diff --git a/lib/ui/semantics.dart b/lib/ui/semantics.dart
index 3fb8ecbeb11f532f974a61e748afaaeae47fb382..d49a46ee307c75e09f508242afe8635fe3e7048c 100644
--- a/lib/ui/semantics.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/semantics.dart
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ class SemanticsFlag {
   static const int _kIsEnabledIndex = 1 << 7;
   static const int _kIsInMutuallyExclusiveGroupIndex = 1 << 8;
   static const int _kIsHeaderIndex = 1 << 9;
+  static const int _kIsPasswordIndex = 1 << 10;
 
   const SemanticsFlag._(this.index);
 
@@ -300,6 +301,12 @@ class SemanticsFlag {
   /// address book applications.
   static const SemanticsFlag isHeader = const SemanticsFlag._(_kIsHeaderIndex);
 
+  /// Whether the semantics node represents a password.
+  ///
+  /// This is usually used for text fields to indicate that the content should
+  /// be obscured.
+  static const SemanticsFlag isPassword = const SemanticsFlag._(_kIsPasswordIndex);
+
   /// The possible semantics flags.
   ///
   /// The map's key is the [index] of the flag and the value is the flag itself.
@@ -314,6 +321,7 @@ class SemanticsFlag {
     _kIsEnabledIndex: isEnabled,
     _kIsInMutuallyExclusiveGroupIndex: isInMutuallyExclusiveGroup,
     _kIsHeaderIndex: isHeader,
+    _kIsPasswordIndex: isPassword,
   };
 
   @override
@@ -339,6 +347,8 @@ class SemanticsFlag {
         return 'SemanticsFlag.isInMutuallyExclusiveGroup';
       case _kIsHeaderIndex:
         return 'SemanticsFlag.isHeader';
+      case _kIsPasswordIndex:
+        return 'SemanticsFlag.isPassword';
     }
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
index f98a791149bde4d72541dab350bc1a60a5a631d5..fd6ee1b1e746245456a9cf874e729d98f3524793 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ class AccessibilityBridge extends AccessibilityNodeProvider implements BasicMess
         HAS_ENABLED_STATE(1 << 6),
         IS_ENABLED(1 << 7),
         IS_IN_MUTUALLY_EXCLUSIVE_GROUP(1 << 8),
-        IS_HEADER(1 << 9);
+        IS_HEADER(1 << 9),
+        IS_PASSWORD(1 << 10);
 
         Flag(int value) {
             this.value = value;
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ class AccessibilityBridge extends AccessibilityNodeProvider implements BasicMess
             result.setAccessibilityFocused(mA11yFocusedObject.id == virtualViewId);
 
         if (object.hasFlag(Flag.IS_TEXT_FIELD)) {
+            result.setPassword(object.hasFlag(Flag.IS_PASSWORD);
             result.setClassName("android.widget.EditText");
             if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR2) {
                 result.setEditable(true);