diff --git a/src/go/pt-secure-collect/encrypt.go b/src/go/pt-secure-collect/encrypt.go
index 07c834dee..2c625f99e 100644
--- a/src/go/pt-secure-collect/encrypt.go
+++ b/src/go/pt-secure-collect/encrypt.go
@@ -11,10 +11,37 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/hkdf"
+)
+
+var (
+	hkdfInfo = []byte("Percona Toolkit")
+	salt     = [256]byte{
+		0x33, 0xc5, 0xc5, 0x5f, 0x3e, 0x81, 0xf6, 0x8d, 0x51, 0xd8, 0x18, 0xb9, 0xb7, 0x09, 0x70, 0x51,
+		0xc3, 0x60, 0x66, 0xef, 0xd4, 0x97, 0x2e, 0xdf, 0x11, 0x59, 0x34, 0x94, 0x47, 0xab, 0xd4, 0x44,
+		0xac, 0x2e, 0x89, 0x81, 0x85, 0xd5, 0x83, 0xbd, 0x2d, 0xb5, 0x43, 0xdd, 0xd7, 0x6c, 0x1b, 0xa7,
+		0x6d, 0x8f, 0xb7, 0x84, 0x33, 0x1a, 0x5e, 0x31, 0x76, 0x4b, 0x5d, 0x3b, 0x98, 0x38, 0xe3, 0x93,
+		0x28, 0xcc, 0x91, 0x30, 0x37, 0xb6, 0x06, 0xd2, 0xab, 0xdc, 0x9a, 0x14, 0xab, 0xb7, 0xd2, 0x90,
+		0xd6, 0x1f, 0x1c, 0xc1, 0x74, 0x2c, 0xc2, 0x08, 0x27, 0x68, 0x7a, 0xdd, 0xef, 0x6e, 0xb9, 0x59,
+		0xb0, 0x2f, 0x76, 0x36, 0xba, 0xd8, 0x55, 0x22, 0xba, 0x95, 0xd6, 0xfa, 0xa1, 0x69, 0xab, 0x95,
+		0x94, 0x1f, 0x61, 0x7f, 0x56, 0x34, 0xaa, 0x17, 0x78, 0xf8, 0xbb, 0xa0, 0x4e, 0x61, 0xad, 0xee,
+		0x51, 0x1c, 0x42, 0xa7, 0x07, 0x44, 0xd5, 0xa6, 0x16, 0x72, 0x1b, 0x05, 0x4e, 0xd4, 0xbf, 0x32,
+		0x7d, 0xec, 0x8d, 0x4b, 0x19, 0xd2, 0x32, 0x50, 0x3d, 0x1f, 0x2a, 0x51, 0xc9, 0x62, 0x22, 0x75,
+		0xb5, 0xde, 0x0d, 0x58, 0x2b, 0x3a, 0xf8, 0x0e, 0xfc, 0x43, 0x07, 0xc3, 0x60, 0x65, 0x83, 0x3d,
+		0xa9, 0x84, 0x02, 0x3a, 0x13, 0x85, 0x3e, 0x8d, 0x87, 0x04, 0xee, 0x58, 0x8d, 0x9a, 0xbc, 0xc0,
+		0xec, 0xdd, 0x92, 0xf3, 0x96, 0x03, 0x86, 0xbe, 0x51, 0xb8, 0x96, 0xd5, 0x38, 0xed, 0x03, 0x7b,
+		0x18, 0x77, 0x26, 0xaf, 0x15, 0x94, 0x60, 0x25, 0x1b, 0x3f, 0x57, 0xa7, 0xe4, 0xe6, 0x63, 0xf8,
+		0xe2, 0xca, 0x15, 0x3d, 0xa3, 0xee, 0xcb, 0xef, 0xb3, 0x23, 0x41, 0x54, 0xd4, 0xaa, 0x93, 0xb4,
+		0x48, 0xd3, 0x97, 0x7c, 0x39, 0x5e, 0x1d, 0x05, 0x93, 0x34, 0x70, 0xdf, 0xd6, 0xf0, 0x30, 0xc7,
+	}
 )
 
 func encryptorCmd(opts *cliOptions) (err error) {
-	password := sha256.Sum256([]byte(*opts.EncryptPassword))
+	hkdf := hkdf.New(sha256.New, []byte(*opts.EncryptPassword), salt[:], hkdfInfo)
+	key := make([]byte, 32)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(hkdf, key); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Cannot derive key from password")
+	}
 
 	switch opts.Command {
 	case "decrypt":
@@ -22,19 +49,18 @@ func encryptorCmd(opts *cliOptions) (err error) {
 			*opts.DecryptOutFile = strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(*opts.DecryptInFile), ".aes")
 		}
 		log.Infof("Decrypting file %q into %q", *opts.DecryptInFile, *opts.DecryptOutFile)
-		err = decrypt(*opts.DecryptInFile, *opts.DecryptOutFile, password)
+		err = decrypt(*opts.DecryptInFile, *opts.DecryptOutFile, key)
 	case "encrypt":
 		if *opts.EncryptOutFile == "" {
 			*opts.EncryptOutFile = filepath.Base(*opts.EncryptInFile) + ".aes"
 		}
 		log.Infof("Encrypting file %q into %q", *opts.EncryptInFile, *opts.EncryptOutFile)
-		err = encrypt(*opts.EncryptInFile, *opts.EncryptOutFile, password)
+		err = encrypt(*opts.EncryptInFile, *opts.EncryptOutFile, key)
 	}
 	return
 }
 
-func encrypt(infile, outfile string, pass [32]byte) error {
-	key := pass[:]
+func encrypt(infile, outfile string, key []byte) error {
 	inFile, err := os.Open(infile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Cannot open input file %q", infile)
@@ -64,8 +90,7 @@ func encrypt(infile, outfile string, pass [32]byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func decrypt(infile, outfile string, pass [32]byte) error {
-	key := pass[:]
+func decrypt(infile, outfile string, key []byte) error {
 	inFile, err := os.Open(infile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Cannot open %q for reading", infile)