diff --git a/provisioner/ansible/provisioner.go b/provisioner/ansible/provisioner.go
index fd037c6ce..a01d3f4cb 100644
--- a/provisioner/ansible/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/ansible/provisioner.go
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	}
 
 	if p.config.SetPackerPasswd {
-		p.config.AnsibleEnvVars = append(p.config.AnsibleEnvVars, "PACKER_RANDOM_PASSWORD=TEST")
+		var PackerEnvVar string = fmt.Sprintf("PACKER_RANDOM_PASSWORD=%s", getWinRMPassword())
+		p.config.AnsibleEnvVars = append(p.config.AnsibleEnvVars, PackerEnvVar)
 	}
 
 	if len(p.config.LocalPort) > 0 {
@@ -514,6 +515,12 @@ func newSigner(privKeyFile string) (*signer, error) {
 	return signer, nil
 }
 
+func getWinRMPassword() string {
+	winRMPass, _ := commonhelper.RetrieveSharedState("winrm_password")
+	return winRMPass
+
+}
+
 // Ui provides concurrency-safe access to packer.Ui.
 type Ui struct {
 	sem chan int