diff --git a/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/0001-Only-load-dropbear-default-host-keys-if-a-key-is-not.patch b/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/0001-Only-load-dropbear-default-host-keys-if-a-key-is-not.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e32baec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/0001-Only-load-dropbear-default-host-keys-if-a-key-is-not.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From 95eff1ca0beea55259c2cdc7f1bb9f930bf57bc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: CamVan Nguyen <ctnguyen@us.ibm.com>
+Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:37:47 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Only load dropbear default host keys if a key is not
+ specified
+
+---
+ svr-runopts.c | 10 +++++++---
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/svr-runopts.c b/svr-runopts.c
+index 8f60059..c5c2148 100644
+--- a/svr-runopts.c
++++ b/svr-runopts.c
+@@ -488,17 +488,21 @@ void load_all_hostkeys() {
+ 		m_free(hostkey_file);
+ 	}
+ 
++	/* Only load default host keys if a host key is not specified by the
++	 * user */
++	if (0 ==  svr_opts.num_hostkey_files) {
+ #ifdef DROPBEAR_RSA
+-	loadhostkey(RSA_PRIV_FILENAME, 0);
++		loadhostkey(RSA_PRIV_FILENAME, 0);
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifdef DROPBEAR_DSS
+-	loadhostkey(DSS_PRIV_FILENAME, 0);
++		loadhostkey(DSS_PRIV_FILENAME, 0);
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifdef DROPBEAR_ECDSA
+-	loadhostkey(ECDSA_PRIV_FILENAME, 0);
++		loadhostkey(ECDSA_PRIV_FILENAME, 0);
+ #endif
++	}
+ 
+ #ifdef DROPBEAR_DELAY_HOSTKEY
+ 	if (svr_opts.delay_hostkey) {
+-- 
+1.8.2.2
+
diff --git a/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend b/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
index 51a98d4..165a19e 100644
--- a/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
+++ b/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 inherit obmc-phosphor-discovery-service
 
+# 0001-Only-load-dropbear-default-host-keys-if-a-key-is-not.patch
+# has been upstreamed.  This patch can be removed once we upgrade
+# to yocto 2.5 or later which will pull in the latest dropbear code.
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
 SRC_URI += "file://dropbearkey.service \
-	    file://0001-dropbear-Add-c-command-option-to-force-a-specific-co.patch"
+	    file://0001-dropbear-Add-c-command-option-to-force-a-specific-co.patch \
+	    file://0001-Only-load-dropbear-default-host-keys-if-a-key-is-not.patch"
 
 REGISTERED_SERVICES_${PN} += "ssh:tcp:22 sftp:tcp:22"