diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/user-data/cloud-config b/lib/tiny-cloud/user-data/cloud-config
index c363056..ab09880 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/user-data/cloud-config
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/user-data/cloud-config
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ in_list() {
 init__userdata_users() {
 	local i users="$(get_userdata users)"
 	for i in $users; do
-		local name="" gecos="" homedir="" shell="" primary_group="" groups=""
+		local name="" gecos="" homedir="" shell="" primary_group="" groups="" passwd="" hashed_passwd=""
 		local system=false no_create_home=false lock_passwd=true
 		local keys="$(get_userdata users/$i)"
 		if [ "$i" = 1 ] && [ "$keys" = "default" ]; then
@@ -273,6 +273,10 @@ init__userdata_users() {
 		if in_list no_create_home $keys; then
 			no_create_home="$(get_userdata users/$i/no_create_home)"
 		fi
+		if in_list passwd $keys; then
+			passwd="$(get_userdata users/$i/passwd)"
+			echo "${user}:${passwd}" | $MOCK chpasswd -e
+		fi
 
 		if getent passwd "$user" >/dev/null; then
 			log -i -t "$phase" info "$ACTION: user $user already exists"