diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 155a10e9..32601f55 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -302,11 +302,6 @@ func loadConfig() (*config, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("the supportemail option is not set")
 	}
 
-	// Ensure the administrator password is set.
-	if cfg.AdminPass == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("the adminpass option is not set")
-	}
-
 	// Ensure the dcrd RPC username is set.
 	if cfg.DcrdUser == "" {
 		return nil, errors.New("the dcrduser option is not set")
diff --git a/database/database.go b/database/database.go
index e9b88819..3060e291 100644
--- a/database/database.go
+++ b/database/database.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ var (
 	lastAddressIndexK = []byte("lastaddressindex")
 	// altSignAddrBktK stores alternate signing addresses.
 	altSignAddrBktK = []byte("altsigbkt")
+	//adminPassHashK stores the hash of cfg.AdminPass
+	adminPassHashK = []byte("adminPassHash")
 )
 
 const (
@@ -457,3 +460,26 @@ func (vdb *VspDatabase) CheckIntegrity(ctx context.Context, params *chaincfg.Par
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// UpdateAdminPass stores admin password hash in Database.
+func (vdb *VspDatabase) UpdateAdminPass(adminPassHash string) error {
+return vdb.db.Update(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
+		vspBkt := tx.Bucket(vspBktK)
+return vspBkt.Put(adminPassHashK, []byte(adminPassHash))
+	})
+}
+
+// GetAdminHash retrieves admin password hash from Database.
+func (vdb *VspDatabase) GetAdminHash() ([]byte, error) {
+	var adminPassHash []byte
+	err := vdb.db.View(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
+		vspBkt := tx.Bucket(vspBktK)
+		adminPassHash = vspBkt.Get(adminPassHashK)
+		if adminPassHash == nil {
+			return errors.New("admin password hash has not been set")
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	return adminPassHash, err
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7069a77d..80567bfb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/jrick/logrotate v1.0.0
 	github.com/jrick/wsrpc/v2 v2.3.4
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.6
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211202192323-5770296d904e // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b49e8f37..6e97a7ff 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191206172530-e9b2fee46413/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPh
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210220033148-5ea612d1eb83 h1:/ZScEX8SfEmUGRHs0gxpqteO5nfNW6axyZbBdw9A12g=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210220033148-5ea612d1eb83/go.mod h1:jdWPYTVW3xRLrWPugEBEK3UY2ZEsg3UU495nc5E+M+I=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211202192323-5770296d904e h1:MUP6MR3rJ7Gk9LEia0LP2ytiH6MuCfs7qYz+47jGdD8=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211202192323-5770296d904e/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
@@ -200,6 +202,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200520004742-59133d7f0dd7/go.mod h1:qpuaurCH72eLCgpAm/N6yyVIVM9cpaDIP3A8BGJEC5A=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200813134508-3edf25e44fcc h1:zK/HqS5bZxDptfPJNq8v7vJfXtkU7r9TLIoSr1bXaP4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200813134508-3edf25e44fcc/go.mod h1:/O7V0waA8r7cgGh81Ro3o1hOxt32SMVPicZroKQ2sZA=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2 h1:CIJ76btIcR3eFI5EgSo6k1qKw9KJexJuRLI9G7Hp5wE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181108010431-42b317875d0f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -220,13 +224,19 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200519105757-fe76b779f299/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200814200057-3d37ad5750ed/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200923182605-d9f96fdee20d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210320140829-1e4c9ba3b0c4 h1:EZ2mChiOa8udjfp6rRmswTbtZN/QzUQp4ptM4rnjHvc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210320140829-1e4c9ba3b0c4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1 h1:SrN+KX8Art/Sf4HNj6Zcz06G7VEz+7w9tdXTPOZ7+l4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 h1:cokOdA+Jmi5PJGXLlLllQSgYigAEfHXJAERHVMaCc2k=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190114222345-bf090417da8b/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190226205152-f727befe758c/go.mod h1:9Yl7xja0Znq3iFh3HoIrodX9oNMXvdceNzlUR8zjMvY=
diff --git a/vspd.go b/vspd.go
index f9922e15..839e749e 100644
--- a/vspd.go
+++ b/vspd.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2020 The Decred developers
+// Copyright (c) 2021 The Decred developers
 // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/decred/vspd/rpc"
 	"github.com/decred/vspd/version"
 	"github.com/decred/vspd/webapi"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
 )
 
 // maxVoteChangeRecords defines how many vote change records will be stored for
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
+// hashPassword hashes cfg.AdminPass and returns the hash.
+func hashPassword(password string) (string, error) {
+	bytes, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(password), 15)
+	return string(bytes), err
+}
+
 // run is the main startup and teardown logic performed by the main package. It
 // is responsible for parsing the config, creating a dcrwallet RPC client,
 // opening the database, starting the webserver, and stopping all started
@@ -74,6 +81,33 @@ func run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 	defer db.Close()
 
+	// Check if admin password hash is set in database.
+	hash, err := db.GetAdminHash()
+	if cfg.AdminPass == "" && err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Admin password is not yet set: %v.", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if cfg.AdminPass != "" {
+		// Hash cfg.AdminPass
+		cfg.AdminPass, err = hashPassword(cfg.AdminPass)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Hashing admin password failed: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// If cfg.adminPass is set,
+		// overwrite the saved admin password hash in database and shutdown.
+		db.UpdateAdminPass(cfg.AdminPass)
+		log.Info("Admin password has been hashed and saved successfully.\n Remove the admin password from config file and command line before running vspd again.")
+		log.Info("To reset admin password, provide admin password via config or commandline.")
+		requestShutdown()
+		shutdownWg.Wait()
+	}
+
+	// Assign Hash Value to cfg.AdminPass
+	cfg.AdminPass = string(hash)
+
 	// Create RPC client for local dcrd instance (used for broadcasting and
 	// checking the status of fee transactions).
 	dcrd := rpc.SetupDcrd(cfg.DcrdUser, cfg.DcrdPass, cfg.DcrdHost, cfg.dcrdCert, nil)
diff --git a/webapi/admin.go b/webapi/admin.go
index bb3d99bd..3684e7ae 100644
--- a/webapi/admin.go
+++ b/webapi/admin.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/decred/vspd/rpc"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
 )
 
 // WalletStatus describes the current status of a single voting wallet. This is
@@ -197,12 +198,19 @@ func ticketSearch(c *gin.Context) {
 	})
 }
 
+// checkPasswordHash compares the hash value of the provided password with
+// the provided hash.
+func checkPasswordHash(hash, password string) bool {
+    err := bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword([]byte(hash), []byte(password))
+    return err == nil
+}
+
 // adminLogin is the handler for "POST /admin". If a valid password is provided,
 // the current session will be authenticated as an admin.
 func adminLogin(c *gin.Context) {
 	password := c.PostForm("password")
-
-	if password != cfg.AdminPass {
+	ok := checkPasswordHash(cfg.AdminPass, password)
+	if !ok {
 		log.Warnf("Failed login attempt from %s", c.ClientIP())
 		c.HTML(http.StatusUnauthorized, "login.html", gin.H{
 			"WebApiCache":       getCache(),