diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 2b62b41618..572b71a965 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ def runfetchcmd(cmd, d, quiet=False, cleanup=None, log=None, workdir=None):
                   'NO_PROXY', 'no_proxy',
                   'ALL_PROXY', 'all_proxy',
                   'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND',
+                  'GIT_SSH',
                   'GIT_SSL_CAINFO',
                   'GIT_SMART_HTTP',
                   'SSH_AUTH_SOCK', 'SSH_AGENT_PID',