diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 297fbfae48..4c6e5a088e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -954,6 +954,11 @@ if blkid_dep.found()
   conf.set('WITH_BLKID', 1)
 endif
 
+libbsd_dep = dependency('libbsd', required: false)
+if libbsd_dep.found()
+  conf.set('WITH_LIBBSD', 1)
+endif
+
 capng_dep = dependency('libcap-ng', required: get_option('capng'))
 if capng_dep.found()
   conf.set('WITH_CAPNG', 1)
@@ -2335,6 +2340,7 @@ libs_summary = {
   'dlopen': dlopen_dep.found(),
   'fuse': fuse_dep.found(),
   'glusterfs': glusterfs_dep.found(),
+  'libbsd': libbsd_dep.found(),
   'libiscsi': libiscsi_dep.found(),
   'libkvm': libkvm_dep.found(),
   'libnbd': libnbd_dep.found(),
diff --git a/src/util/meson.build b/src/util/meson.build
index 896c795150..54db542957 100644
--- a/src/util/meson.build
+++ b/src/util/meson.build
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ virt_util_lib = static_library(
     devmapper_dep,
     gnutls_dep,
     intl_dep,
+    libbsd_dep,
     libm_dep,
     libnl_dep,
     libutil_dep,
diff --git a/src/util/virutil.c b/src/util/virutil.c
index 6c89a48e51..bf6008fdfb 100644
--- a/src/util/virutil.c
+++ b/src/util/virutil.c
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 # include <conio.h>
 #endif /* WIN32 */
 
+#ifdef WITH_LIBBSD
+# include <bsd/readpassphrase.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __linux__
 # include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #endif
@@ -1773,6 +1777,19 @@ char *virGetPassword(void)
     }
 
     return g_string_free(pw, FALSE);
+#elif WITH_LIBBSD /* !WIN32 */
+# ifndef PASS_MAX
+#  define PASS_MAX 1024
+# endif
+    char *pass = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *buffer = g_new0(char, PASS_MAX);
+
+    pass = readpassphrase("", buffer, PASS_MAX, 0);
+    if (pass == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return g_steal_pointer(&buffer);
 #else /* !WIN32 */
     return g_strdup(getpass(""));
 #endif /* ! WIN32 */