diff --git a/src/you_get/common.py b/src/you_get/common.py
index 64c791f2..4e8e168f 100755
--- a/src/you_get/common.py
+++ b/src/you_get/common.py
@@ -1215,10 +1215,11 @@ def script_main(script_name, download, download_playlist, **kwargs):
     -t | --timeout <SECONDS>            Set socket timeout.
     -d | --debug                        Show traceback and other debug info.
     -I | --input-file                   Read non-playlist urls from file.
+    -P | --password <PASSWORD>          Set video visit password to PASSWORD.
     '''
 
-    short_opts = 'Vhfiuc:ndF:O:o:p:x:y:s:t:I:'
-    opts = ['version', 'help', 'force', 'info', 'url', 'cookies', 'no-caption', 'no-merge', 'no-proxy', 'debug', 'json', 'format=', 'stream=', 'itag=', 'output-filename=', 'output-dir=', 'player=', 'http-proxy=', 'socks-proxy=', 'extractor-proxy=', 'lang=', 'timeout=', 'input-file=']
+    short_opts = 'Vhfiuc:ndF:O:o:p:x:y:s:t:I:P:'
+    opts = ['version', 'help', 'force', 'info', 'url', 'cookies', 'no-caption', 'no-merge', 'no-proxy', 'debug', 'json', 'format=', 'stream=', 'itag=', 'output-filename=', 'output-dir=', 'player=', 'http-proxy=', 'socks-proxy=', 'extractor-proxy=', 'lang=', 'timeout=', 'input-file=', 'password=']
 #dead code? download_playlist is a function and always True
 #if download_playlist:
     short_opts = 'l' + short_opts
@@ -1252,6 +1253,7 @@ def script_main(script_name, download, download_playlist, **kwargs):
     traceback = False
     timeout = 600
     urls_from_file = []
+    password = None
 
     for o, a in opts:
         if o in ('-V', '--version'):
@@ -1330,6 +1332,8 @@ def script_main(script_name, download, download_playlist, **kwargs):
             lang = a
         elif o in ('-t', '--timeout'):
             timeout = int(a)
+        elif o in ('-P', '--password',):
+            password = a
         elif o in ('-I', '--input-file'):
             logging.debug('you are trying to load urls from {}'.format(a))
             if playlist:
diff --git a/src/you_get/extractors/youku.py b/src/you_get/extractors/youku.py
index c1db2de5..eebdb46f 100644
--- a/src/you_get/extractors/youku.py
+++ b/src/you_get/extractors/youku.py
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ class Youku(VideoExtractor):
             if data.get('error'):
                 if data['error']['code'] == -2002:
                     self.password_protected = True
-                    self.password = input(log.sprint('Password: ', log.YELLOW))
+                    self.password = kwargs.get("password", None)
+                    if not self.password:
+                        self.password = input(log.sprint('Password: ', log.YELLOW))
                     data = youku_ups(self.vid, password=self.password)['data']
                     if data.get('error'):
                         log.wtf(data['error']['note'])