diff --git a/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.py b/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.py
index 247d297e3d7..c6702dcce10 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class CloudFormsInventory(object):
             warnings.warn("No username specified, you need to specify a CloudForms username.")
 
         if config.has_option('cloudforms', 'password'):
-            self.cloudforms_pw = config.get('cloudforms', 'password')
+            self.cloudforms_pw = config.get('cloudforms', 'password', raw=True)
         else:
             self.cloudforms_pw = None
 
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/foreman.py b/contrib/inventory/foreman.py
index 4d6fd32b809..e1ca8787d6b 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/foreman.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/foreman.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ForemanInventory(object):
         try:
             self.foreman_url = config.get('foreman', 'url')
             self.foreman_user = config.get('foreman', 'user')
-            self.foreman_pw = config.get('foreman', 'password')
+            self.foreman_pw = config.get('foreman', 'password', raw=True)
             self.foreman_ssl_verify = config.getboolean('foreman', 'ssl_verify')
         except (ConfigParser.NoOptionError, ConfigParser.NoSectionError) as e:
             print("Error parsing configuration: %s" % e, file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/ovirt4.py b/contrib/inventory/ovirt4.py
index 53499220b9b..cf2f7ad3c98 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/ovirt4.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/ovirt4.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def create_connection():
     return sdk.Connection(
         url=config.get('ovirt', 'ovirt_url'),
         username=config.get('ovirt', 'ovirt_username'),
-        password=config.get('ovirt', 'ovirt_password'),
+        password=config.get('ovirt', 'ovirt_password', raw=True),
         ca_file=config.get('ovirt', 'ovirt_ca_file'),
         insecure=config.get('ovirt', 'ovirt_ca_file') is None,
     )
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py b/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py
index 7f3537bb4ef..997f53dcaa0 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class VMWareInventory(object):
         self.port = int(os.environ.get('VMWARE_PORT', config.get('vmware', 'port')))
         self.username = os.environ.get('VMWARE_USERNAME', config.get('vmware', 'username'))
         self.debugl('username is %s' % self.username)
-        self.password = os.environ.get('VMWARE_PASSWORD', config.get('vmware', 'password'))
+        self.password = os.environ.get('VMWARE_PASSWORD', config.get('vmware', 'password', raw=True))
         self.validate_certs = os.environ.get('VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS', config.get('vmware', 'validate_certs'))
         if self.validate_certs in ['no', 'false', 'False', False]:
             self.validate_certs = False