diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index 61a6a5b9d9..a669ccfc9b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -492,3 +493,23 @@ providing shell access to the server system from the client.  It provides
 both the server daemon and the client application, as well as tools for
 manipulating key files.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
+
+(define-public sshpass
+  (package
+    (name "sshpass")
+    (version "1.06")
+    (synopsis "Non-interactive password authentication with SSH")
+    (home-page "https://sourceforge.net/projects/sshpass/")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/sshpass/sshpass/"
+                           version "/sshpass-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "0q7fblaczb7kwbsz0gdy9267z0sllzgmf0c7z5c9mf88wv74ycn6"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (description "sshpass is a tool for non-interactivly performing password
+authentication with SSH's so-called @dfn{interactive keyboard password
+authentication}.")
+    (license license:gpl2+)))