diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index b08812db1f..2ec0000f2a 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/openimageio-boost-1.60.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/openjpeg-CVE-2015-6581.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/openjpeg-use-after-free-fix.patch	\
+  gnu/packages/patches/openssh-CVE-2015-8325.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/openssl-runpath.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/openssl-c-rehash-in.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/orpheus-cast-errors-and-includes.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/openssh-CVE-2015-8325.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/openssh-CVE-2015-8325.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8063e64ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/openssh-CVE-2015-8325.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 85bdcd7c92fe7ff133bbc4e10a65c91810f88755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
+Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 10:39:57 +1000
+Subject: ignore PAM environment vars when UseLogin=yes
+
+If PAM is configured to read user-specified environment variables
+and UseLogin=yes in sshd_config, then a hostile local user may
+attack /bin/login via LD_PRELOAD or similar environment variables
+set via PAM.
+
+CVE-2015-8325, found by Shayan Sadigh, via Colin Watson
+---
+ session.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/session.c b/session.c
+index 4859245..4653b09 100644
+--- a/session.c
++++ b/session.c
+@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ do_setup_env(Session *s, const char *shell)
+ 	 * Pull in any environment variables that may have
+ 	 * been set by PAM.
+ 	 */
+-	if (options.use_pam) {
++	if (options.use_pam && !options.use_login) {
+ 		char **p;
+ 
+ 		p = fetch_pam_child_environment();
+-- 
+cgit v0.11.2
+
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index eaf57acb3d..b8f107b111 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ a server that supports the SSH-2 protocol.")
                          (string-append "http://ftp2.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/"
                                         tail))))
             (sha256 (base32
-                     "132lh9aanb0wkisji1d6cmsxi520m8nh7c7i9wi6m1s3l38q29x7"))))
+                     "132lh9aanb0wkisji1d6cmsxi520m8nh7c7i9wi6m1s3l38q29x7"))
+            (patches (search-patches "openssh-CVE-2015-8325.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("groff" ,groff)
              ("openssl" ,openssl)