diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index fb90f2b940..4569a86cb1 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ else
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --without-libnl
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSSH),y)
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-libssh=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += libssh
+else
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --without-libssh
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SBC),y)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-sbc=yes
 WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += sbc