diff --git a/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_keypair_v2.go b/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_keypair_v2.go
index 101dec488..f951ff292 100644
--- a/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_keypair_v2.go
+++ b/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_keypair_v2.go
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ func resourceComputeKeypairV2() *schema.Resource {
 
 			// computed-only
 			"private_key": {
-				Type:     schema.TypeString,
-				Computed: true,
+				Type:      schema.TypeString,
+				Computed:  true,
+				Sensitive: true,
 			},
 
 			"fingerprint": {