration
         * `keys` - (Required) The SSH keys
+        * `password` - (Optional) The SSH password
         * `username` - (Required) The SSH username
 * `cpu` - (Optional) The CPU configuration
     * `cores` - (Optional) The number of CPU cores (defaults to `1`)
diff --git a/example/resource_virtual_environment_vm.tf b/example/resource_virtual_environment_vm.tf
index 3678eca2..f9a31792 100644
--- a/example/resource_virtual_environment_vm.tf
+++ b/example/resource_virtual_environment_vm.tf
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_vm" "example" {
 
     user_account {
       keys     = ["${trimspace(tls_private_key.example.public_key_openssh)}"]
+      password = "proxmoxtf"
       username = "ubuntu"
     }
   }
@@ -43,3 +44,7 @@ resource "tls_private_key" "example" {
   algorithm = "RSA"
   rsa_bits  = 2048
 }
+
+output "resource_proxmox_virtual_environment_vm_example_id" {
+  value = "${proxmox_virtual_environment_vm.example.id}"
+}
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm.go b/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm.go
index bc0e7b3f..36ab600c 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm.go
@@ -15,35 +15,36 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMAgentEnabled            = false
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMAgentTrim               = false
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMAgentType               = "virtio"
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCDROMEnabled            = false
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCDROMFileID             = ""
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitDNSDomain      = ""
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitDNSServer      = ""
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCPUCores                = 1
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCPUHotplugged           = 0
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCPUSockets              = 1
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDescription             = ""
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDiskDatastoreID         = "local-lvm"
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDiskEnabled             = true
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDiskFileFormat          = "qcow2"
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDiskFileID              = ""
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDiskSize                = 8
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMKeyboardLayout          = "en-us"
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMMemoryDedicated         = 512
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMMemoryFloating          = 0
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMMemoryShared            = 0
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMName                    = ""
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMNetworkDeviceBridge     = "vmbr0"
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMNetworkDeviceEnabled    = true
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMNetworkDeviceMACAddress = ""
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMNetworkDeviceModel      = "virtio"
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMNetworkDeviceVLANID     = -1
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMOSType                  = "other"
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMPoolID                  = ""
-	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMVMID                    = -1
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMAgentEnabled                 = false
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMAgentTrim                    = false
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMAgentType                    = "virtio"
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCDROMEnabled                 = false
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCDROMFileID                  = ""
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitDNSDomain           = ""
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitDNSServer           = ""
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountPassword = ""
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCPUCores                     = 1
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCPUHotplugged                = 0
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCPUSockets                   = 1
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDescription                  = ""
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDiskDatastoreID              = "local-lvm"
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDiskEnabled                  = true
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDiskFileFormat               = "qcow2"
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDiskFileID                   = ""
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDiskSize                     = 8
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMKeyboardLayout               = "en-us"
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMMemoryDedicated              = 512
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMMemoryFloating               = 0
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMMemoryShared                 = 0
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMName                         = ""
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMNetworkDeviceBridge          = "vmbr0"
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMNetworkDeviceEnabled         = true
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMNetworkDeviceMACAddress      = ""
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMNetworkDeviceModel           = "virtio"
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMNetworkDeviceVLANID          = -1
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMOSType                       = "other"
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMPoolID                       = ""
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMVMID                         = -1
 
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMAgent                        = "agent"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMAgentEnabled                 = "enabled"
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ const (
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitIPConfigIPv6Gateway = "gateway"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccount         = "user_account"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountKeys     = "keys"
+	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountPassword = "password"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountUsername = "username"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCPU                          = "cpu"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCPUCores                     = "cores"
@@ -291,6 +293,12 @@ func resourceVirtualEnvironmentVM() *schema.Resource {
 										Description: "The SSH keys",
 										Elem:        &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
 									},
+									mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountPassword: {
+										Type:        schema.TypeString,
+										Optional:    true,
+										Description: "The SSH password",
+										Default:     dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountPassword,
+									},
 									mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountUsername: {
 										Type:        schema.TypeString,
 										Required:    true,
@@ -680,6 +688,12 @@ func resourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) e
 				cloudInitConfig.SSHKeys = &sshKeys
 			}
 
+			password := cloudInitUserAccountBlock[mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountPassword].(string)
+
+			if password != "" {
+				cloudInitConfig.Password = &password
+			}
+
 			username := cloudInitUserAccountBlock[mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountUsername].(string)
 
 			cloudInitConfig.Username = &username
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm_test.go b/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm_test.go
index 162cfe7b..d8bc971e 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm_test.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource_virtual_environment_vm_test.go
@@ -191,12 +191,18 @@ func TestResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMSchema(t *testing.T) {
 		mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountUsername,
 	})
 
+	testOptionalArguments(t, cloudInitUserAccountSchema, []string{
+		mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountPassword,
+	})
+
 	testSchemaValueTypes(t, cloudInitUserAccountSchema, []string{
 		mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountKeys,
+		mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountPassword,
 		mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCloudInitUserAccountUsername,
 	}, []schema.ValueType{
 		schema.TypeList,
 		schema.TypeString,
+		schema.TypeString,
 	})
 
 	cpuSchema := testNestedSchemaExistence(t, s, mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMCPU)