diff --git a/net/openssh/files/sshd.init b/net/openssh/files/sshd.init
index c680761b42205fe135b6a60bcf88a6d8ef8b9579..0cf2e1e893eac237a0294b06a492297de086c847 100644
--- a/net/openssh/files/sshd.init
+++ b/net/openssh/files/sshd.init
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ set_params()
 	set_password_auth "${PasswordAuth}"
 	set_root_login "${RootLogin}" "${RootPasswordAuth}"
 
+	append_config "Subsystem" "sftp /usr/lib/sftp-server"
+
 	# finalize
 	mkdir -p "$(dirname "${ConfigFile}")"
 	mv "${TEMPCONF}" "${ConfigFile}"