diff --git a/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtility.java b/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtility.java
index 8389138d6..2aab0bd7b 100644
--- a/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtility.java
+++ b/dfsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtility.java
@@ -335,9 +335,11 @@ private static String[] getCredentials(CommandLine cmd)
     {
         Console console = System.console();
 
+        boolean nonInteractive = cmd.hasOption("non_interactive");
+
         String user = cmd.getOptionValue("user");
         boolean userIsEmpty = user == null || user.isEmpty();
-        if (userIsEmpty)
+        if (userIsEmpty && !nonInteractive)
         {
             user = new String(console.readLine("Enter username: "));
             userIsEmpty = user == null || user.isEmpty();
@@ -345,7 +347,7 @@ private static String[] getCredentials(CommandLine cmd)
 
         String pass = cmd.getOptionValue("pass");
         boolean passIsEmpty = pass == null || pass.isEmpty();
-        if (!userIsEmpty && passIsEmpty)
+        if (!userIsEmpty && passIsEmpty & !nonInteractive)
         {
             pass = new String(console.readPassword("Enter password for " + user + ": "));
         }
@@ -642,6 +644,7 @@ private static Options getReadOptions()
         options.addOption("socket_timeout_seconds", true, "Sets the socket operation timeout in seconds.");
         options.addOption("connection_startup_limit", true, "Specifies the maximum number of connections to startup concurrently."
                                     + " useful in cases where starting up connections too quickly can overwhelm intermediate processes.");
+        options.addOption("non_interactive", false, "Disables prompting for credentials if they are not provided.");
 
         options.addOption(Option.builder("read")
                                 .argName("files")
@@ -672,6 +675,7 @@ private static Options getReadTestOptions()
         options.addOption("socket_timeout_seconds", true, "Sets the socket operation timeout in seconds.");
         options.addOption("connection_startup_limit", true, "Specifies the maximum number of connections to startup concurrently."
                                     + " useful in cases where starting up connections too quickly can overwhelm intermediate processes.");
+        options.addOption("non_interactive", false, "Disables prompting for credentials if they are not provided.");
 
         options.addOption(Option.builder("file_parts")
                                 .argName("_file_parts")
@@ -697,6 +701,7 @@ private static Options getCopyOptions()
         options.addOption("socket_timeout_seconds", true, "Sets the socket operation timeout in seconds.");
         options.addOption("connection_startup_limit", true, "Specifies the maximum number of connections to startup concurrently."
                                     + " useful in cases where starting up connections too quickly can overwhelm intermediate processes.");
+        options.addOption("non_interactive", false, "Disables prompting for credentials if they are not provided.");
 
         options.addOption(Option.builder("copy")
                                 .argName("files")
@@ -721,6 +726,7 @@ private static Options getWriteOptions()
         options.addOption("socket_timeout_seconds", true, "Sets the socket operation timeout in seconds.");
         options.addOption("connection_startup_limit", true, "Specifies the maximum number of connections to startup concurrently."
                                     + " useful in cases where starting up connections too quickly can overwhelm intermediate processes.");
+        options.addOption("non_interactive", false, "Disables prompting for credentials if they are not provided.");
 
         options.addOption(Option.builder("write")
                                 .argName("files")
@@ -2280,4 +2286,4 @@ public static void main(String[] args)
 
         return;
     }
-}
+}
diff --git a/dfsclient/src/test/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtilityTest.java b/dfsclient/src/test/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtilityTest.java
index f62c3d39a..eeb068b8e 100644
--- a/dfsclient/src/test/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtilityTest.java
+++ b/dfsclient/src/test/java/org/hpccsystems/dfs/client/FileUtilityTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void thorFileTests()
     {
         {
             String readArgs[] = {"-read", "benchmark::integer::20kb", "-url", this.connString,
-                                "-format", "thor", "-user", this.hpccUser, "-pass", this.hpccPass };
+                                "-format", "thor", "-user", this.hpccUser, "-pass", this.hpccPass, "-non_interactive" };
 
             JSONArray results = FileUtility.run(readArgs);
             JSONObject result = results.optJSONObject(0);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public void thorFileTests()
 
         {
             String readArgs[] = {"-read_test", "benchmark::integer::20kb", "-url", this.connString,
-                                 "-user", this.hpccUser, "-pass", this.hpccPass, "-file_parts", "1" };
+                                 "-user", this.hpccUser, "-pass", this.hpccPass, "-file_parts", "1", "-non_interactive" };
 
             JSONArray results = FileUtility.run(readArgs);
             JSONObject result = results.optJSONObject(0);
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public void thorFileTests()
             String copyArgs[] = {"-copy", "benchmark::integer::20kb benchmark::integer::20kb-copy",
                                 "-url", this.connString, "-dest_url", this.connString,
                                 "-dest_cluster", this.thorClusterFileGroup,
-                                "-user", this.hpccUser, "-pass", this.hpccPass };
+                                "-user", this.hpccUser, "-pass", this.hpccPass, "-non_interactive" };
 
             JSONArray results = FileUtility.run(copyArgs);
             JSONObject result = results.optJSONObject(0);
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public void thorFileTests()
             String writeArgs[] = {"-write", localDir + "benchmark__integer__20kb* benchmark::integer::20kb_write",
                                 "-url", this.connString, "-dest_url", this.connString,
                                 "-dest_cluster", this.thorClusterFileGroup,
-                                "-user", this.hpccUser, "-pass", this.hpccPass };
+                                "-user", this.hpccUser, "-pass", this.hpccPass, "-non_interactive" };
 
             JSONArray results = FileUtility.run(writeArgs);
             JSONObject result = results.optJSONObject(0);