diff --git a/gerrit/Dockerfile.entrypoint b/gerrit/Dockerfile.entrypoint
index 3aa8ae1..7079792 100644
--- a/gerrit/Dockerfile.entrypoint
+++ b/gerrit/Dockerfile.entrypoint
@@ -2,8 +2,15 @@
 
 set -e
 
+secret() {
+    seed=$(cat /run/secrets/seed)
+    printf "%s:%40s" "${seed}" "$*" | sha256sum | sed 's/[[:space:]].*//'
+}
+
+export GERRIT_MAIL_PASSWORD=$(secret mail:gerrit)
+
 # Allows us to bind mount arbitrary owned files
-chown -R gerrit:gerrit /var/gerrit/{logs,etc,db,git,index,cache,passwd}/
+chown -R gerrit:gerrit /var/gerrit/{logs,etc,db,git,index,cache}/
 
 # Drop privileges as we set `USER root` only to change file permissions
 exec setpriv --reuid=gerrit --regid=gerrit --init-groups --inh-caps=-all /unprivileged.sh "$@"