diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index dae0a69..508b8fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Unit Testing
         run: yarn test:coverage
 
-#      - name: Upload Coverage
-#        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
-#        with:
-#          # token: ${{secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN}} # not required for public repos
-#          directory: coverage
-#          fail_ci_if_error: true
+      - name: Upload Coverage
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN}} # not required for public repos
+          directory: coverage
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
 
       - name: Build
         run: yarn build
diff --git a/__tests__/compress.spec.ts b/__tests__/compress.spec.ts
index 69756e3..4766db0 100644
--- a/__tests__/compress.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/compress.spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ describe('compress', () => {
     );
 
     const originalFile = await fs.promises.readFile(originalFilePath);
-    const originalPDF = await testHelper.parsePDF(originalFilePath);
+    const originalPDF = await testHelper.parsePDF({
+      data: originalFile,
+      url: 0,
+      range: '',
+    });
 
     const compressedFile = await compress(originalFilePath);
     const compressedPDF = await testHelper.parsePDF(compressedFile);
@@ -21,4 +25,36 @@ describe('compress', () => {
     expect(compressedPDF.numrender).toEqual(originalPDF.numrender);
     expect(compressedPDF.text).toEqual(originalPDF.text);
   });
+
+  it('should compress a protected pdf file', async () => {
+    const originalFilePath = path.resolve(
+      __dirname,
+      '../examples/A17_FlightPlan-protected.pdf'
+    );
+
+    const originalFile = await fs.promises.readFile(originalFilePath);
+    // https://gitlab.com/autokent/pdf-parse/-/merge_requests/4
+    const originalPDF = await testHelper.parsePDF({
+      data: originalFile,
+      url: 0,
+      range: '',
+      password: 'a17',
+    });
+
+    const compressedFile = await compress(originalFilePath, {
+      pdfPassword: 'a17',
+    });
+    // https://gitlab.com/autokent/pdf-parse/-/merge_requests/4
+    const compressedPDF = await testHelper.parsePDF({
+      data: compressedFile,
+      url: 0,
+      range: '',
+      password: 'a17',
+    });
+
+    expect(compressedFile.length).toBeLessThan(originalFile.length);
+    expect(compressedPDF.numpages).toEqual(originalPDF.numpages);
+    expect(compressedPDF.numrender).toEqual(originalPDF.numrender);
+    expect(compressedPDF.text).toEqual(originalPDF.text);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/__tests__/test.helper.ts b/__tests__/test.helper.ts
index e686546..966b3af 100644
--- a/__tests__/test.helper.ts
+++ b/__tests__/test.helper.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
 import type pdfParser from 'pdf-parse';
 
 // https://gitlab.com/autokent/pdf-parse/-/issues/24
@@ -6,16 +5,10 @@ import type pdfParser from 'pdf-parse';
 const PDFParser = require('pdf-parse');
 
 export async function parsePDF(
-  file: string | Buffer,
+  src: unknown,
   options?: pdfParser.Options
 ): Promise<pdfParser.Result> {
-  let dataBuffer: Buffer;
-
-  if (typeof file === 'string') {
-    dataBuffer = fs.readFileSync(file);
-  } else dataBuffer = file;
-
-  const data = await PDFParser(dataBuffer, options);
+  const data = await PDFParser(src, options);
 
   return data;
 }
diff --git a/examples/A17_FlightPlan-protected.pdf b/examples/A17_FlightPlan-protected.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcf673b
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/A17_FlightPlan-protected.pdf differ
diff --git a/examples/compressed_pdf.pdf b/examples/compressed_pdf.pdf
deleted file mode 100644
index d0e4a65..0000000
Binary files a/examples/compressed_pdf.pdf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/examples/protected.ts b/examples/protected.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bef4403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/protected.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { compress } from '@/index';
+
+(async () => {
+  const pdf = path.resolve(__dirname, 'A17_FlightPlan-protected.pdf');
+  const buffer = await compress(pdf, { pdfPassword: 'a17' });
+
+  const compressedPdf = path.resolve(__dirname, 'compressed_protected_pdf.pdf');
+  await fs.promises.writeFile(compressedPdf, buffer);
+})();
diff --git a/src/compress.ts b/src/compress.ts
index edb60a9..cdd42e0 100644
--- a/src/compress.ts
+++ b/src/compress.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,19 @@ const defaultOptions: Required<Options> = {
   resolution: 'ebook',
   imageQuality: 100,
   gsModule: getBinPath(os.platform()),
+  pdfPassword: '',
+  removePasswordAfterCompression: false,
 };
 
 async function compress(file: string | Buffer, options?: Options) {
-  const { resolution, imageQuality, compatibilityLevel, gsModule } = defaults(
-    options,
-    defaultOptions
-  );
+  const {
+    resolution,
+    imageQuality,
+    compatibilityLevel,
+    gsModule,
+    pdfPassword,
+    removePasswordAfterCompression,
+  } = defaults(options, defaultOptions);
 
   const output = path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), Date.now().toString());
 
@@ -28,13 +34,37 @@ async function compress(file: string | Buffer, options?: Options) {
   let tempFile: string | undefined;
 
   if (typeof file === 'string') {
-    command = `${gsModule} -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -dSimulateOverprint=true -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=${compatibilityLevel} -dPDFSETTINGS=/${resolution} -dEmbedAllFonts=true -dSubsetFonts=true -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dColorImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dColorImageResolution=${imageQuality} -dGrayImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dGrayImageResolution=${imageQuality} -dMonoImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dMonoImageResolution=${imageQuality} -sOutputFile=${output} ${file}`;
+    command = `${gsModule} -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -dSimulateOverprint=true -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=${compatibilityLevel} -dPDFSETTINGS=/${resolution} -dEmbedAllFonts=true -dSubsetFonts=true -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dColorImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dColorImageResolution=${imageQuality} -dGrayImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dGrayImageResolution=${imageQuality} -dMonoImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dMonoImageResolution=${imageQuality} -sOutputFile=${output}`;
+
+    if (pdfPassword) {
+      command = command.concat(` -sPDFPassword=${pdfPassword}`);
+    }
+
+    if (!removePasswordAfterCompression) {
+      command = command.concat(
+        ` -sOwnerPassword=${pdfPassword} -sUserPassword=${pdfPassword}`
+      );
+    }
+
+    command = command.concat(` ${file}`);
   } else {
     tempFile = path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), (Date.now() * 2).toString());
 
     await fs.promises.writeFile(tempFile, file);
 
-    command = `${gsModule} -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -dSimulateOverprint=true -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=${compatibilityLevel} -dPDFSETTINGS=/${resolution} -dEmbedAllFonts=true -dSubsetFonts=true -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dColorImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dColorImageResolution=${imageQuality} -dGrayImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dGrayImageResolution=${imageQuality} -dMonoImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dMonoImageResolution=${imageQuality} -sOutputFile=${output} ${tempFile}`;
+    command = `${gsModule} -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -dSimulateOverprint=true -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=${compatibilityLevel} -dPDFSETTINGS=/${resolution} -dEmbedAllFonts=true -dSubsetFonts=true -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dColorImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dColorImageResolution=${imageQuality} -dGrayImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dGrayImageResolution=${imageQuality} -dMonoImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic -dMonoImageResolution=${imageQuality} -sOutputFile=${output}`;
+
+    if (pdfPassword) {
+      command = command.concat(` -sPDFPassword=${pdfPassword}`);
+    }
+
+    if (!removePasswordAfterCompression) {
+      command = command.concat(
+        ` -sOwnerPassword=${pdfPassword} -sUserPassword=${pdfPassword}`
+      );
+    }
+
+    command = command.concat(` ${tempFile}`);
   }
 
   await exec(command);
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index a3fa373..4e45dda 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -34,4 +34,12 @@ export type Options = {
    * `You can download binaries in releases section inside any version of this repository.`
    */
   gsModule?: string;
+  /**
+   * The pdf password
+   */
+  pdfPassword?: string;
+  /**
+   * Remove password of a protected pdf, after compression
+   */
+  removePasswordAfterCompression?: boolean;
 };