diff --git a/make/dropbear/files/root/etc/init.d/rc.dropbear b/make/dropbear/files/root/etc/init.d/rc.dropbear
index eb321cf8cd..b35ec124f9 100755
--- a/make/dropbear/files/root/etc/init.d/rc.dropbear
+++ b/make/dropbear/files/root/etc/init.d/rc.dropbear
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pre_config() {
 	mkdir -p /tmp/flash/dropbear
 
 	local alg do_save=false
-	for alg in rsa dss ecdsa; do
+	for alg in rsa dss ecdsa ed25519; do
 		local key_file=/tmp/flash/dropbear/${alg}_host_key
 		if [ ! -e "${key_file}" ]; then
 			do_save=true
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pre_config() {
 
 	if [ ! -d "/mod/etc/ssh" ]; then
 		mkdir -p /mod/etc/ssh
-		for alg in rsa dss ecdsa; do
+		for alg in rsa dss ecdsa ed25519; do
 			ln -sf /tmp/flash/dropbear/${alg}_host_key /mod/etc/ssh/${alg}_host_key
 		done
 	fi
diff --git a/make/dropbear/patches/110-freetz_defaults.patch b/make/dropbear/patches/110-freetz_defaults.patch
index 3cb9f828dd..5ceeb4df79 100644
--- a/make/dropbear/patches/110-freetz_defaults.patch
+++ b/make/dropbear/patches/110-freetz_defaults.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 --- /dev/null
 +++ localoptions.h
-@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
 +#ifndef DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS_H_
 +#define DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS_H_
 +
 +#define DSS_PRIV_FILENAME "/mod/etc/ssh/dss_host_key"
 +#define RSA_PRIV_FILENAME "/mod/etc/ssh/rsa_host_key"
 +#define ECDSA_PRIV_FILENAME "/mod/etc/ssh/ecdsa_host_key"
++#define ED25519_PRIV_FILENAME "/mod/etc/ssh/ed25519_host_key"
 +
 +#define SFTPSERVER_PATH "/usr/lib/sftp-server"
 +
diff --git a/make/dropbear/patches/130-standalone.patch b/make/dropbear/patches/130-standalone.patch
index 79ba8dbfae..1d03312f7a 100644
--- a/make/dropbear/patches/130-standalone.patch
+++ b/make/dropbear/patches/130-standalone.patch
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  }
 --- localoptions.h
 +++ localoptions.h
-@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
+@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
  #ifndef DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS_H_
  #define DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS_H_
  
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
  #define DSS_PRIV_FILENAME "/mod/etc/ssh/dss_host_key"
  #define RSA_PRIV_FILENAME "/mod/etc/ssh/rsa_host_key"
  #define ECDSA_PRIV_FILENAME "/mod/etc/ssh/ecdsa_host_key"
+ #define ED25519_PRIV_FILENAME "/mod/etc/ssh/ed25519_host_key"
 +#else
 +#define DSS_PRIV_FILENAME "/var/tmp/dss_host_key"
 +#define RSA_PRIV_FILENAME "/var/tmp/rsa_host_key"
 +#define ECDSA_PRIV_FILENAME "/var/tmp/ecdsa_host_key"
++#define ED25519_PRIV_FILENAME "/var/tmp/ed25519_host_key"
 +#endif
  
  #define SFTPSERVER_PATH "/usr/lib/sftp-server"
diff --git a/make/dropbear/patches/250-login-limits.patch b/make/dropbear/patches/250-login-limits.patch
index 031fac17f7..e76e871134 100644
--- a/make/dropbear/patches/250-login-limits.patch
+++ b/make/dropbear/patches/250-login-limits.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- localoptions.h
 +++ localoptions.h
-@@ -20,4 +20,9 @@
+@@ -22,4 +22,9 @@
  #define DROPBEAR_PATH_SSH_PROGRAM "ssh"
  #endif
  
diff --git a/make/dropbear/patches/360-PATH_option.patch b/make/dropbear/patches/360-PATH_option.patch
index 79f989dfcb..33f5b0d7d3 100644
--- a/make/dropbear/patches/360-PATH_option.patch
+++ b/make/dropbear/patches/360-PATH_option.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- localoptions.h
 +++ localoptions.h
-@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@
+@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@
  #define MAX_AUTH_TRIES 2     /* limited by freetz, default 10 */
  #define AUTH_TIMEOUT 60      /* limited by freetz down to 60 seconds, default 300 */