diff --git a/cmd/configure.go b/cmd/configure.go
index c4b91631..661e641e 100644
--- a/cmd/configure.go
+++ b/cmd/configure.go
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
 
 // newConfigureCmd represents the configure command
@@ -32,8 +34,9 @@ func newConfigureCmd() *cobra.Command {
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("overwrite", "f", false, "overwrite existed configuration file")
 
-	cmd.Flags().StringP("address", "a", "", "apisix server address")
+	cmd.Flags().StringP("address", "a", "", "APISIX server address")
 
+	cmd.Flags().StringP("token", "t", "", "APISIX token")
 	cmd.Flags().String("capath", "", "ca path for mtls connection")
 	cmd.Flags().String("cert", "", "certificate for mtls connection")
 	cmd.Flags().String("cert-key", "", "certificate key for mtls connection")
@@ -56,7 +59,13 @@ func saveConfiguration(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 
 	rootConfig.Server, err = cmd.Flags().GetString("address")
 	if err != nil {
-		color.Red("Failed to get apisix address: %v", err)
+		color.Red("Failed to get APISIX address: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	rootConfig.Token, err = cmd.Flags().GetString("token")
+	if err != nil {
+		color.Red("Failed to get token: %v", err)
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -168,11 +177,19 @@ func saveConfiguration(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 
 	if rootConfig.Token == "" || overwrite {
 		fmt.Println("Please enter the APISIX token: ")
-		token, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+		if term.IsTerminal(syscall.Stdin) {
+			token, err := term.ReadPassword(syscall.Stdin)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			rootConfig.Token = strings.TrimSpace(string(token))
+		} else {
+			token, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			rootConfig.Token = strings.TrimSpace(string(token))
 		}
-		rootConfig.Token = strings.TrimSpace(string(token))
 	}
 
 	// use viper to save the configuration
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 74a79540..aa980b0c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.13.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cea15de0..692637d9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -496,6 +496,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
+golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 h1:bb+I9cTfFazGW51MZqBVmZy7+JEJMouUHTUSKVQLBek=
+golang.org/x/term v0.13.0/go.mod h1:LTmsnFJwVN6bCy1rVCoS+qHT1HhALEFxKncY3WNNh4U=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=