diff --git a/pkgs/servers/server-scripts/generic/functions b/pkgs/servers/server-scripts/generic/functions
index 6ed24b3d758..ceb46a48149 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/server-scripts/generic/functions
+++ b/pkgs/servers/server-scripts/generic/functions
@@ -76,3 +76,7 @@ status() {
 		echo "stopped"
 	fi
 }
+
+name() {
+	echo $prog
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/ssh-script/sshd b/pkgs/servers/ssh-script/sshd
index 5668f8f9c23..6dd7131bc41 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/ssh-script/sshd
+++ b/pkgs/servers/ssh-script/sshd
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ case "$1" in
 		status $SSHD
 		RETVAL=$?
 		;;
+	name)
+		name
+		;;
 	*)
 		echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestart|status}"
 		RETVAL=1