diff --git a/cmd/all/all.go b/cmd/all/all.go
index 2cf1160ed..9a256e825 100644
--- a/cmd/all/all.go
+++ b/cmd/all/all.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd/mount"
 	_ "github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd/move"
 	_ "github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd/moveto"
+	_ "github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd/obscure"
 	_ "github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd/purge"
 	_ "github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd/rmdir"
 	_ "github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd/rmdirs"
diff --git a/cmd/obscure/obscure.go b/cmd/obscure/obscure.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f754b8cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/obscure/obscure.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package obscure
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd"
+	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	cmd.Root.AddCommand(commandDefintion)
+}
+
+var commandDefintion = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "obscure password",
+	Short: `Obscure password for use in the rclone.conf`,
+	Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		cmd.CheckArgs(1, 1, command, args)
+		cmd.Run(false, false, command, func() error {
+			obscure := fs.MustObscure(args[0])
+			fmt.Println(obscure)
+			return nil
+		})
+	},
+}