diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 05aa39c..27d3131 100755
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
                 },
                 "example": "/mnt/disk1/torrents",
                 "default": "/home/rtorrent"
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "password",
+                "type": "password",
+                "ask": {
+                    "en": "Choose a password for the rtorrent system user",
+                    "fr": "Choisissez un mot de passe pour l'utilisateur système rtorrent"
+                },
+                "example": "mysecret"
             }
         ]
     }
diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 778fe29..9b89fe7 100755
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 domain=$1
 path=$2
 data_dir=$3
+passw=$4
 current_dir=${PWD}
 debian_version=$(lsb_release -c -s)
 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ sudo mkdir $data_dir/downloads
 sudo mkdir $data_dir/.session
 
 # Create rtorrent user
-sudo useradd -p $(openssl passwd -1 rtorrent) -m rtorrent
+sudo useradd -p $(openssl passwd -1 $passw) -m rtorrent
 
 # Add rtorrent config
 sudo sed -i "s@DATA_DIR@$data_dir@g" ../sources/rtorrent/rtorrent.rc