diff --git a/inc/config.php b/inc/config.php
index 633cdd33..08b01ead 100644
--- a/inc/config.php
+++ b/inc/config.php
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@
     // Used to salt secure tripcodes ("##trip") and poster IDs (if enabled).
     $config['secure_trip_salt'] = ')(*&^%$#@!98765432190zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba';
 
+	// Used to salt poster passwords.
+	$config['secure_password_salt'] = 'wKJSb7M5SyzMcFWD2gPO3j2RYUSO9B789!@#$%^&*()';
+
 /*
  * ====================
  *  Flood/spam settings
diff --git a/inc/functions.php b/inc/functions.php
index 767dfc06..66cd6fa7 100644
--- a/inc/functions.php
+++ b/inc/functions.php
@@ -3082,3 +3082,8 @@ function strategy_first($fun, $array) {
 		return array('defer');
 	}
 }
+
+function hashPassword($password) {
+	global $config;
+	return hash('sha3-256', $password . $config['secure_password_salt']);
+}
diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index bc3ba7d4..7663a503 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -881,6 +881,7 @@ if ($step == 0) {
 
 	$config['cookies']['salt'] = substr(base64_encode(sha1(rand())), 0, 30);
 	$config['secure_trip_salt'] = substr(base64_encode(sha1(rand())), 0, 30);
+	$config['secure_password_salt'] = substr(base64_encode(sha1(rand())), 0, 30);
 
 	echo Element('page.html', array(
 		'body' => Element('installer/config.html', array(
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 642e8057..fa069370 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -530,10 +530,12 @@ function handle_delete(Context $ctx)
 
     $password = &$_POST['password'];
 
-    if ($password == '') {
+    if (empty($password)) {
         error($config['error']['invalidpassword']);
     }
 
+    $password = hashPassword($_POST['password']);
+
     $delete = [];
     foreach ($_POST as $post => $value) {
         if (preg_match('/^delete_(\d+)$/', $post, $m)) {
@@ -1013,7 +1015,7 @@ function handle_post(Context $ctx)
     $post['subject'] = $_POST['subject'];
     $post['email'] = str_replace(' ', '%20', htmlspecialchars($_POST['email']));
     $post['body'] = $_POST['body'];
-    $post['password'] = $_POST['password'];
+    $post['password'] = hashPassword($_POST['password']);
     $post['has_file'] = (!isset($post['embed']) && (($post['op'] && !isset($post['no_longer_require_an_image_for_op']) && $config['force_image_op']) || count($_FILES) > 0));
 
     if (!$dropped_post) {
@@ -1204,9 +1206,6 @@ function handle_post(Context $ctx)
                 error($config['error']['toolong_body']);
             }
         }
-        if (mb_strlen($post['password']) > 20) {
-            error(sprintf($config['error']['toolong'], 'password'));
-        }
     }
 
     wordfilters($post['body']);
diff --git a/templates/installer/config.html b/templates/installer/config.html
index 973328f5..00a5b241 100644
--- a/templates/installer/config.html
+++ b/templates/installer/config.html
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@
 		<label for="secure_trip_salt">Secure trip (##) salt:</label> 
 		<input type="text" id="secure_trip_salt" name="secure_trip_salt" value="{{ config.secure_trip_salt }}" size="40">
 
+		<label for="secure_password_salt">Poster password salt:</label>
+		<input type="text" id="secure_password_salt" name="secure_password_salt" value="{{ config.secure_password_salt }}" size="40">
+
 		<label for="more">Additional configuration:</label>
 		<textarea id="more" name="more">{{ more }}</textarea>
 	</fieldset>
diff --git a/tools/hash-passwords.php b/tools/hash-passwords.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c6463ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/hash-passwords.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/inc/cli.php';
+
+$boards = listBoards();
+		foreach ($boards as &$_board) {
+			query(sprintf('ALTER TABLE ``posts_%s`` MODIFY `password` varchar(64) DEFAULT NULL;', $_board['uri'])) or error(db_error());
+		    $query = prepare(sprintf("SELECT DISTINCT `password` FROM ``posts_%s``", $_board['uri']));
+            $query->execute() or error(db_error($query));
+
+		    while($entry = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
+		        $update_query = prepare(sprintf("UPDATE ``posts_%s`` SET `password` = :password WHERE `password` = :password_org", $_board['uri']));
+		        $update_query->bindValue(':password', hashPassword($entry['password']));
+		        $update_query->bindValue(':password_org', $entry['password']);
+		        $update_query->execute() or  error(db_error());
+		    }
+		}