diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd5dc4a..0e7dcd1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/anchore/harbor-scanner-adapter
 go 1.12
 
 require (
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.25.48
 	github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20190711103511-473e67f1d7d2 // indirect
 	github.com/elazarl/goproxy/ext v0.0.0-20191011121108-aa519ddbe484 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20191002201903-404acd9df4cc
diff --git a/pkg/adapter/anchore/client/client.go b/pkg/adapter/anchore/client/client.go
index 1c3886d..de679af 100644
--- a/pkg/adapter/anchore/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/adapter/anchore/client/client.go
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/anchore/harbor-scanner-adapter/pkg/model/anchore"
-	"github.com/parnurzeal/gorequest"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"math"
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
@@ -14,6 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/harbor-scanner-adapter/pkg/adapter/anchore/credential"
+	"github.com/anchore/harbor-scanner-adapter/pkg/model/anchore"
+	"github.com/parnurzeal/gorequest"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 }
 
 func getNewRequest(clientConfiguration *ClientConfig) *gorequest.SuperAgent {
+	passwordConfig := clientConfiguration.Password
+	credenitalLoader := credential.CreateCredentialLoader(passwordConfig)
+	clientConfiguration.Password = credenitalLoader.LoadFromCredentialStore(passwordConfig)
+
 	timeout := time.Duration(clientConfiguration.TimeoutSeconds) * time.Second
 	return gorequest.New().TLSClientConfig(&tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: clientConfiguration.TLSVerify}).SetBasicAuth(clientConfiguration.Username, clientConfiguration.Password).Timeout(timeout)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/adapter/anchore/credential/awsloader.go b/pkg/adapter/anchore/credential/awsloader.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d8b1a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/adapter/anchore/credential/awsloader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package credential
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/secretsmanager"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+type AWSCredenitalLoader struct{}
+
+func (c *AWSCredenitalLoader) LoadFromCredentialStore(passwordConfig string) string {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(passwordConfig, "aws:secretmanager") {
+		log.Debug("Start to load password from AWS Secret Manager")
+		value := getAWSSecret(passwordConfig)
+		if value != "" {
+			return value
+		}
+	}
+	return passwordConfig
+}
+
+func getAWSSecret(configValue string) string {
+	// The expected format is aws:secretmanager:<region>:<secret name>:<secret key>
+	fileds := strings.Split(configValue, ":")
+	region, name, key := fileds[2], fileds[3], fileds[4]
+
+	log.WithFields(log.Fields{"region": region, "name": name, "key": key}).Debug("pass in secret manager parameters")
+
+	//Create a Secrets Manager client
+	svc := secretsmanager.New(session.New(), &aws.Config{Region: aws.String(region)})
+	input := &secretsmanager.GetSecretValueInput{
+		SecretId:     aws.String(name),
+		VersionStage: aws.String("AWSCURRENT"), // VersionStage defaults to AWSCURRENT if unspecified
+	}
+
+	result, err := svc.GetSecretValue(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		if aerr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok {
+			switch aerr.Code() {
+			case secretsmanager.ErrCodeDecryptionFailure:
+				// Secrets Manager can't decrypt the protected secret text using the provided KMS key.
+				fmt.Println(secretsmanager.ErrCodeDecryptionFailure, aerr.Error())
+
+			case secretsmanager.ErrCodeInternalServiceError:
+				// An error occurred on the server side.
+				fmt.Println(secretsmanager.ErrCodeInternalServiceError, aerr.Error())
+
+			case secretsmanager.ErrCodeInvalidParameterException:
+				// You provided an invalid value for a parameter.
+				fmt.Println(secretsmanager.ErrCodeInvalidParameterException, aerr.Error())
+
+			case secretsmanager.ErrCodeInvalidRequestException:
+				// You provided a parameter value that is not valid for the current state of the resource.
+				fmt.Println(secretsmanager.ErrCodeInvalidRequestException, aerr.Error())
+
+			case secretsmanager.ErrCodeResourceNotFoundException:
+				// We can't find the resource that you asked for.
+				fmt.Println(secretsmanager.ErrCodeResourceNotFoundException, aerr.Error())
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Print the error, cast err to awserr.Error to get the Code and
+			// Message from an error.
+			fmt.Println(err.Error())
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Decrypts secret using the associated KMS CMK.
+		var secretString string
+		if result.SecretString != nil {
+			secretString = *result.SecretString
+			// a map container to decode the JSON structure into
+			kmap := make(map[string]string)
+			json.Unmarshal([]byte(secretString), &kmap)
+			return kmap[key]
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/pkg/adapter/anchore/credential/defaultloader.go b/pkg/adapter/anchore/credential/defaultloader.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7632149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/adapter/anchore/credential/defaultloader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package credential
+
+type DefaultCredenitalLoader struct{}
+
+func (c *DefaultCredenitalLoader) LoadFromCredentialStore(passwordConfig string) string {
+	return passwordConfig
+}
diff --git a/pkg/adapter/anchore/credential/factory.go b/pkg/adapter/anchore/credential/factory.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5485b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/adapter/anchore/credential/factory.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package credential
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type CredentialLoader interface {
+	LoadFromCredentialStore(passwordConfig string) string
+}
+
+func CreateCredentialLoader(passwordConfig string) CredentialLoader {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(passwordConfig, "aws:secretmanager") {
+		return &AWSCredenitalLoader{}
+	}
+	return &DefaultCredenitalLoader{}
+}