diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 4b6f74ca..2c240bfa 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ Please note that 0.5.0 requires some updated dependencies, as listed under
 
   - Improve :option:`--list-settings` output. (Fixes: :issue:`91`)
 
+  - Added :option:`--interactive` for reading missing local settings from
+    ``stdin``. (Fixes: :issue:`96`)
+
 - Tag cache generator:
 
   - Made it possible to abort :command:`mopidy-scan` with CTRL+C.
diff --git a/mopidy/core.py b/mopidy/core.py
index ca5b92a1..98575478 100644
--- a/mopidy/core.py
+++ b/mopidy/core.py
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ from mopidy.utils.settings import list_settings_optparse_callback
 logger = logging.getLogger('mopidy.core')
 
 def main():
-    options = parse_options()
-    setup_logging(options.verbosity_level, options.save_debug_log)
-    setup_settings()
-    setup_gobject_loop()
-    setup_gstreamer()
-    setup_mixer()
-    setup_backend()
-    setup_frontends()
     try:
+        options = parse_options()
+        setup_logging(options.verbosity_level, options.save_debug_log)
+        setup_settings(options.interactive)
+        setup_gobject_loop()
+        setup_gstreamer()
+        setup_mixer()
+        setup_backend()
+        setup_frontends()
         while ActorRegistry.get_all():
             time.sleep(1)
         logger.info(u'No actors left. Exiting...')
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ def parse_options():
     parser.add_option('--help-gst',
         action='store_true', dest='help_gst',
         help='show GStreamer help options')
+    parser.add_option('-i', '--interactive',
+        action='store_true', dest='interactive',
+        help='ask interactively for required settings which is missing')
     parser.add_option('-q', '--quiet',
         action='store_const', const=0, dest='verbosity_level',
         help='less output (warning level)')
@@ -63,11 +66,11 @@ def parse_options():
         help='list current settings')
     return parser.parse_args(args=mopidy_args)[0]
 
-def setup_settings():
+def setup_settings(interactive):
     get_or_create_folder('~/.mopidy/')
     get_or_create_file('~/.mopidy/settings.py')
     try:
-        settings.validate()
+        settings.validate(interactive)
     except SettingsError, e:
         logger.error(e.message)
         sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/mopidy/utils/settings.py b/mopidy/utils/settings.py
index 01fee23d..a10b3a78 100644
--- a/mopidy/utils/settings.py
+++ b/mopidy/utils/settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Absolute import needed to import ~/.mopidy/settings.py and not ourselves
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from copy import copy
+import getpass
 import logging
 import os
 from pprint import pformat
@@ -63,12 +64,28 @@ class SettingsProxy(object):
         else:
             super(SettingsProxy, self).__setattr__(attr, value)
 
-    def validate(self):
+    def validate(self, interactive):
+        if interactive:
+            self._read_missing_settings_from_stdin(self.default, self.local)
         if self.get_errors():
             logger.error(u'Settings validation errors: %s',
                 indent(self.get_errors_as_string()))
             raise SettingsError(u'Settings validation failed.')
 
+    def _read_missing_settings_from_stdin(self, default, local):
+        for setting, value in default.iteritems():
+            if isinstance(value, basestring) and len(value) == 0:
+                local[setting] = self._read_from_stdin(setting + u': ')
+
+    def _read_from_stdin(self, prompt):
+        if u'_PASSWORD' in prompt:
+            return (getpass.getpass(prompt)
+                .decode(sys.stdin.encoding, 'ignore'))
+        else:
+            sys.stdout.write(prompt)
+            return (sys.stdin.readline().strip()
+                .decode(sys.stdin.encoding, 'ignore'))
+
     def get_errors(self):
         return validate_settings(self.default, self.local)
 
diff --git a/tests/help_test.py b/tests/help_test.py
index dccccc9c..25f534c2 100644
--- a/tests/help_test.py
+++ b/tests/help_test.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class HelpTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assert_('--version' in output)
         self.assert_('--help' in output)
         self.assert_('--help-gst' in output)
+        self.assert_('--interactive' in output)
         self.assert_('--quiet' in output)
         self.assert_('--verbose' in output)
         self.assert_('--save-debug-log' in output)
diff --git a/tests/utils/settings_test.py b/tests/utils/settings_test.py
index 748eae85..d1481ce5 100644
--- a/tests/utils/settings_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/settings_test.py
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ class SettingsProxyTest(unittest.TestCase):
         actual = self.settings.TEST
         self.assertEqual(actual, './test')
 
+    def test_interactive_input_of_missing_defaults(self):
+        self.settings.default['TEST'] = ''
+        interactive_input = 'input'
+        self.settings._read_from_stdin = lambda _: interactive_input
+        self.settings.validate(interactive=True)
+        self.assertEqual(interactive_input, self.settings.TEST)
 
 class FormatSettingListTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):