diff --git a/packages/openssh/Makefile.in.patch b/packages/openssh/Makefile.in.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5c1e5ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/openssh/Makefile.in.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -u -r ../openssh-7.9p1/Makefile.in ./Makefile.in
+--- ../openssh-7.9p1/Makefile.in	2018-10-17 00:01:20.000000000 +0000
++++ ./Makefile.in	2018-11-22 23:35:57.866748335 +0000
+@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
+ 	$(LD) -o $@ $(SSHOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(SSHLIBS) $(LIBS) $(GSSLIBS)
+ 
+ sshd$(EXEEXT): libssh.a	$(LIBCOMPAT) $(SSHDOBJS)
+-	$(LD) -o $@ $(SSHDOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(SSHDLIBS) $(LIBS) $(GSSLIBS) $(K5LIBS)
++	$(LD) -o $@ $(SSHDOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -ltermux-auth -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(SSHDLIBS) $(LIBS) $(GSSLIBS) $(K5LIBS)
+ 
+ scp$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a scp.o progressmeter.o
+ 	$(LD) -o $@ scp.o progressmeter.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
diff --git a/packages/openssh/build.sh b/packages/openssh/build.sh
index 8029ea3d8..6a4b4b44b 100644
--- a/packages/openssh/build.sh
+++ b/packages/openssh/build.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	CPPFLAGS+=" -DHAVE_ATTRIBUTE__SENTINEL__=1 -DBROKEN_SETRESGID"
 	LD=$CC # Needed to link the binaries
 	LDFLAGS+=" -llog" # liblog for android logging in syslog hack
-	LDFLAGS+=" -ltermux-auth" # libtermux-auth for password auth
 }
 
 termux_step_post_configure() {