diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service b/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service
index 71a12a6110..501e47124f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ Environment="DROPBEAR_RSAKEY_DIR=/etc/dropbear"
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/dropbear
 Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p ${DROPBEAR_RSAKEY_DIR}
-ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/dropbearkey -t rsa -f ${DROPBEAR_RSAKEY_DIR}/dropbear_rsa_host_key
+ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/dropbearkey -t rsa -f ${DROPBEAR_RSAKEY_DIR}/dropbear_rsa_host_key $DROPBEAR_RSAKEY_ARGS
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 Nice=10