diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official/default.nix
index 117e95fd3cb..d415e833742 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, openssh}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "nagios-plugins-1.4.10";
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     )
   ";
 
+  buildInputs = [openssh]; # !!! make openssh a runtime dependency only
+
   meta = {
     description = "Official plugins for Nagios";
     homepage = http://www.nagios.org/;