diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 5dfe5ff360..ac557176d7 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@ FETCH_EXPORT_VARS = ['HOME', 'PATH',
                      'ALL_PROXY', 'all_proxy',
                      'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND',
                      'GIT_SSH',
+                     'GIT_SSH_COMMAND',
                      'GIT_SSL_CAINFO',
                      'GIT_SMART_HTTP',
                      'SSH_AUTH_SOCK', 'SSH_AGENT_PID',