diff -up dmenu-4.9-orig/dmenu.1 dmenu-4.9/dmenu.1
--- dmenu-4.9-orig/dmenu.1	2019-09-25 12:48:38.848249931 -0600
+++ dmenu-4.9/dmenu.1	2019-09-25 12:55:42.666319316 -0600
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
+.RB [ \-bfivP ]
-.RB [ \-bfiv ]
 .RB [ \-l
 .IR lines ]
 .RB [ \-m
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ is faster, but will lock up X until stdi
 .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 -up dmenu-4.9-orig/dmenu.c dmenu-4.9/dmenu.c
--- dmenu-4.9-orig/dmenu.c	2019-09-25 12:48:38.848249931 -0600
+++ dmenu-4.9/dmenu.c	2019-09-25 12:48:55.756173240 -0600
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct item {
 static char text[BUFSIZ] = "";
 static char *embed;
 static int bh, mw, mh;
+static int inputw = 0, promptw, passwd = 0;
-static int inputw = 0, promptw;
 static int lrpad; /* sum of left and right padding */
 static size_t cursor;
 static struct item *items = NULL;
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 	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);
@@ -143,7 +144,12 @@ drawmenu(void)
 	/* draw input field */
 	w = (lines > 0 || !matches) ? mw - x : inputw;
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+	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);
-	drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
 
 	curpos = TEXTW(text) - TEXTW(&text[cursor]);
 	if ((curpos += lrpad / 2 - 1) < w) {
@@ -525,6 +531,11 @@ readstdin(void)
 	size_t i, imax = 0, size = 0;
 	unsigned int tmpmax = 0;
 
+	if(passwd){
+	inputw = lines = 0;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* read each line from stdin and add it to the item list */
 	for (i = 0; fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin); i++) {
 		if (i + 1 >= size / sizeof *items)
@@ -682,7 +693,7 @@ setup(void)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
+	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiPv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
-	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
 	      "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]\n", stderr);
 	exit(1);
 }
@@ -705,7 +716,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-i")) { /* case-insensitive item matching */
 			fstrncmp = strncasecmp;
 			fstrstr = cistrstr;
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-P"))   /* is the input a password */
+			passwd = 1;
+		else if (i + 1 == argc)
-		} else if (i + 1 == argc)
 			usage();
 		/* these options take one argument */
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-l"))   /* number of lines in vertical list */