diff --git a/net-misc/openssh/additional-files/sshd_keymaker.sh b/net-misc/openssh/additional-files/sshd_keymaker.sh
index 0952fa460..d6ef0362e 100755
--- a/net-misc/openssh/additional-files/sshd_keymaker.sh
+++ b/net-misc/openssh/additional-files/sshd_keymaker.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ _progress () {
 
 # generate SSH host keys
 
-SETTINGSSSHDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY`/ssh
+SETTINGSSSHDIR=`finddir B_SYSTEM_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY`/ssh
 mkdir -p ${SETTINGSSSHDIR}
 
 hostKeyDir=${SETTINGSSSHDIR}