diff --git a/libssh.yaml b/libssh.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d8537d8e8be70b5d89ea37ad8b7d784bb488bea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libssh.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version_control: git 
+src_repo: https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git
+tag_prefix: libssh-
+seperator: .