diff --git a/lib/swift b/lib/swift
index 0febb00f60..be25c81468 100644
--- a/lib/swift
+++ b/lib/swift
@@ -520,6 +520,11 @@ function create_swift_disk() {
 # swifttenanttest2   swiftusertest2     admin
 
 function create_swift_accounts() {
+    # Defines specific passwords used by tools/create_userrc.sh
+    SWIFTUSERTEST1_PASSWORD=testing
+    SWIFTUSERTEST2_PASSWORD=testing2
+    SWIFTUSERTEST3_PASSWORD=testing3
+
     KEYSTONE_CATALOG_BACKEND=${KEYSTONE_CATALOG_BACKEND:-sql}
 
     SERVICE_TENANT=$(keystone tenant-list | awk "/ $SERVICE_TENANT_NAME / { print \$2 }")
@@ -542,17 +547,17 @@ function create_swift_accounts() {
 
     SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1=$(keystone tenant-create --name=swifttenanttest1 | grep " id " | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1 "Failure creating SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1"
-    SWIFT_USER_TEST1=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest1 --pass=testing --email=test@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
+    SWIFT_USER_TEST1=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest1 --pass=$SWIFTUSERTEST1_PASSWORD --email=test@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_USER_TEST1 "Failure creating SWIFT_USER_TEST1"
     keystone user-role-add --user-id $SWIFT_USER_TEST1 --role-id $ADMIN_ROLE --tenant-id $SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1
 
-    SWIFT_USER_TEST3=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest3 --pass=testing3 --email=test3@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
+    SWIFT_USER_TEST3=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest3 --pass=$SWIFTUSERTEST3_PASSWORD --email=test3@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_USER_TEST3 "Failure creating SWIFT_USER_TEST3"
     keystone user-role-add --user-id $SWIFT_USER_TEST3 --role-id $ANOTHER_ROLE --tenant-id $SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1
 
     SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2=$(keystone tenant-create --name=swifttenanttest2 | grep " id " | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2 "Failure creating SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2"
-    SWIFT_USER_TEST2=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest2 --pass=testing2 --email=test2@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
+    SWIFT_USER_TEST2=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest2 --pass=$SWIFTUSERTEST2_PASSWORD --email=test2@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_USER_TEST2 "Failure creating SWIFT_USER_TEST2"
     keystone user-role-add --user-id $SWIFT_USER_TEST2 --role-id $ADMIN_ROLE --tenant-id $SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2
 }
diff --git a/tools/create_userrc.sh b/tools/create_userrc.sh
index e2d855c4df..d9c93cc476 100755
--- a/tools/create_userrc.sh
+++ b/tools/create_userrc.sh
@@ -253,6 +253,14 @@ if [ $MODE != "create" ]; then
             if [ $MODE = one -a "$user_name" != "$USER_NAME" ]; then
                 continue;
             fi
+
+            # Checks for a specific password defined for an user.
+            # Example for an username johndoe:
+            #                     JOHNDOE_PASSWORD=1234
+            eval SPECIFIC_UPASSWORD="\$${USER_NAME^^}_PASSWORD"
+            if [ -n "$SPECIFIC_UPASSWORD" ]; then
+                USER_PASS=$SPECIFIC_UPASSWORD
+            fi
             add_entry "$user_id" "$user_name" "$tenant_id" "$tenant_name" "$USER_PASS"
         done
     done