diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dropbear/02_build.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dropbear/02_build.sh
index a0df2e8e4..5eb2605d4 100755
--- a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dropbear/02_build.sh
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dropbear/02_build.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ cp -r $DESTDIR/etc $ROOTFS
 cp -r $DESTDIR/usr/bin $ROOTFS/usr
 cp -r $DESTDIR/usr/sbin $ROOTFS/usr
 cp -r $DESTDIR/lib $ROOTFS
+mkdir -p "$ROOTFS/etc/autorun"
+install -m 0755 "$SRC_DIR/20_dropbear.sh" "$ROOTFS/etc/autorun/"
 
 echo "Dropbear has been installed."
 
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dropbear/20_dropbear.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dropbear/20_dropbear.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8358bec69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dropbear/20_dropbear.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "starting dropbear ssh server"
+dropbear