diff --git a/mpbackup b/mpbackup
index fd68be8..97cddf2 100644
--- a/mpbackup
+++ b/mpbackup
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ end
 def do_backup(config)
   puts "Applying configuration ‘#{config['name']}’ …"
   ENV['RESTIC_REPOSITORY'] = config['repository']
-  ENV['RESTIC_PASSWORD'] = STDIN.getpass('Please put in your restic password: ')
+  puts "Repository: #{ENV['RESTIC_REPOSITORY']}"
+  if config['password-file']
+    puts "Reading password from file #{config['password-file']} …"
+    ENV['RESTIC_PASSWORD'] = File.open(config['password-file']) {|f| f.readline}
+  else
+    ENV['RESTIC_PASSWORD'] = STDIN.getpass('Please put in your restic password: ')
+  end
 
   puts "Backing up with restic …"
   # https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/040_backup.html#including-and-excluding-files