diff --git a/srcpkgs/openssh/template b/srcpkgs/openssh/template
index b2520b49a00..6329e131e95 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openssh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openssh/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ _desc="The OpenSSH implementation of SSH protocol"
 
 pkgname=openssh
 version=6.6p1
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--without-tcp-wrappers --datadir=/usr/share/openssh
  --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh --without-selinux --with-privsep-user=nobody
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ post_install() {
 	# Disable pam_cracklib
 	sed '/pam_cracklib.*/d' -i ${DESTDIR}/etc/pam.d/sshd
 	# Enable pam_systemd.so by default.
-	echo -e "-session\trequired\tpam_systemd.so\n" >> ${DESTDIR}/etc/pam.d/sshd
+	echo -e "-session\toptional\tpam_systemd.so\n" >> ${DESTDIR}/etc/pam.d/sshd
 }
 
 openssh-server_package() {