diff --git a/charts/rclone-copy/templates/rclone-cron.yaml b/charts/rclone-copy/templates/rclone-cron.yaml
index 6977fcb..f512712 100644
--- a/charts/rclone-copy/templates/rclone-cron.yaml
+++ b/charts/rclone-copy/templates/rclone-cron.yaml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ spec:
             resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 14 }}
 
-            {{- if or .Values.configPassword .Values.secretRefs }}
+            {{- if or .Values.configPassword .Values.secretRefs .Values.passwordVariable }}
             env:
             {{- if .Values.configPassword }}
               - name: RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ spec:
                     name: {{ $value.name }}
                     key: "{{ $value.key }}"
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.passwordVariable }}
+              - name: RCLONE_PASSWORD_COMMAND
+                value: {{ printf "echo $%s" .Values.passwordVariable | quote }}
+            {{- end }}
             {{- end }}
 
           restartPolicy: {{ .Values.restartPolicy }}
diff --git a/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml b/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml
index 4a86128..4b1a30e 100644
--- a/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml
@@ -92,3 +92,5 @@ secretRefs: {}
 #    key: secretKey
 
 secretConfig: false
+
+# passwordVariable: MY_SECRET