diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/0001-systemd-Add-optional-support-for-systemd-sd_notify.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/0001-systemd-Add-optional-support-for-systemd-sd_notify.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acda8f1ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/0001-systemd-Add-optional-support-for-systemd-sd_notify.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+From be187435911cde6cc3cef6982a508261074f1e56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Matt Jolly <Matt.Jolly@footclan.ninja>
+Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 21:05:40 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH] systemd: Add optional support for systemd `sd_notify`
+
+This is a rebase of Dennis Lamm's <expeditioneer@gentoo.org>
+patch based on Jakub Jelen's <jjelen@redhat.com> original patch
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/pull/375/commits/be187435911cde6cc3cef6982a508261074f1e56]
+
+Signed-off-by: Xiangyu Chen <xiangyu.chen@windriver.com>
+---
+ configure.ac | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ sshd.c       | 13 +++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 22fee70f..486c189f 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -4835,6 +4835,29 @@ AC_SUBST([GSSLIBS])
+ AC_SUBST([K5LIBS])
+ AC_SUBST([CHANNELLIBS])
+ 
++# Check whether user wants systemd support
++SYSTEMD_MSG="no"
++AC_ARG_WITH(systemd,
++	[  --with-systemd          Enable systemd support],
++	[ if test "x$withval" != "xno" ; then
++		AC_PATH_TOOL([PKGCONFIG], [pkg-config], [no])
++		if test "$PKGCONFIG" != "no"; then
++			AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libsystemd])
++			if $PKGCONFIG --exists libsystemd; then
++				SYSTEMD_CFLAGS=`$PKGCONFIG --cflags libsystemd`
++				SYSTEMD_LIBS=`$PKGCONFIG --libs libsystemd`
++				CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $SYSTEMD_CFLAGS"
++				SSHDLIBS="$SSHDLIBS $SYSTEMD_LIBS"
++				AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
++				AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SYSTEMD, 1, [Define if you want systemd support.])
++				SYSTEMD_MSG="yes"
++			else
++				AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
++			fi
++		fi
++	fi ]
++)
++
+ # Looking for programs, paths and files
+ 
+ PRIVSEP_PATH=/var/empty
+@@ -5634,6 +5657,7 @@ echo "                   libldns support: $LDNS_MSG"
+ echo "  Solaris process contract support: $SPC_MSG"
+ echo "           Solaris project support: $SP_MSG"
+ echo "         Solaris privilege support: $SPP_MSG"
++echo "                   systemd support: $SYSTEMD_MSG"
+ echo "       IP address in \$DISPLAY hack: $DISPLAY_HACK_MSG"
+ echo "           Translate v4 in v6 hack: $IPV4_IN6_HACK_MSG"
+ echo "                  BSD Auth support: $BSD_AUTH_MSG"
+diff --git a/sshd.c b/sshd.c
+index 6321936c..859d6a0b 100644
+--- a/sshd.c
++++ b/sshd.c
+@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@
+ #include <prot.h>
+ #endif
+ 
++#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
++#include <systemd/sd-daemon.h>
++#endif
++
+ #include "xmalloc.h"
+ #include "ssh.h"
+ #include "ssh2.h"
+@@ -310,6 +314,10 @@ static void
+ sighup_restart(void)
+ {
+ 	logit("Received SIGHUP; restarting.");
++#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
++	/* Signal systemd that we are reloading */
++	sd_notify(0, "RELOADING=1");
++#endif
+ 	if (options.pid_file != NULL)
+ 		unlink(options.pid_file);
+ 	platform_pre_restart();
+@@ -2086,6 +2094,11 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 
++#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
++		/* Signal systemd that we are ready to accept connections */
++		sd_notify(0, "READY=1");
++#endif
++
+ 		/* Accept a connection and return in a forked child */
+ 		server_accept_loop(&sock_in, &sock_out,
+ 		    &newsock, config_s);
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.5p1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.5p1.bb
index 3a94633cf0..bbb8fb091a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.5p1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.5p1.bb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-${PV}.tar
            file://sshd_check_keys \
            file://add-test-support-for-busybox.patch \
            file://0001-regress-banner.sh-log-input-and-output-files-on-erro.patch \
+           file://0001-systemd-Add-optional-support-for-systemd-sd_notify.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f026e7b79ba7fb540f75182af96dc8a8f1db395f922bbc9f6ca603672686086b"
 
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ INITSCRIPT_PARAMS:${PN}-sshd = "defaults 9"
 SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${PN}-sshd"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN}-sshd = "sshd.socket sshd.service"
 
-inherit autotools-brokensep ptest
+inherit autotools-brokensep ptest pkgconfig
+DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'systemd', '', d)}"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[kerberos] = "--with-kerberos5,--without-kerberos5,krb5"
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "'LOGIN_PROGRAM=${base_bindir}/login' \
                 --sysconfdir=${sysconfdir}/ssh \
                 --with-xauth=${bindir}/xauth \
                 --disable-strip \
+                ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', '--with-systemd', '--without-systemd', d)} \
                 "
 
 # musl doesn't implement wtmp/utmp and logwtmp