diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/main.yml
index 2f98d702a..641f96e02 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/main.yml
@@ -136,6 +136,16 @@
     write_priv: ".*"
     read_priv: ".*"
   no_log: true
+- name: "Set mysql_username if environment variable mysql_user is set"
+  set_fact:
+    mysql_username: "{{ lookup('env', 'mysql_user') }}"
+  when: lookup('env', 'mysql_user') | length > 0
+  no_log: true
+- name: "Set mysql_password if environment variable mysql_pass is set"
+  set_fact:
+    mysql_password: "{{ lookup('env', 'mysql_pass') }}"
+  when: lookup('env', 'mysql_pass') | length > 0
+  no_log: true
 - name: "MySQL - Creating DB"
   mysql_db:
     name: "ironic"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/Add-env-var-support-for-mysql-user-password-3ac520eea7ea9807.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/Add-env-var-support-for-mysql-user-password-3ac520eea7ea9807.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..868e88390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/Add-env-var-support-for-mysql-user-password-3ac520eea7ea9807.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Add support for passing a Mysql username and password
+    via environment variables mysql_user for username and
+    mysql_pass for password. Useful for cases where Mysql
+    server may be existing and have usernames with password
+    already set.