diff --git a/meta-webos/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_2016.74.bbappend b/meta-webos/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_2016.74.bbappend
index f3d8d716e..a00b311c0 100644
--- a/meta-webos/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_2016.74.bbappend
+++ b/meta-webos/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_2016.74.bbappend
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
 
 EXTENDPRAUTO_append = "webos6"
 
-# (In the emulator) our openssh is installed in /opt prefix, set the sftp path
+# set the sftp path
 # this overrides default value set in oe-core's dropbear.inc
-CFLAGS_append_emulator = " -DSFTPSERVER_PATH=\\"/opt/openssh/lib/openssh/sftp-server\\""
+CFLAGS_append_emulator = " -DSFTPSERVER_PATH=\\"/usr/libexec/sftp-server\\""
 
 # move startup scripts in different packages
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-sysvinit"
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ do_install_append_emulator() {
 }
 
 # Remove runtime dependency on separate dropbear-upstart package with Upstart 0.3 job file.
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = ""
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "openssh-sftp-server"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_emulator = "dhcp-client"