diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a522be5..a11f541 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ target/
 # Extra
 .DS_Store
 .vscode
+.idea
diff --git a/src/scrapy_redis/connection.py b/src/scrapy_redis/connection.py
index 002ccac..2981511 100644
--- a/src/scrapy_redis/connection.py
+++ b/src/scrapy_redis/connection.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "REDIS_HOST": "host",
     "REDIS_PORT": "port",
     "REDIS_DB": "db",
+    "REDIS_PASSWORD": "password",
     "REDIS_ENCODING": "encoding",
 }