diff --git a/chapters/create-and-deploy-kubernetes-pods.md b/chapters/create-and-deploy-kubernetes-pods.md
index b4c3c884..a6b9509c 100755
--- a/chapters/create-and-deploy-kubernetes-pods.md
+++ b/chapters/create-and-deploy-kubernetes-pods.md
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ spec:
       image: postgres:9.4
       ports:
         - containerPort: 5432
+      env:
+        - name: "POSTGRES_PASSWORD"
+          value: "somepassword"
       volumeMounts:
       - name: db-data
         mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data