diff --git a/bitnami/phpmyadmin/5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libphpmyadmin.sh b/bitnami/phpmyadmin/5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libphpmyadmin.sh
index e5b901072634..24b844a2e93c 100644
--- a/bitnami/phpmyadmin/5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libphpmyadmin.sh
+++ b/bitnami/phpmyadmin/5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libphpmyadmin.sh
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ phpmyadmin_initialize() {
     ! is_empty_value "$CONFIGURATION_ALLOWDENY_ORDER" && phpmyadmin_conf_set "\$cfg['Servers'][\$i]['AllowDeny']['order']" "$ALLOWDENY_ORDER"
     ! is_empty_value "$CONFIGURATION_ALLOWDENY_RULES" && phpmyadmin_conf_set "\$cfg['Servers'][\$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']" "array($ALLOWDENY_RULES)" yes
     
+    # Configure automatic login with account
+    if ! is_empty_value "$DATABASE_USER"; then
+      info "Setting auth_type option" && phpmyadmin_conf_set "\$cfg['Servers'][\$i]['auth_type']" config
+      info "Setting database user option" && phpmyadmin_conf_set "\$cfg['Servers'][\$i]['user']" "$DATABASE_USER"
+      ! is_empty_value "$DATABASE_PASSWORD" && info "Setting database password option" && phpmyadmin_conf_set "\$cfg['Servers'][\$i]['password']" "$DATABASE_PASSWORD"
+    fi
+
     # Generate random blowfish secret, used for encrypting
     info "Setting blowfish_secret option to a randomly generated value"
     local blowfish_secret
diff --git a/bitnami/phpmyadmin/5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/phpmyadmin-env.sh b/bitnami/phpmyadmin/5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/phpmyadmin-env.sh
index bec69e34bf33..0461e1d62d68 100644
--- a/bitnami/phpmyadmin/5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/phpmyadmin-env.sh
+++ b/bitnami/phpmyadmin/5/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/phpmyadmin-env.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ phpmyadmin_env_vars=(
     PHPMYADMIN_ALLOW_REMOTE_CONNECTIONS
     PHPMYADMIN_ABSOLUTE_URI
     DATABASE_HOST
+    DATABASE_USER
+    DATABASE_PASSWORD
     DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER
     DATABASE_ALLOW_NO_PASSWORD
     DATABASE_ENABLE_SSL
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ export PHPMYADMIN_ABSOLUTE_URI="${PHPMYADMIN_ABSOLUTE_URI:-}"
 # Database configuration
 export DATABASE_DEFAULT_HOST="mariadb" # only used at build time
 export DATABASE_HOST="${DATABASE_HOST:-}"
+export DATABASE_USER="${DATABASE_USER:-}"
+export DATABASE_PASSWORD="${DATABASE_PASSWORD:-}"
 export DATABASE_DEFAULT_PORT_NUMBER="3306" # only used at build time
 export DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER="${DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER:-}"
 export DATABASE_DEFAULT_ALLOW_NO_PASSWORD="yes" # only used at build time
diff --git a/bitnami/phpmyadmin/README.md b/bitnami/phpmyadmin/README.md
index 48eafd48c5ec..88985be924a2 100644
--- a/bitnami/phpmyadmin/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/phpmyadmin/README.md
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ The phpMyAdmin instance can be customized by specifying environment variables on
 - `PHPMYADMIN_ABSOLUTE_URI`: If specified, absolute URL to phpMyAdmin when generating links. No defaults
 - `DATABASE_ALLOW_NO_PASSWORD`: Whether to allow logins without a password. Default: **yes**
 - `DATABASE_HOST`: Database server host. Default: **mariadb**
+- `DATABASE_USER`: Database username.
+- `DATABASE_PASSWORD`: Database password.
 - `DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER`: Database server port. Default: **3306**
 - `DATABASE_ENABLE_SSL`: Whether to enable SSL for the connection between phpMyAdmin and the MySQL server to secure the connection. Default: **no**
 - `DATABASE_SSL_KEY`: Path to the client key file when using SSL. Default: **no**