diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b179ea..bbb279c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Sample Usage
 	             Bdb::DB_INIT_LOCK | # Initialize locking.
 	             Bdb::DB_INIT_LOG  | # Initialize logging
 	             Bdb::DB_INIT_MPOOL  # Initialize the in-memory cache.
+	env.encrypt = 'yourpassword'             
 	env.open(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tmp'), env_flags, 0);
 	
 	db = env.db
diff --git a/ext/bdb.c b/ext/bdb.c
index fefe1c0..97c7381 100644
--- a/ext/bdb.c
+++ b/ext/bdb.c
@@ -1058,6 +1058,28 @@ VALUE db_truncate(VALUE obj, VALUE vtxn)
   return INT2FIX(count);
 }
 
+/**
+ * call-seq:
+ *  db.set_encrypt(db, passwd)
+ *
+ * Set encrypt
+ */
+VALUE db_set_encrypt(VALUE obj, VALUE vpasswd) {
+    int rv;
+    t_dbh *dbh;
+    const char *passwd;
+ 
+    passwd = StringValueCStr(vpasswd);
+    Data_Get_Struct(obj,t_dbh,dbh);
+    u_int32_t flags=0x00000001; //DB_ENCRYPT_AES
+       
+    rv = dbh->db->set_encrypt(dbh->db, passwd, flags);
+    
+    if ( rv != 0 )
+        raise_error(rv, "set_encrypt failure: %s",db_strerror(rv));
+       return vpasswd;
+}
+
 /*
  * call-seq:
  * db.key_range(txn,vkey,flags) -> [#less,#same,#greater]
@@ -2873,6 +2895,30 @@ VALUE env_set_verbose(VALUE obj, VALUE which, VALUE onoff)
   return Qtrue;
 }
 
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ * env.set_encrypt(passwd) 
+ *
+ * set encrypt
+ */
+VALUE env_set_encrypt(VALUE obj, VALUE vpasswd)
+{
+  t_envh *eh;
+  const char *passwd;
+  int rv;
+
+  passwd = StringValueCStr(vpasswd);
+  Data_Get_Struct(obj, t_envh, eh);
+  u_int32_t flags=0x00000001; //DB_ENCRYPT_AES
+  
+  rv = eh->env->set_encrypt(eh->env, passwd, flags);
+  if ( rv != 0 ) {
+    raise_error(rv, "env_set_encrypt: %s",db_strerror(rv));
+  }
+
+  return vpasswd;
+}
+
 /*
  * call-seq:
  * env.rep_priority = int
@@ -3331,6 +3377,8 @@ EXCEPTIONS_CREATE
   rb_define_method(cDb,"sync",db_sync,0);
   rb_define_method(cDb,"truncate",db_truncate,1);
 
+  rb_define_method(cDb,"encrypt=",db_set_encrypt,1);
+
 #if DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 5 || DB_VERSION_MINOR > 3
   rb_define_method(cDb,"compact",db_compact,5);
 #endif
@@ -3387,6 +3435,9 @@ EXCEPTIONS_CREATE
   rb_define_method(cEnv,"home",env_get_home,0);
   rb_define_method(cEnv,"set_verbose",env_set_verbose,2);
 
+  rb_define_method(cEnv,"encrypt=",env_set_encrypt,1);
+  //rb_define_method(cEnv,"encrypt",env_get_encrypt,0);
+
   rb_define_method(cEnv,"rep_priority=", env_rep_set_priority, 1);
   rb_define_method(cEnv,"rep_priority", env_rep_get_priority, 0);
   rb_define_method(cEnv,"rep_nsites=", env_rep_set_nsites, 1);