diff --git a/net-misc/openssh/boot/post_install/ssh.sh b/net-misc/openssh/boot/post_install/ssh.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2667bbad3
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+++ b/net-misc/openssh/boot/post_install/ssh.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# generate SSH host keys
+
+ETCSSHDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_ETC_DIRECTORY`/ssh
+mkdir -p ${ETCSSHDIR}
+
+hostKeyDir=${ETCSSHDIR}
+
+if [ ! -f "$hostKeyDir/ssh_host_key" ] ; then
+	ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -f "$hostKeyDir/ssh_host_key" -N ""
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$hostKeyDir/ssh_host_dsa_key" ] ; then
+	ssh-keygen -t dsa -f "$hostKeyDir/ssh_host_dsa_key" -N ""
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$hostKeyDir/ssh_host_rsa_key" ] ; then
+	ssh-keygen -t rsa -f "$hostKeyDir/ssh_host_rsa_key" -N ""
+fi