diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a8295ac7..c410a486 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@
 [submodule "client/3rd/qtkeychain"]
 	path = client/3rd/qtkeychain
 	url = https://github.com/frankosterfeld/qtkeychain.git
+[submodule "client/3rd/libssh"]
+	path = client/3rd/libssh
+	url = https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/
diff --git a/client/3rd/libssh b/client/3rd/libssh
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..438cc6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/3rd/libssh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 438cc6df52ca234ba8f04734e628ca74c03b2971
diff --git a/client/CMakeLists.txt b/client/CMakeLists.txt
index 557188d1..2fe60265 100644
--- a/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
 add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/3rd/qtkeychain)
 set(LIBS ${LIBS} qt6keychain)
 
+add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/3rd/libssh/include)
+set(LIBS ${LIBS} ssh)
+
 include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/3rd/QSimpleCrypto/include
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/3rd/OpenSSL/include