1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-5.8p2/init b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-5.8p2/init
index b16cbd61a6..055dd22e1b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-5.8p2/init
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-5.8p2/init
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ check_keys() {
                 echo "  generating ssh RSA key..."
                 ssh-keygen -q -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N '' -t rsa
         fi
+        if [ ! -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key ]; then
+                echo "  generating ssh ECDSA key..."
+                ssh-keygen -q -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key -N '' -t ecdsa
+        fi
         if [ ! -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key ]; then
                 echo "  generating ssh DSA key..."
                 ssh-keygen -q -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N '' -t dsa