diff --git a/airtime_mvc/public/setup/database-setup.php b/airtime_mvc/public/setup/database-setup.php
index 17038ac74..a3e3ff2b6 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/public/setup/database-setup.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/public/setup/database-setup.php
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class DatabaseSetup extends Setup {
         $this->setNewDatabaseConnection(self::$_properties["dbname"]);
         $this->checkSchemaExists();
         $this->createDatabaseTables();
+        $this->updateIcecastPassword();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -175,5 +176,82 @@ class DatabaseSetup extends Setup {
                                                array(self::DB_NAME,));
         }
     }
+    /**
+    * Updates the icecast password in the database based upon the temp file created during install
+    * @throws AirtimeDatabaseException
+    */
+    private function updateIcecastPassword() {
+       if (!file_exists(LIBRETIME_CONF_DIR . '/icecast_pass')) {
+            throw new AirtimeDatabaseException("The Icecast Password file was not accessible", array());
+       };
+       $icecast_pass_txt = file(LIBRETIME_CONF_DIR . '/icecast_pass');
+       $icecast_pass = $icecast_pass_txt[0];
+       $icecast_pass = str_replace(PHP_EOL, '', $icecast_pass);
+       $statement =  self::$dbh->prepare("UPDATE cc_stream_setting SET value = :icecastpass WHERE keyname = 's1_pass'");
+       $statement->bindValue(':icecastpass', $icecast_pass, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+       try {
+           $statement->execute(); 
+           }
+       catch (PDOException $ex) {
+           print "Error!: " . $ex->getMessage() . "<br />";
+           }
+       $statement =  self::$dbh->prepare("UPDATE cc_stream_setting SET value = :icecastpass WHERE keyname = 's1_admin_pass'");
+       $statement->bindValue(':icecastpass', $icecast_pass, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+       try {
+           $statement->execute(); 
+           }
+       catch (PDOException $ex) {
+           print "Error!: " . $ex->getMessage() . "<br />";
+           }
+       $statement =  self::$dbh->prepare("UPDATE cc_stream_setting SET value = :icecastpass WHERE keyname = 's2_pass'");
+       $statement->bindValue(':icecastpass', $icecast_pass, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+       try {
+           $statement->execute(); 
+           }
+       catch (PDOException $ex) {
+           print "Error!: " . $ex->getMessage() . "<br />";
+           }
+       $statement =  self::$dbh->prepare("UPDATE cc_stream_setting SET value = :icecastpass WHERE keyname = 's2_admin_pass'");
+       $statement->bindValue(':icecastpass', $icecast_pass, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+       try {
+           $statement->execute(); 
+           }
+       catch (PDOException $ex) {
+           print "Error!: " . $ex->getMessage() . "<br />";
+           }
+
+       $statement =  self::$dbh->prepare("UPDATE cc_stream_setting SET value = :icecastpass WHERE keyname = 's3_pass'");
+       $statement->bindValue(':icecastpass', $icecast_pass, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+       try {
+           $statement->execute(); 
+           }
+       catch (PDOException $ex) {
+           print "Error!: " . $ex->getMessage() . "<br />";
+           }
+       $statement =  self::$dbh->prepare("UPDATE cc_stream_setting SET value = :icecastpass WHERE keyname = 's3_admin_pass'");
+       $statement->bindValue(':icecastpass', $icecast_pass, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+       try {
+           $statement->execute(); 
+           }
+       catch (PDOException $ex) {
+           print "Error!: " . $ex->getMessage() . "<br />";
+           }
+       $statement =  self::$dbh->prepare("UPDATE cc_stream_setting SET value = :icecastpass WHERE keyname = 's1_admin_pass'");
+       $statement->bindValue(':icecastpass', $icecast_pass, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+       try {
+           $statement->execute(); 
+           }
+       catch (PDOException $ex) {
+           print "Error!: " . $ex->getMessage() . "<br />";
+           }
+       $statement =  self::$dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO cc_pref (keystr, valstr) VALUES ('default_icecast_password', :icecastpass )");
+       $statement->bindValue(':icecastpass', $icecast_pass, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+       try {
+           $statement->execute(); 
+           }
+       catch (PDOException $ex) {
+           print "Error!: " . $ex->getMessage() . "<br />";
+           }
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/install b/install
index df19815fb..216ba0b90 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -900,8 +900,19 @@ if [ "$icecast" = "t" ]; then
     icecast_unit_name="icecast2"
     if [ "$dist" != "centos" ]; then
         sed -i 's/ENABLE=false/ENABLE=true/g' /etc/default/icecast2
+        icecast_config="/etc/icecast2/icecast.xml"
     else
         icecast_unit_name="icecast"
+	icecast_config="/etc/icecast.xml"
+    fi
+    # only update icecast password if 
+    if [ ! -f "/etc/airtime/airtime.conf" ]; then
+        icecast_pass=$(< /dev/urandom tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9 | head -c${1:-12};)
+        echo $icecast_pass > /tmp/icecast_pass
+        loud "\n New install detected setting icecast password to random value."
+        xmlstarlet ed --inplace -u /icecast/authentication/source-password -v $icecast_pass $icecast_config
+        xmlstarlet ed --inplace -u /icecast/authentication/relay-password -v $icecast_pass $icecast_config
+        xmlstarlet ed --inplace -u /icecast/authentication/admin-password -v $icecast_pass $icecast_config
     fi
     # restart in case icecast was already started (like is the case on debian)
     systemInitCommand restart ${icecast_unit_name}
@@ -1107,9 +1118,12 @@ if [ ! -d "/etc/airtime" ]; then
 
     verbose "\n * Creating /etc/airtime/ directory..."
     mkdir /etc/airtime
+    # need to copy the icecast_pass from temp to /etc/airtime so installer can read it
+    cp /tmp/icecast_pass /etc/airtime/icecast_pass
 fi
 
 
+
 chown -R ${web_user}:${web_user} /etc/airtime
 
 if [ ! -d "/srv/airtime" ]; then
diff --git a/installer/lib/requirements-debian-buster.apt b/installer/lib/requirements-debian-buster.apt
index e50bd7aed..5c665ec07 100644
--- a/installer/lib/requirements-debian-buster.apt
+++ b/installer/lib/requirements-debian-buster.apt
@@ -67,3 +67,5 @@ liquidsoap
 libopus0
 
 systemd-sysv
+
+xmlstarlet
diff --git a/installer/lib/requirements-debian-jessie.apt b/installer/lib/requirements-debian-jessie.apt
index 548835c90..4e22102cc 100644
--- a/installer/lib/requirements-debian-jessie.apt
+++ b/installer/lib/requirements-debian-jessie.apt
@@ -63,3 +63,5 @@ libopus0
 
 sysvinit
 sysvinit-utils
+
+xmlstarlet
diff --git a/installer/lib/requirements-debian-stretch.apt b/installer/lib/requirements-debian-stretch.apt
index 5f11226cb..c71175f6a 100644
--- a/installer/lib/requirements-debian-stretch.apt
+++ b/installer/lib/requirements-debian-stretch.apt
@@ -67,3 +67,5 @@ liquidsoap
 libopus0
 
 systemd-sysv
+
+xmlstarlet
diff --git a/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-bionic.apt b/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-bionic.apt
index 08e6f21a6..58be7819f 100644
--- a/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-bionic.apt
+++ b/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-bionic.apt
@@ -81,3 +81,5 @@ build-essential
 libssl-dev
 libffi-dev
 python-dev
+
+xmlstarlet
diff --git a/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-precise.apt b/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-precise.apt
index 7c217f659..ed31b628f 100644
--- a/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-precise.apt
+++ b/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-precise.apt
@@ -70,3 +70,5 @@ liquidsoap-plugin-pulseaudio
 liquidsoap-plugin-taglib
 liquidsoap-plugin-voaacenc
 liquidsoap-plugin-vorbis
+
+xmlstarlet
diff --git a/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-xenial.apt b/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-xenial.apt
index 70336c10c..41381915f 100644
--- a/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-xenial.apt
+++ b/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-xenial.apt
@@ -81,3 +81,5 @@ build-essential
 libssl-dev
 libffi-dev
 python-dev
+
+xmlstarlet
diff --git a/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-xenial_docker_minimal.apt b/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-xenial_docker_minimal.apt
index 6d414ba2d..09c94f817 100644
--- a/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-xenial_docker_minimal.apt
+++ b/installer/lib/requirements-ubuntu-xenial_docker_minimal.apt
@@ -76,3 +76,5 @@ build-essential
 libssl-dev
 libffi-dev
 python-dev
+
+xmlstarlet
diff --git a/installer/vagrant/centos.sh b/installer/vagrant/centos.sh
index ddfcecebd..ed3b0bf70 100644
--- a/installer/vagrant/centos.sh
+++ b/installer/vagrant/centos.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ yum install -y \
   policycoreutils-python \
   python-celery \
   python2-pika \
-  lsof
+  lsof \
+  xmlstarlet
 
 # for pip ssl install
 yum install -y \