diff --git a/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo.inc b/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo.inc
index 2cccef2..ce9a065 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo.inc
+++ b/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM += " \
 file://LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY;md5=892ea68b169e69cfe75097fc38a15b56 \
 "
 
-# Used in libgit2-sys's build.rs, needed for pkg-config to be used
+# Needed for pkg-config to be used
 export LIBGIT2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = "1"
+export LIBSSH2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = "1"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"