diff --git a/trinity-base/tdebase-tdeioslaves/metadata.xml b/trinity-base/tdebase-tdeioslaves/metadata.xml
index e9fa6c9e..25e16d12 100644
--- a/trinity-base/tdebase-tdeioslaves/metadata.xml
+++ b/trinity-base/tdebase-tdeioslaves/metadata.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="hwlib">Use tdehwlib backend for media mount</flag>
+		<flag name="sftp">Enable SFTP protocol support using <pkg>net-libs/libssh</pkg></flag>
 	</use>
 	<longdescription>
 		kioslaves is the Trinity VFS framework which plugins present a filesystem-like view of arbitrary data.
diff --git a/trinity-base/tdebase-tdeioslaves/tdebase-tdeioslaves-9999.ebuild b/trinity-base/tdebase-tdeioslaves/tdebase-tdeioslaves-9999.ebuild
index 84be1326..c85245f5 100644
--- a/trinity-base/tdebase-tdeioslaves/tdebase-tdeioslaves-9999.ebuild
+++ b/trinity-base/tdebase-tdeioslaves/tdebase-tdeioslaves-9999.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="Generic Trinity TDEIOslaves"
 if [[ ${PV} != *9999* ]] ; then
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 fi
-IUSE="+hwlib ldap openexr samba sasl"
+IUSE="+hwlib ldap openexr samba sasl sftp"
 
 DEPEND="
 	net-libs/rpcsvc-proto
@@ -23,17 +23,20 @@ DEPEND="
 	ldap? ( net-nds/openldap )
 	openexr? ( media-libs/openexr )
 	samba? ( net-fs/samba )
-	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl )"
+	sftp? ( net-libs/libssh[sftp] )
+	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl )
+"
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	~trinity-base/tdeeject-${PV}
-	net-libs/libssh"
+"
 
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DWITH_XCURSOR=ON
 		-DWITH_SAMBA="$(usex samba)"
 		-DWITH_LDAP="$(usex ldap)"
+		-DWITH_SFTP="$(usex sftp)"
 		-DWITH_SASL="$(usex sasl)"
 		-DWITH_OPENEXR="$(usex openexr)"
 		-DWITH_TDEHWLIB="$(usex hwlib)"