diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bd2a837..b8e9ddf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 REPO=npenkov/docker-ldap-passwd-webui
-VER=1.1
+VER=1.2
 
 .PHONY: all build push
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f6faca..bb0f968 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name ldap-passwd-webui \
     -e LPW_SSL_SKIP_VERIFY="true" \
     -e LPW_USER_DN="uid=%s,ou=people,dc=example,dc=org" \
     -e LPW_USER_BASE="ou=people,dc=example,dc=org" \
+    -e LPW_PATTERN='.{8,}' \
+    -e LPW_PATTERN_INFO="Password must be at least 8 characters long." \
     npenkov/docker-ldap-passwd-webui:latest
 ```
 
diff --git a/app/util.go b/app/util.go
index 187ef06..9c55e5d 100644
--- a/app/util.go
+++ b/app/util.go
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ func getTitle() string {
 	return envStr("LPW_TITLE", "Change your password on example.org")
 }
 
+func getPattern() string {
+	return envStr("LPW_PATTERN", ".{8,}")
+}
+
+func getPatternInfo() string {
+	return envStr("LPW_PATTERN_INFO", "Password must be at least 8 characters long.")
+}
+
 func envStr(key, defaultValue string) string {
 	val := os.Getenv(key)
 	if val != "" {
diff --git a/app/web.go b/app/web.go
index 3822781..cfce6d4 100644
--- a/app/web.go
+++ b/app/web.go
@@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ func (h *RegexpHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 type pageData struct {
-	Title     string
-	Username  string
-	Alerts    map[string]string
-	CaptchaId string
+	Title       string
+	Pattern     string
+	PatternInfo string
+	Username    string
+	Alerts      map[string]string
+	CaptchaId   string
 }
 
 // ServeAssets : Serves the static assets
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ func ServeAssets(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 
 // ServeIndex : Serves index page on GET request
 func ServeIndex(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	p := &pageData{Title: getTitle(), CaptchaId: captcha.New()}
+	p := &pageData{Title: getTitle(), CaptchaId: captcha.New(), Pattern: getPattern(), PatternInfo: getPatternInfo()}
 	t, e := template.ParseFiles(path.Join("templates", "index.html"))
 	if e != nil {
 		log.Printf("Error parsing file %v\n", e)
@@ -102,6 +104,10 @@ func ChangePassword(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		alerts["error"] = "New and confirmation passwords does not match. "
 	}
 
+	if m, _ := regexp.MatchString(getPattern(), newPassword[0]); !m {
+		alerts["error"] = alerts["error"] + fmt.Sprintf("%s", getPatternInfo())
+	}
+
 	if len(captchaID) < 1 || captchaID[0] == "" ||
 		len(captchaSolution) < 1 || captchaSolution[0] == "" ||
 		!captcha.VerifyString(captchaID[0], captchaSolution[0]) {
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 4ea5e76..f7708c4 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
 
         <label for="new-password">New password</label>
         <input id="new-password" name="new-password" type="password"
-            pattern=".{8,}" x-moz-errormessage="Password must be at least 8 characters long." required>
+            pattern="{{.Pattern}}" x-moz-errormessage="{{.PatternInfo}}" required>
 
         <label for="confirm-password">Confirm new password</label>
         <input id="confirm-password" name="confirm-password" type="password"
-            pattern=".{8,}" x-moz-errormessage="Password must be at least 8 characters long." required>
-
+        pattern="{{.Pattern}}" x-moz-errormessage="{{.PatternInfo}}" required>
+        <p>{{.PatternInfo}}</p>
         <p>Type the numbers you see in the picture below:</p>
         <p>
           <img id=image src="/captcha/{{.CaptchaId}}.png" alt="Captcha image">