diff --git a/daemon/meson.build b/daemon/meson.build
index 72a16890..718944e1 100644
--- a/daemon/meson.build
+++ b/daemon/meson.build
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ if enable_sftp
     '-DDEFAULT_BACKEND_TYPE=sftp',
     '-DBACKEND_TYPES="sftp", G_VFS_TYPE_BACKEND_SFTP,',
     '-DMAX_JOB_THREADS=1',
-    '-DSSH_PROGRAM="ssh"',
+    '-DSSH_PROGRAM="@ssh_program@"',
   ]

   programs += {'gvfsd-sftp': {'sources': sources, 'dependencies': deps, 'c_args': cflags}}