diff --git a/weed/command/scaffold.go b/weed/command/scaffold.go
index a0908912c..e24d7b56a 100644
--- a/weed/command/scaffold.go
+++ b/weed/command/scaffold.go
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ addresses = [
     "localhost:30005",
     "localhost:30006",
 ]
+password = ""
 
 `
 
diff --git a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
index 4f74a8a22..11c315391 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ func (store *RedisClusterStore) GetName() string {
 func (store *RedisClusterStore) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
 	return store.initialize(
 		configuration.GetStringSlice("addresses"),
+		configuration.GetString("password"),
 	)
 }
 
-func (store *RedisClusterStore) initialize(addresses []string) (err error) {
+func (store *RedisClusterStore) initialize(addresses []string, password string) (err error) {
 	store.Client = redis.NewClusterClient(&redis.ClusterOptions{
-		Addrs: addresses,
+		Addrs:    addresses,
+		Password: password,
 	})
 	return
 }