diff --git a/Dockerfile.bird b/Dockerfile.bird
index 833c645..f0f91fd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.bird
+++ b/Dockerfile.bird
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RUN cd bird-2.0.7 && \
 
 RUN cd bird-2.0.7 && \
     autoreconf && \
-    ./configure --enable-ipv6 && \
+    ./configure --enable-ipv6 --enable-libssh && \
     make && \
     make install