diff --git a/spack/ci-spack-pyprecice-deps-1804.dockerfile b/spack/ci-spack-pyprecice-deps-1804.dockerfile
index 4b01733b..ada55360 100644
--- a/spack/ci-spack-pyprecice-deps-1804.dockerfile
+++ b/spack/ci-spack-pyprecice-deps-1804.dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ FROM spack/ubuntu-bionic:latest
 RUN spack env create precice
 # Install dependencies for precice and py-pyprecice
 RUN spack env activate precice \ 
-    && spack add boost@1.74.0 cmake@3.18.4 eigen@3.3.8 petsc@3.14.1 pkgconfig precice@develop py-setuptools py-wheel py-cython py-numpy py-mpi4py \
+    && spack add boost@1.74.0 cmake@3.18.4 eigen@3.3.8 openssh petsc@3.14.1 pkgconfig precice@develop py-setuptools py-wheel py-cython py-numpy py-mpi4py \
     && spack concretize -f \
     && spack install
diff --git a/spack/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pyprecice/package.py b/spack/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pyprecice/package.py
index ffa1f2f7..41bb8f09 100644
--- a/spack/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pyprecice/package.py
+++ b/spack/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pyprecice/package.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class PyPyprecice(PythonPackage):
     variant("mpi", default=True, description="Enables MPI support")
 
     depends_on("mpi", when="+mpi")
+    depends_on("openssh")
     depends_on("precice", when="@develop")
     depends_on("precice@2.1.1", when="@2.1.1.1:2.1.1.99")
     depends_on("precice@2.1.0", when="@2.1.0.1:2.1.0.99")