diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
index 385cdd141c1..fb2c1ce0372 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ class Runner(object):
         # user/pass may still contain variables at this stage
         actual_user = template.template(self.basedir, actual_user, inject)
         actual_pass = template.template(self.basedir, actual_pass, inject)
+        self.sudo_pass = template.template(self.basedir, self.sudo_pass, inject)
 
         # make actual_user available as __magic__ ansible_ssh_user variable
         inject['ansible_ssh_user'] = actual_user