diff --git a/config/ssh/sshd_config b/config/ssh/sshd_config
index 60bb0a9e6..3a4254526 100644
--- a/config/ssh/sshd_config
+++ b/config/ssh/sshd_config
@@ -75,4 +75,7 @@ ClientAliveInterval 10
 # close unresponsive SSH sessions which fail to answer keep-alive
 ClientAliveCountMax 6
 
+# add support for SFTP
+Subsystem	sftp	/usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server
+
 # EOF