diff --git a/scripts/mpd-notifications.py b/scripts/mpd-notifications.py
index add75e9..ea9c735 100644
--- a/scripts/mpd-notifications.py
+++ b/scripts/mpd-notifications.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ parser.add_argument('-l', '--location')
 parser.add_argument('-u', '--user')
 parser.add_argument('-m', '--mpd-host', default='localhost')
 parser.add_argument('-p', '--mpd-port', default=6600)
+parser.add_argument('-a', '--mpd-password', action='store_true')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 if args.user is None or args.location is None:
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ auth = HTTPBasicAuth(args.user, password)
 client = mpd.MPDClient(use_unicode=True)
 client.connect(args.mpd_host, args.mpd_port)
 
+if args.mpd_password:
+    mpd_password = getpass.getpass("password for mpd: ")
+    client.password(mpd_password)
+
 last_np = ''