diff --git a/sftp/CMakeLists.txt b/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
    KF5::I18n
    Qt5::Network
    ${LIBSSH_LIBRARIES})
+if(TARGET ssh_shared) # libssh 0.9
+    target_link_libraries(kio_sftp ssh_shared)
+endif()
 set_target_properties(kio_sftp PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "sftp")
 
 install(TARGETS kio_sftp DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}/kf5/kio)