diff --git a/net-misc/bird/Manifest b/net-misc/bird/Manifest
index 9a5f073..241bbf7 100644
--- a/net-misc/bird/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/bird/Manifest
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ AUX initd-bird-2 1172 BLAKE2B 6eb8369c0872e64caa360345411ead57f6213cf891fd21e554
 AUX initd-v4-bird-1.3.8 801 BLAKE2B 09d9045299972580280fbb6d8745378a75b3a9e647b965d9033e6493df67ea268afba8ab95c46208894f330ff3607d90502653072eb73c130d1841cab9e604c2 SHA512 e878792e589317b743c53fa9fd1f5a4e04c6c97a64946a3e47a910c35d32ad265dcd860935e91950cddb97e1f6ab43c02157a5349e4bd4529cdd1539ca7cf879
 AUX initd-v6-bird-1.3.8 802 BLAKE2B a9dc698f9dfde93314fe1b0f4c8005d9b5f14e4133ebad124f4283a50d990c946bda88b1d55227ed6bf9f33caf0d716b0a8540adf592fbf156297c20ab8a3b1c SHA512 6adb2b7c22696e53644bb5331bcb1b6e84026e41086f6f538c40073a7daa3b0ce3a14e041c2615a72cbe151d6fa8f81b543f85d421f019440ef5b6fd0a556ad9
 DIST bird-2.0.7.tar.gz 1993395 BLAKE2B ceb88d811d254e57e089ef4b4e1e4f34fd96d4622d9f5563cc8694323c060e99d6cdfccfeb5d8c885b9431dc71e96d5cc04e4344901a7c7d899f4249e7503720 SHA512 48ca63be923285dd282e80d7e2b240256953fd7ad4f6eaa5dcba2648f3f148be20198bc8c6e7e888aac1588ecb005a4f4c03e979853e76ea6f8680643a874b35
-EBUILD bird-2.0.7.ebuild 764 BLAKE2B 8478281f359226d4fcd8373829ef27f1c119b8380a90e95c08cfa6cead3adf43ae5e519ad9b80f4c438f95163c8380da02210e5faf0d6fc02809b582690969ad SHA512 575d8d2bca595e5e215c3bc3bdd957827cd8888c885ad7dd489ef823f455a740ef1d6769af8dc435d9f1f6fb074372f1c241360ad4098fdfb4ceccc58211d85c
+EBUILD bird-2.0.7.ebuild 825 BLAKE2B efa29eb7ab66033a1187916f708c75e894519b4109e22a82feff710b5ec6fe50573e9dc4eae8ac8e910275dbcfc42411e4a4fc15ace9d4124d346a829aa85177 SHA512 c89f767221063ec8c24b8eeb7f9a9e1dd414ca3725899851bbbf0d9ca0791b3fc453c8b3b850cd77ab08d791adedf0bf08737b2cfd1f37c90921a77ead07e989
diff --git a/net-misc/bird/bird-2.0.7.ebuild b/net-misc/bird/bird-2.0.7.ebuild
index 152c1ad..933fad2 100644
--- a/net-misc/bird/bird-2.0.7.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/bird/bird-2.0.7.ebuild
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86 ~x64-macos"
-IUSE="+client debug"
+IUSE="+client debug libssh"
 
 RDEPEND="client? ( sys-libs/ncurses )
-	client? ( sys-libs/readline )"
+	client? ( sys-libs/readline )
+	libssh? ( net-libs/libssh )"
 DEPEND="sys-devel/flex
 	sys-devel/bison
 	sys-devel/m4"
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ src_configure() {
 	econf \
 		--localstatedir="${EPREFIX}/var" \
 		$(use_enable client) \
-		$(use_enable debug)
+		$(use_enable debug) \
+		$(use_enable libssh)
 }
 
 src_install() {