diff --git a/srcpkgs/pam_ssh/patches/fix-cross-compile-openssl-feature-checks.patch b/srcpkgs/pam_ssh/patches/fix-cross-compile-openssl-feature-checks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90573970f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pam_ssh/patches/fix-cross-compile-openssl-feature-checks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+The configure script contains checks that cannot run when cross-compiling. This
+patch disables them
+
+diff -Naur configure.orig configure
+--- configure.orig	2016-08-01 15:39:25.194784834 +0200
++++ configure	2016-08-01 15:40:38.914790397 +0200
+@@ -11621,10 +11621,6 @@
+ 		# Basic test to check for compatible version and correct linking
+ 		# *does not* test for RSA - that comes later.
+ 		if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+-  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+-See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+ else
+   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+ /* end confdefs.h.  */
+@@ -11710,10 +11706,6 @@
+ 		LIBS="$saved_LIBS -lRSAglue -lrsaref"
+ 	fi
+ 	if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+-  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+-See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+ else
+   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+ /* end confdefs.h.  */
+@@ -11789,10 +11781,6 @@
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether OpenSSL's headers match the library" >&5
+ $as_echo_n "checking whether OpenSSL's headers match the library... " >&6; }
+ if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+-  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+-See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+ else
+   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+ /* end confdefs.h.  */
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pam_ssh/template b/srcpkgs/pam_ssh/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..158f45c4655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pam_ssh/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'pam_ssh'
+pkgname=pam_ssh
+version=2.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="PAM module providing single sign-on behavior for SSH"
+maintainer="Alexander Gehrke <void@qwertyuiop.de>"
+license="2-clause-BSD"
+homepage="http://pam-ssh.sourceforge.net/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/pam-ssh/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+configure_args="--with-pam-dir=/usr/lib/security
+ --includedir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include
+ --libdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/lib"
+makedepends="libressl-devel pam-devel"
+hostmakedepends="openssh"
+checksum=55fbe8488d59cff05a77523b4afc2e2a8d1ba35d93546f1828ec48e20e2600cb
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" ac_cv_openssldir=/usr"
+fi
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+}