diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/crypto.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/crypto.py
index 06adfa6109..d9526b8026 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/crypto.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/crypto.py
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ except ImportError:
 import hashlib
 
 
-def get_fingerprint(path):
+def get_fingerprint(path, passphrase):
     """Generate the fingerprint of the public key. """
 
     fingerprint = {}
 
-    privatekey = crypto.load_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, open(path, 'r').read())
+    privatekey = crypto.load_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM,
+                                        open(path, 'rb').read(),
+                                        passphrase)
 
     try:
         publickey = crypto.dump_publickey(crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1, privatekey)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_csr.py b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_csr.py
index 594d99a9b5..217e40ce1d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_csr.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_csr.py
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ options:
         required: true
         description:
             - Path to the privatekey to use when signing the certificate signing request
+    privatekey_passphrase:
+        required: false
+        description:
+            - The passphrase for the privatekey.
+        version_added: "2.4"
     version:
         required: false
         default: 3
@@ -114,6 +119,14 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
     commonName: www.ansible.com
 
+# Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request with a
+# passphrase protected private key
+- openssl_csr:
+    path: /etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr
+    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
+    privatekey_passphrase: ansible
+    commonName: www.ansible.com
+
 # Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request with Subject information
 - openssl_csr:
     path: /etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr
@@ -183,6 +196,7 @@ class CertificateSigningRequest(object):
         self.subjectAltName = module.params['subjectAltName']
         self.path = module.params['path']
         self.privatekey_path = module.params['privatekey_path']
+        self.privatekey_passphrase = module.params['privatekey_passphrase']
         self.version = module.params['version']
         self.changed = True
         self.request = None
@@ -218,8 +232,9 @@ class CertificateSigningRequest(object):
                 req.add_extensions([crypto.X509Extension(b"subjectAltName", False, self.subjectAltName.encode('ascii'))])
 
             privatekey_content = open(self.privatekey_path).read()
-            self.privatekey = crypto.load_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, privatekey_content)
-
+            self.privatekey = crypto.load_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM,
+                                                     privatekey_content,
+                                                     self.privatekey_passphrase)
             req.set_pubkey(self.privatekey)
             req.sign(self.privatekey, self.digest)
             self.request = req
@@ -267,6 +282,7 @@ def main():
             state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent'], type='str'),
             digest=dict(default='sha256', type='str'),
             privatekey_path=dict(require=True, type='path'),
+            privatekey_passphrase=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
             version=dict(default='3', type='int'),
             force=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             subjectAltName=dict(aliases=['subjectAltName'], type='str'),
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_privatekey.py b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_privatekey.py
index f2eeed837a..c5efd0bac0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_privatekey.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_privatekey.py
@@ -62,14 +62,30 @@ options:
         required: true
         description:
             - Name of the file in which the generated TLS/SSL private key will be written. It will have 0600 mode.
+    passphrase:
+        required: false
+        description:
+            - The passphrase for the private key.
+        version_added: "2.4"
+    cipher:
+        required: false
+        description:
+            - The cipher to encrypt the private key. (cipher can be found by running `openssl list-cipher-algorithms`)
+        version_added: "2.4"
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
 # Generate an OpenSSL private key with the default values (4096 bits, RSA)
-# and no public key
 - openssl_privatekey:
     path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
 
+# Generate an OpenSSL private key with the default values (4096 bits, RSA)
+# and a passphrase
+- openssl_privatekey:
+    path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
+    passphrase: ansible
+    cipher: aes256
+
 # Generate an OpenSSL private key with a different size (2048 bits)
 - openssl_privatekey:
     path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
@@ -145,13 +161,14 @@ class PrivateKey(object):
         self.type = module.params['type']
         self.force = module.params['force']
         self.path = module.params['path']
+        self.passphrase = module.params['passphrase']
+        self.cipher = module.params['cipher']
         self.mode = module.params['mode']
         self.changed = True
         self.privatekey = None
         self.fingerprint = {}
         self.check_mode = module.check_mode
 
-
     def generate(self, module):
         """Generate a keypair."""
 
@@ -173,7 +190,11 @@ class PrivateKey(object):
                                           os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC,
                                           self.mode)
 
-                os.write(privatekey_file, crypto.dump_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, self.privatekey))
+                extras = {}
+                if self.cipher and self.passphrase:
+                    extras = {'cipher': self.cipher, 'passphrase': self.passphrase}
+
+                os.write(privatekey_file, crypto.dump_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, self.privatekey, **extras))
                 os.close(privatekey_file)
             except IOError as exc:
                 self.remove()
@@ -181,12 +202,11 @@ class PrivateKey(object):
         else:
             self.changed = False
 
-        self.fingerprint = get_fingerprint(self.path)
+        self.fingerprint = get_fingerprint(self.path, self.passphrase)
         file_args = module.load_file_common_arguments(module.params)
         if module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, False):
             self.changed = True
 
-
     def remove(self):
         """Remove the private key from the filesystem."""
 
@@ -198,7 +218,6 @@ class PrivateKey(object):
             else:
                 self.changed = False
 
-
     def dump(self):
         """Serialize the object into a dictionary."""
 
@@ -222,9 +241,12 @@ def main():
             type=dict(default='RSA', choices=['RSA', 'DSA'], type='str'),
             force=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             path=dict(required=True, type='path'),
+            passphrase=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
+            cipher=dict(type='str'),
         ),
         supports_check_mode = True,
         add_file_common_args = True,
+        required_together=[['cipher', 'passphrase']],
     )
 
     if not pyopenssl_found:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_publickey.py b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_publickey.py
index 423a8304ee..fe7cfdd835 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_publickey.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_publickey.py
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ options:
         required: true
         description:
             - Path to the TLS/SSL private key from which to generate the public key.
+    privatekey_passphrase:
+        required: false
+        description:
+            - The passphrase for the privatekey.
+        version_added: "2.4"
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -76,6 +81,13 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
     format: OpenSSH
 
+# Generate an OpenSSL public key with a passphrase protected
+# private key
+- openssl_publickey:
+    path: /etc/ssl/public/ansible.com.pem
+    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
+    privatekey_passphrase: ansible
+
 # Force regenerate an OpenSSL public key if it already exists
 - openssl_publickey:
     path: /etc/ssl/public/ansible.com.pem
@@ -150,6 +162,7 @@ class PublicKey(object):
         self.name = os.path.basename(module.params['path'])
         self.path = module.params['path']
         self.privatekey_path = module.params['privatekey_path']
+        self.privatekey_passphrase = module.params['privatekey_passphrase']
         self.privatekey = None
         self.changed = True
         self.fingerprint = {}
@@ -164,7 +177,7 @@ class PublicKey(object):
 
                 if self.format == 'OpenSSH':
                     key = crypto_serialization.load_pem_private_key(privatekey_content,
-                                                                    password=None,
+                                                                    password=self.privatekey_passphrase,
                                                                     backend=default_backend())
                     publickey_content = key.public_key().public_bytes(
                         crypto_serialization.Encoding.OpenSSH,
@@ -190,7 +203,7 @@ class PublicKey(object):
             self.changed = False
 
         file_args = module.load_file_common_arguments(module.params)
-        self.fingerprint = get_fingerprint(self.privatekey_path)
+        self.fingerprint = get_fingerprint(self.privatekey_path, self.privatekey_passphrase)
         if module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, False):
             self.changed = True
 
@@ -228,6 +241,7 @@ def main():
             path=dict(required=True, type='path'),
             privatekey_path=dict(type='path'),
             format=dict(type='str', choices=['PEM', 'OpenSSH'], default='PEM'),
+            privatekey_passphrase=dict(type='path', no_log=True),
         ),
         supports_check_mode = True,
         add_file_common_args = True,