diff --git a/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group b/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
index 3216a77..17d4f6d 100644
--- a/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
+++ b/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ NATIVE_PACKAGES_PACKAGES="$(rtl_lconcat "${NATIVE_PACKAGES_PACKAGES}" "
 glib lame libarchive libasr libassuan libatomic_ops libdmtx libedit libeditline libelf
 libevent libfetch libffi libfirm libflac libgcrypt libgpg_error
 libjpeg_turbo libksba libnettle libogg libpcap libpipeline libpng
-libreadline libredwg libressl libsasl2 libshine libsndfile libsolv libtasn1
+libreadline libredwg libressl libsasl2 libshine libsndfile libsolv libssh libtasn1
 libtelnet libtheora libtirpc libudns libunistring libuv libvorbis libxml2
 libxslt libz libzip")";
 : ${PKG_GLIB_DEPENDS:="libffi libz pcre"};
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ libxslt libz libzip")";
 : ${PKG_LIBSOLV_VERSION:=0.6.34};
 : ${PKG_LIBSOLV_URL:=https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/archive/${PKG_LIBSOLV_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_LIBSOLV_SUBDIR:=libsolv-${PKG_LIBSOLV_VERSION}};
+: ${PKG_LIBSSH_SHA256SUM:=150897a569852ac05aac831dc417a7ba8e610c86ca2e0154a99c6ade2486226b};
+: ${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION:=0.9.4};
+: ${PKG_LIBSSH_URL:=https://www.libssh.org/files/${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION%.*}/libssh-${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION}.tar.xz};
+: ${PKG_LIBSSH_SUBDIR:=libssh-${PKG_LIBSSH_VERSION}};
 : ${PKG_LIBTASN1_SHA256SUM:=0e0fb0903839117cb6e3b56e68222771bebf22ad7fc2295a0ed7d576e8d4329d};
 : ${PKG_LIBTASN1_VERSION:=4.16.0};
 : ${PKG_LIBTASN1_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtasn1/libtasn1-${PKG_LIBTASN1_VERSION}.tar.gz};
diff --git a/vars/libssh.vars b/vars/libssh.vars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5883772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/libssh.vars
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#
+# set +o errexit -o noglob -o nounset is assumed.
+#
+
+pkg_libssh_configure() {
+	if ! rtl_fileop rm config.cache							\
+	|| ! env CFLAGS="-L${PKG_PREFIX}/lib --sysroot=${PKG_PREFIX}" PREFIX=""		\
+		cmake	-DCMAKE_AR="${PREFIX}/bin/${PKG_AR}"				\
+			-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${PREFIX}/bin/${PKG_CC}"			\
+			-DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE="ONLY"			\
+			-DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY="ONLY"			\
+			-DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM="NEVER"			\
+			-DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH="${PKG_PREFIX}"				\
+			-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=""					\
+			-DCMAKE_RANLIB="${PREFIX}/bin/${PKG_RANLIB}"			\
+			-DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR="${PKG_PREFIX}/include"			\
+			-DZLIB_LIBRARY="${PKG_PREFIX}/lib/libz.lib.a"			\
+			-DWITH_SYMBOL_VERSIONING=OFF					\
+			-DWITH_GCRYPT=ON						\
+			-DWITH_EXAMPLES=OFF						\
+			-DPKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE=${PREFIX}/bin/${DEFAULT_TARGET}-pkg-config \
+					"../libssh-${PKG_VERSION}"; then
+		return 1;
+	fi;
+};
+
+# vim:filetype=sh textwidth=0