diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Net-SFTP-Foreign/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Net-SFTP-Foreign/template
index 6251f14a06c..d8f3ac63db2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Net-SFTP-Foreign/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Net-SFTP-Foreign/template
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+checkdepends="openssh"
 depends="${makedepends}"
 short_desc="Net::SFTP::Foreign - SSH File Transfer Protocol client"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"