diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_redis/attributes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_redis/attributes/default.rb
index adab69b..b2ea82f 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_redis/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_redis/attributes/default.rb
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 default["kosmos_redis"]["add_redisio_repository"] = true
 default["kosmos_redis"]["package_name"] = "redis"
 default["kosmos_redis"]["port"] = 6379
+default["kosmos_redis"]["requirepass"] = true
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_redis/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_redis/recipes/default.rb
index 05faaf0..40809ac 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_redis/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_redis/recipes/default.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 include_recipe "kosmos_redis::repo" if node["kosmos_redis"]["add_redisio_repository"]
 
-credentials = data_bag_item("credentials", "redis")
+credentials = data_bag_item("credentials", "redis") if node["kosmos_redis"]["requirepass"]
 
 redisio_install "default" do
   package_install true
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ end
 redisio_server node["kosmos_redis"]["port"].to_s do
   package_install true
   package_name node["kosmos_redis"]["package_name"]
-  requirepass credentials["password"]
+  requirepass credentials["password"] if node["kosmos_redis"]["requirepass"]
 end