diff --git a/12.0/entrypoint.sh b/12.0/entrypoint.sh
index 6dd42c4..f802bcb 100755
--- a/12.0/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/12.0/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 set -e
 
+if [ -v PASSWORD_FILE ]; then
+    PASSWORD="$(< $PASSWORD_FILE)"
+fi
+
 # set the postgres database host, port, user and password according to the environment
 # and pass them as arguments to the odoo process if not present in the config file
 : ${HOST:=${DB_PORT_5432_TCP_ADDR:='db'}}
diff --git a/13.0/entrypoint.sh b/13.0/entrypoint.sh
index 6dd42c4..f802bcb 100755
--- a/13.0/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/13.0/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 set -e
 
+if [ -v PASSWORD_FILE ]; then
+    PASSWORD="$(< $PASSWORD_FILE)"
+fi
+
 # set the postgres database host, port, user and password according to the environment
 # and pass them as arguments to the odoo process if not present in the config file
 : ${HOST:=${DB_PORT_5432_TCP_ADDR:='db'}}
diff --git a/14.0/entrypoint.sh b/14.0/entrypoint.sh
index 6dd42c4..f802bcb 100755
--- a/14.0/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/14.0/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 set -e
 
+if [ -v PASSWORD_FILE ]; then
+    PASSWORD="$(< $PASSWORD_FILE)"
+fi
+
 # set the postgres database host, port, user and password according to the environment
 # and pass them as arguments to the odoo process if not present in the config file
 : ${HOST:=${DB_PORT_5432_TCP_ADDR:='db'}}