diff --git a/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc b/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc
index 7f0afa6..d04afe7 100644
--- a/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc
+++ b/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ PAM_PLUGINS = "libpam-runtime \
 	pam-plugin-permit \
 	pam-plugin-unix \
 	"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', '${PAM_PLUGINS}', '', d)}"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', '${PAM_PLUGINS}', '', d)} \
+                   sftp-server \
+                   "
 
 inherit autotools update-rc.d systemd