diff --git a/src/bin/pg_probackup/pgut.cpp b/src/bin/pg_probackup/pgut.cpp
index e96cb5a1e..da4844054 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_probackup/pgut.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/pg_probackup/pgut.cpp
@@ -645,7 +645,8 @@ PGconn* pgut_connect(const char *host, const char *port,
 
             if (password == NULL || password[0] == '\0')
                 elog(ERROR, "no password supplied");
-
+            keywords[i] = "password";
+            values[i] = password;
             continue;
         }
         elog(ERROR, "could not connect to database %s: %s",