diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index a8021b27b4f5da81bed62b7124293f8ca18beb0e..17ea05053bca2082e9fe8987fb3350de78ad459d 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for ansible-mysql
+
+mysql_root_password: '{{ lookup("password", "mysql_root_password") }}'