diff --git a/src/docs/user/hive-args.txt b/src/docs/user/hive-args.txt
index 4edf3388..14834da3 100644
--- a/src/docs/user/hive-args.txt
+++ b/src/docs/user/hive-args.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Argument                      Description
 +\--hs2-url+                  The JDBC connection string to HiveServer2 as you would specify in Beeline. If you use this option with \
                     --hive-import then Sqoop will try to connect to HiveServer2 instead of using Hive CLI.
 +\--hs2-user+                 The user for creating the JDBC connection to HiveServer2. The default is the current OS user.
++\--hs2-password+             The password for creating the JDBC connection to HiveServer2. If not specified, kerberos\
+                              authentication will be used.
 +\--hs2-keytab+               The path to the keytab file of the user connecting to HiveServer2. If you choose another \
                        HiveServer2 user (with --hs2-user) then --hs2-keytab has to be also specified otherwise it can be omitted.
 +\--external-table-dir+       Used to specify that the table is external, not managed. \
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/SqoopOptions.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/SqoopOptions.java
index 99eb8e68..a7c19daa 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/SqoopOptions.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/SqoopOptions.java
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ public String toString() {
   @StoredAsProperty("hs2.user")
   private String hs2User;
 
+  @StoredAsProperty("hs2.password")
+  private String hs2Password;
+
   @StoredAsProperty("hs2.keytab")
   private String hs2Keytab;
 
@@ -2975,10 +2978,18 @@ public String getHs2User() {
     return hs2User;
   }
 
+  public String getHs2Password() {
+    return hs2Password;
+  }
+
   public void setHs2User(String hs2User) {
     this.hs2User = hs2User;
   }
 
+  public void setHs2Password(String hs2Password) {
+    this.hs2Password = hs2Password;
+  }
+
   public String getHs2Keytab() {
     return hs2Keytab;
   }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/hive/HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializer.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/hive/HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializer.java
index 1d959f9d..e2600d45 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/hive/HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/hive/HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializer.java
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ public class HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializer {
 
   public JdbcConnectionFactory createJdbcConnectionFactory(SqoopOptions sqoopOptions) {
     String connectionUsername = determineConnectionUsername(sqoopOptions);
-    JdbcConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new HiveServer2ConnectionFactory(sqoopOptions.getHs2Url(), connectionUsername);
-    if (useKerberizedConnection(sqoopOptions)) {
+    String connectionPassword = determineConnectionPassword(sqoopOptions);
+    JdbcConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new HiveServer2ConnectionFactory(
+            sqoopOptions.getHs2Url(),
+            connectionUsername,
+            connectionPassword);
+    if (connectionPassword == null && useKerberizedConnection(sqoopOptions)) {
       KerberosAuthenticator authenticator = createKerberosAuthenticator(sqoopOptions);
       connectionFactory = new KerberizedConnectionFactoryDecorator(connectionFactory, authenticator);
     }
@@ -53,6 +57,13 @@ private String determineConnectionUsername(SqoopOptions sqoopOptions) {
     }
   }
 
+  private String determineConnectionPassword(SqoopOptions sqoopOptions) {
+    if (!isEmpty(sqoopOptions.getHs2Password())) {
+      return sqoopOptions.getHs2Password();
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   private KerberosAuthenticator createKerberosAuthenticator(SqoopOptions sqoopOptions) {
     return new KerberosAuthenticator(sqoopOptions.getConf(), sqoopOptions.getHs2User(), sqoopOptions.getHs2Keytab());
   }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/tool/BaseSqoopTool.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/tool/BaseSqoopTool.java
index 955d3a65..96f06de0 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/tool/BaseSqoopTool.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/tool/BaseSqoopTool.java
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public abstract class BaseSqoopTool extends org.apache.sqoop.tool.SqoopTool {
   public static final String HCATALOG_HOME_ARG = "hcatalog-home";
   public static final String HS2_URL_ARG = "hs2-url";
   public static final String HS2_USER_ARG = "hs2-user";
+  public static final String HS2_PASSWORD_ARG = "hs2-password";
   public static final String HS2_KEYTAB_ARG = "hs2-keytab";
   public static final String MAPREDUCE_JOB_NAME = "mapreduce-job-name";
   public static final String NUM_MAPPERS_ARG = "num-mappers";
@@ -637,6 +638,10 @@ protected RelatedOptions getHiveOptions(boolean explicitHiveImport) {
         .withDescription("The user/principal for HiveServer2.")
         .withLongOpt(HS2_USER_ARG)
         .create());
+    hiveOpts.addOption(OptionBuilder.hasArg()
+        .withDescription("The LDAP password for HiveServer2.")
+        .withLongOpt(HS2_PASSWORD_ARG)
+        .create());
     hiveOpts.addOption(OptionBuilder
         .hasArg()
         .withDescription("The location of the keytab of the HiveServer2 user.")
@@ -1283,6 +1288,9 @@ protected void applyHiveOptions(CommandLine in, SqoopOptions out)
    if (in.hasOption(HS2_USER_ARG)) {
       out.setHs2User(in.getOptionValue(HS2_USER_ARG));
    }
+    if (in.hasOption(HS2_PASSWORD_ARG)) {
+      out.setHs2Password(in.getOptionValue(HS2_PASSWORD_ARG));
+    }
    if (in.hasOption(HS2_KEYTAB_ARG)) {
       out.setHs2Keytab(in.getOptionValue(HS2_KEYTAB_ARG));
    }
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/hive/HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializerTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/hive/HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializerTest.java
index 544659da..d554c6d7 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/hive/HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/hive/HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializerTest.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public class HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializerTest {
 
   private static final String TEST_HS2_USER = "testuser";
 
+  private static final String TEST_HS2_PASSWORD = "testPass@123";
+
   private static final String TEST_HS2_KEYTAB = "testkeytab";
 
   private HiveServer2ConnectionFactoryInitializer connectionFactoryInitializer;
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ public void testCreateJdbcConnectionFactoryInitializesConnectionUsernameProperly
     HiveServer2ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = (HiveServer2ConnectionFactory) connectionFactoryInitializer.createJdbcConnectionFactory(sqoopOptions);
 
     assertEquals(TEST_HS2_USER, connectionFactory.getUsername());
+    assertEquals(null, connectionFactory.getPassword());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -117,4 +120,13 @@ public void testCreateJdbcConnectionFactoryWithKerberosConfiguredInitializesDeco
     softly.assertAll();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testConnectionFactoryWhenHivePasswordIsProvided() {
+    when(sqoopOptions.getHs2Password()).thenReturn(TEST_HS2_PASSWORD);
+
+    HiveServer2ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = (HiveServer2ConnectionFactory) connectionFactoryInitializer.createJdbcConnectionFactory(sqoopOptions);
+
+    assertEquals(TEST_HS2_PASSWORD, connectionFactory.getPassword());
+  }
+
 }
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