diff --git a/patches/dropbear_minipix b/patches/dropbear_minipix
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..bdc4f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/dropbear_minipix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dropbear
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patches/dropbear_minipix-2017.75.local.patch b/patches/dropbear_minipix-2017.75.local.patch
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..a97ec74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/dropbear_minipix-2017.75.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dropbear-2017.75.local.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 66bd0d6..45738bc 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -1465,11 +1465,12 @@ MINIPIX_LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE="--sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE} -mvrfs";
 MINIPIX_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL="PREFIX= prefix=";
 MINIPIX_PACKAGES="
 bash_minipix bzip2_minipix coreutils_minipix dash_minipix
-diffutils_minipix findutils_minipix gawk_minipix grep_minipix
-gzip_minipix infounzip_minipix infozip_minipix less_minipix
-nano_minipix patch_minipix sed_minipix tar_minipix vim_minipix
-wget_minipix which_minipix xz_minipix mintty_minipix ntctty_minipix
-ntux_minipix perk_minipix ptycon_minipix";
+diffutils_minipix dropbear_minipix findutils_minipix
+gawk_minipix grep_minipix gzip_minipix infounzip_minipix
+infozip_minipix less_minipix nano_minipix patch_minipix
+sed_minipix tar_minipix vim_minipix wget_minipix which_minipix
+xz_minipix mintty_minipix ntctty_minipix ntux_minipix perk_minipix
+ptycon_minipix";
 MINIPIX_PARALLELISE=1;
 MINIPIX_PREFIX="${PREFIX}/minipix_dist";
 
@@ -1488,6 +1489,8 @@ MINIPIX_PREFIX="${PREFIX}/minipix_dist";
 : ${PKG_DASH_MINIPIX_INHERIT_FROM:=dash};
 : ${PKG_DASH_MINIPIX_INSTALL_FILES:=bin/dash=bin/sh};
 : ${PKG_DIFFUTILS_MINIPIX_INHERIT_FROM:=diffutils};
+: ${PKG_DROPBEAR_MINIPIX_INHERIT_FROM:=dropbear};
+: ${PKG_DROPBEAR_MINIPIX_INSTALL_FILES:=sbin/dropbear=bin/dropbear};
 : ${PKG_FINDUTILS_MINIPIX_INHERIT_FROM:=findutils};
 : ${PKG_GAWK_MINIPIX_INHERIT_FROM:=gawk};
 : ${PKG_GREP_MINIPIX_INHERIT_FROM:=grep};