diff --git a/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp
index 2b0349501..8da99eb0c 100644
--- a/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp
@@ -836,6 +836,11 @@ bool WalletImpl::setPassword(const std::string &password)
     return status() == Status_Ok;
 }
 
+const std::string& WalletImpl::getPassword() const
+{
+    return m_password;
+}
+
 bool WalletImpl::setDevicePin(const std::string &pin)
 {
     clearStatus();
diff --git a/src/wallet/api/wallet.h b/src/wallet/api/wallet.h
index d0900daa2..217f16e48 100644
--- a/src/wallet/api/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/api/wallet.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public:
     std::string errorString() const override;
     void statusWithErrorString(int& status, std::string& errorString) const override;
     bool setPassword(const std::string &password) override;
+    const std::string& getPassword() const override;
     bool setDevicePin(const std::string &password) override;
     bool setDevicePassphrase(const std::string &password) override;
     std::string address(uint32_t accountIndex = 0, uint32_t addressIndex = 0) const override;
diff --git a/src/wallet/api/wallet2_api.h b/src/wallet/api/wallet2_api.h
index 99a4de731..a08033033 100644
--- a/src/wallet/api/wallet2_api.h
+++ b/src/wallet/api/wallet2_api.h
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ struct Wallet
     //! returns both error and error string atomically. suggested to use in instead of status() and errorString()
     virtual void statusWithErrorString(int& status, std::string& errorString) const = 0;
     virtual bool setPassword(const std::string &password) = 0;
+    virtual const std::string& getPassword() const = 0;
     virtual bool setDevicePin(const std::string &pin) { (void)pin; return false; };
     virtual bool setDevicePassphrase(const std::string &passphrase) { (void)passphrase; return false; };
     virtual std::string address(uint32_t accountIndex = 0, uint32_t addressIndex = 0) const = 0;