diff --git a/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbear.default b/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbear.default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2f1ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbear.default
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DROPBEAR_EXTRA_ARGS="-G priv-admin"
diff --git a/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend b/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
index cab454a..e3749ac 100644
--- a/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 # to yocto 2.5 or later which will pull in the latest dropbear code.
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
 SRC_URI += "file://dropbearkey.service \
-            file://localoptions.h"
+            file://localoptions.h \
+            file://dropbear.default \
+           "