diff --git a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/functions/DefaultCredentialsFromImageOrOverridingCredentials.java b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/functions/DefaultCredentialsFromImageOrOverridingCredentials.java
index 6bc8f8fd61..5689f2ebed 100644
--- a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/functions/DefaultCredentialsFromImageOrOverridingCredentials.java
+++ b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/functions/DefaultCredentialsFromImageOrOverridingCredentials.java
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ package org.jclouds.compute.functions;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Template;
-import org.jclouds.compute.options.TemplateOptions;
+import org.jclouds.compute.options.RunScriptOptions;
 import org.jclouds.domain.LoginCredentials;
 import org.jclouds.domain.LoginCredentials.Builder;
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 
@@ -36,8 +37,14 @@ public class DefaultCredentialsFromImageOrOverridingCredentials implements Funct
 
    @Override
    public LoginCredentials apply(Template template) {
-      TemplateOptions options = template.getOptions();
-      Builder builder = LoginCredentials.builder(template.getImage().getDefaultCredentials());
+      RunScriptOptions options = template.getOptions();
+      LoginCredentials defaultCreds = template.getImage().getDefaultCredentials();
+      return overrideDefaultCredentialsWithOptionsIfPresent(defaultCreds, options);
+   }
+
+   public static LoginCredentials overrideDefaultCredentialsWithOptionsIfPresent(
+         @Nullable LoginCredentials defaultCreds, RunScriptOptions options) {
+      Builder builder = LoginCredentials.builder(defaultCreds);
       if (options.getLoginUser() != null)
          builder.user(options.getLoginUser());
       if (options.getLoginPassword() != null)
diff --git a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/options/RunScriptOptions.java b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/options/RunScriptOptions.java
index 4c6ce0e0e4..41a49bdb0c 100644
--- a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/options/RunScriptOptions.java
+++ b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/options/RunScriptOptions.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.jclouds.compute.options;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
+import org.jclouds.compute.functions.DefaultCredentialsFromImageOrOverridingCredentials;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
 import org.jclouds.domain.LoginCredentials;
 import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -330,6 +331,18 @@ public class RunScriptOptions {
       return authenticateSudo;
    }
 
+   /**
+    * This will be removed in jclouds 1.4.0
+    * @see #getLoginPassword
+    * @see #getLoginPrivateKey
+    * @see #getLoginUser
+    */
+   @Deprecated
+   public Credentials getOverridingCredentials() {
+      return DefaultCredentialsFromImageOrOverridingCredentials.overrideDefaultCredentialsWithOptionsIfPresent(null,
+            this);
+   }
+   
    /**
     * 
     * @return the login password for