diff --git a/prudentia/local.py b/prudentia/local.py
index 10ed342..23c9b4c 100644
--- a/prudentia/local.py
+++ b/prudentia/local.py
@@ -70,5 +70,6 @@ def provision(self, box, *tags):
             remote_pass=remote_pwd,
             transport=transport,
             extra_vars=self.extra_vars,
-            only_tags=only_tags
+            only_tags=only_tags,
+            vault_password=self.vault_password
         )
diff --git a/prudentia/simple.py b/prudentia/simple.py
index 38136ef..574ea0d 100644
--- a/prudentia/simple.py
+++ b/prudentia/simple.py
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ def do_list(self, line):
                 print b
 
 
+    def help_decrypt(self):
+        print "Provide the password that will be used to decrypt Ansible vault files. " \
+              "For more information visit http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_vault.html."
+
+    def do_decrypt(self, line):
+        self.provider.set_vault_password(line)
+
     def do_EOF(self, line):
         print "\n"
         return True
@@ -154,6 +161,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, general_type=None, box_extra_type=None):
         self.env = Environment(name, general_type, box_extra_type)
         self.extra_vars = {'prudentia_dir': prudentia_python_dir()}
         self.tags = {}
+        self.vault_password = False
         self.load_tags()
         self.provisioned = False
 
@@ -181,6 +189,9 @@ def unset_var(self, var):
             self.extra_vars.pop(var, None)
             print "\nUnset \'{0}\'\n".format(var)
 
+    def set_vault_password(self, pwd):
+        self.vault_password = pwd
+
     def add_box(self, box):
         self.env.add(box)
         self.load_tags(box)
@@ -259,5 +270,6 @@ def provision(self, box, *tags):
             remote_pass=remote_pwd,
             transport=transport,
             extra_vars=self.extra_vars,
-            only_tags=only_tags
+            only_tags=only_tags,
+            vault_password=self.vault_password
         )
diff --git a/prudentia/utils/provisioning.py b/prudentia/utils/provisioning.py
index 8bb28a2..cd0ee5e 100644
--- a/prudentia/utils/provisioning.py
+++ b/prudentia/utils/provisioning.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from prudentia.domain import Box
 
 
-def run_playbook(playbook_file, inventory, remote_user=C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER,
+def run_playbook(playbook_file, inventory, vault_password, remote_user=C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER,
                  remote_pass=C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_PASS, transport=C.DEFAULT_TRANSPORT, extra_vars=None, only_tags=None):
     stats = callbacks.AggregateStats()
     playbook_cb = callbacks.PlaybookCallbacks(verbose=True)
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ def run_playbook(playbook_file, inventory, remote_user=C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER,
         only_tags=only_tags,
         callbacks=playbook_cb,
         runner_callbacks=runner_cb,
-        stats=stats
+        stats=stats,
+        vault_password=vault_password
     )
 
     provision_success = False
diff --git a/tests/local_cli_test.py b/tests/local_cli_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd959d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/local_cli_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import unittest
+
+from prudentia.local import LocalCli
+
+
+class TestLocalCli(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.cli = LocalCli()
+
+    def test_set_var(self):
+        var_name = 'var_name'
+        var_value = 'var_value'
+        self.cli.do_set(var_name + ' ' + var_value)
+        self.assertEqual(self.cli.provider.extra_vars[var_name], var_value)
+
+    def test_decrypt(self):
+        pwd = "this is a pwd"
+        self.cli.do_decrypt(pwd)
+        self.assertEqual(self.cli.provider.vault_password, pwd)
diff --git a/tests/local_test.py b/tests/local_provider_test.py
similarity index 76%
rename from tests/local_test.py
rename to tests/local_provider_test.py
index 46a2703..f66bb5e 100644
--- a/tests/local_test.py
+++ b/tests/local_provider_test.py
@@ -32,12 +32,3 @@ def test_should_not_list_tags_if_box_not_exists(self):
         ne_box = Box('simple-box-2', 'xxx.yml', 'ssh-hostname', '0.0.0.0')
         self.provider.load_tags(ne_box)
         self.assertEqual(self.provider.tags.has_key(ne_box.name), False)
-
-    def test_set_var(self):
-        var_name = 'var_name'
-        var_value = 'var_value'
-        self.provider.set_var(var_name, var_value)
-        self.assertEqual(self.provider.extra_vars[var_name], var_value)
-        var_overwritten = "var_overwritten"
-        self.provider.set_var(var_name, var_overwritten)
-        self.assertEqual(self.provider.extra_vars[var_name], var_overwritten)