diff --git a/source/libublsettings.c b/source/libublsettings.c
index 4d80b3e..5cfc922 100644
--- a/source/libublsettings.c
+++ b/source/libublsettings.c
@@ -1080,6 +1080,27 @@ config_str yon_ubl_get_all_users(int *user_size){
 
 // parsing functions
 
+int yon_password_get_min_len(){
+    int leng=6;
+    int login_size;
+    config_str login_defs = yon_file_open("/etc/security/pwquiality.conf",&login_size);
+	for (int i=0;i<login_size;i++){
+		if (login_defs[i][0]!='#'){
+			char *copy = yon_char_new(login_defs[i]);
+			char *divided = yon_char_divide(copy,7);
+			if (divided){
+				if (!strcmp(divided,"minlen")){
+					leng = atol(strstr(login_defs[i],"\t"));
+				}
+            free(divided);
+			}
+            free(copy);
+		}
+	}
+	yon_char_parsed_free(login_defs,login_size);
+    return leng;
+}
+
 float yon_size_convert_automatic(int bytes, int *size){
     float byte_float=bytes;
     for (*size=-1;byte_float>1024;*size=*size+1){
diff --git a/source/libublsettings.h b/source/libublsettings.h
index 0b1f315..14991bc 100644
--- a/source/libublsettings.h
+++ b/source/libublsettings.h
@@ -625,6 +625,8 @@ config_str yon_ubl_get_all_users(int *user_size);
 
 // parsing functions
 
+int yon_password_get_min_len();
+
 /** yon_size_convert_automatic(int bytes, int *size)
  * [EN]
  *