diff -Naur dmenu-5.4.old/dmenu.1 dmenu-5.4/dmenu.1
--- dmenu-5.4.old/dmenu.1	2025-08-09 10:00:49.940271203 -0300
+++ dmenu-5.4/dmenu.1	2026-08-23 15:30:48.841432049 -0300
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
-.RB [ \-bfiv ]
+.RB [ \-bfivP ]
 .RB [ \-l
 .IR lines ]
 .RB [ \-m
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 .B \-i
 dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
 .TP
+.B \-P
+dmenu will not directly display the keyboard input, but instead replace it with dots. All data from stdin will be ignored.
+.TP
 .BI \-l " lines"
 dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
 .TP
diff -Naur dmenu-5.4.old/dmenu.c dmenu-5.4/dmenu.c
--- dmenu-5.4.old/dmenu.c	2025-08-09 10:00:49.950267502 -0300
+++ dmenu-5.4/dmenu.c	2026-08-23 15:40:41.545751916 -0300
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 static char text[BUFSIZ] = "";
 static char *embed;
 static int bh, mw, mh;
-static int inputw = 0, promptw;
+static int inputw = 0, promptw, passwd = 0;
 static int lrpad; /* sum of left and right padding */
 static size_t cursor;
 static struct item *items = NULL;
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 	unsigned int curpos;
 	struct item *item;
 	int x = 0, y = 0, w;
+	char *censort;
 
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 	drw_rect(drw, 0, 0, mw, mh, 1, 1);
@@ -159,7 +160,14 @@
 	/* draw input field */
 	w = (lines > 0 || !matches) ? mw - x : inputw;
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-	drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
+	if (passwd) {
+    	censort = ecalloc(1, sizeof(text));
+		memset(censort, '*', strlen(text));
+		drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, censort, 0);
+		free(censort);
+	}
+	else
+		drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
 
 	curpos = TEXTW(text) - TEXTW(&text[cursor]);
 	if ((curpos += lrpad / 2 - 1) < w) {
@@ -552,6 +560,11 @@
 	size_t i, itemsiz = 0, linesiz = 0;
 	ssize_t len;
 
+	if (passwd) {
+		inputw = lines = 0;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* read each line from stdin and add it to the item list */
 	for (i = 0; (len = getline(&line, &linesiz, stdin)) != -1; i++) {
 		if (i + 1 >= itemsiz) {
@@ -714,7 +727,7 @@
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	die("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
+	die("usage: dmenu [-bfivP] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
 	    "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]");
 }
 
@@ -736,7 +749,10 @@
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-i")) { /* case-insensitive item matching */
 			fstrncmp = strncasecmp;
 			fstrstr = cistrstr;
-		} else if (i + 1 == argc)
+		}
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-P"))   /* is the input a password */
+			passwd = 1;
+		else if (i + 1 == argc)
 			usage();
 		/* these options take one argument */
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-l"))   /* number of lines in vertical list */