diff --git a/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-custom-wizards-json.qdoc b/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-custom-wizards-json.qdoc
index 04c6631ffac..ea75906386c 100644
--- a/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-custom-wizards-json.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-custom-wizards-json.qdoc
@@ -824,6 +824,9 @@
             For example, to turn the first character in the line edit to upper
             case.
 
+        \li \c isPassword is a boolean value that specifies that the line edit
+            contains a password, which will be masked.
+
     \endlist
 
     \section2 Path Chooser
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonfieldpage.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonfieldpage.cpp
index fcabaaeed25..aeb799ae027 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonfieldpage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonfieldpage.cpp
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ bool LineEditField::parseData(const QVariant &data, QString *errorMessage)
 
     QVariantMap tmp = data.toMap();
 
+    m_isPassword = tmp.value("isPassword", false).toBool();
     m_defaultText = JsonWizardFactory::localizedString(tmp.value(QLatin1String("trText")).toString());
     m_disabledText = JsonWizardFactory::localizedString(tmp.value(QLatin1String("trDisabledText")).toString());
     m_placeholderText = JsonWizardFactory::localizedString(tmp.value(QLatin1String("trPlaceholder")).toString());
@@ -439,6 +440,8 @@ QWidget *LineEditField::createWidget(const QString &displayName, JsonFieldPage *
     if (!m_historyId.isEmpty())
         w->setHistoryCompleter(m_historyId, m_restoreLastHistoryItem);
 
+    w->setEchoMode(m_isPassword ? QLineEdit::Password : QLineEdit::Normal);
+
     return w;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonfieldpage_p.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonfieldpage_p.h
index 657fa518d5b..e02723a5ec6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonfieldpage_p.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonfieldpage_p.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ private:
     bool m_isModified;
     bool m_isValidating;
     bool m_restoreLastHistoryItem;
+    bool m_isPassword;
     QString m_placeholderText;
     QString m_defaultText;
     QString m_disabledText;