diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/accounts/root.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/accounts/root.pp
index ebae0d4..a7a9f7b 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/accounts/root.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/accounts/root.pp
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # manage the root user
 class profiles::accounts::root (
   Optional[Array[String]] $sshkeys = undef,
+  Optional[String[1]] $password = undef,
 ) {
 
   if $sshkeys {
     accounts::user { 'root':
-      sshkeys => $sshkeys,
+      sshkeys  => $sshkeys,
+      password => $password,
     }
   }