diff --git a/.changelog/2739.txt b/.changelog/2739.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44bd776f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/2739.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+provider: support securityToken for credentials
+```
diff --git a/tencentcloud/provider.go b/tencentcloud/provider.go
index e66ac94835..eae106adc5 100644
--- a/tencentcloud/provider.go
+++ b/tencentcloud/provider.go
@@ -1993,17 +1993,6 @@ func Provider() *schema.Provider {
 }
 
 func providerConfigure(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
-	//var getProviderConfig = func(str string, key string) string {
-	//	if str == "" {
-	//		value, err := getConfigFromProfile(d, key)
-	//		if err == nil && value != nil {
-	//			str = value.(string)
-	//		}
-	//	}
-	//
-	//	return str
-	//}
-
 	var getProviderConfig = func(key string) string {
 		var str string
 		value, err := getConfigFromProfile(d, key)
@@ -2037,6 +2026,8 @@ func providerConfigure(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("security_token"); ok {
 		securityToken = v.(string)
+	} else {
+		securityToken = getProviderConfig("token")
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("region"); ok {