diff --git a/user/python-ssh2/patches/no-versioneer.patch b/user/python-ssh2/patches/no-versioneer.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6c7839515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/python-ssh2/patches/no-versioneer.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -ruN a/setup.py b/setup.py
+--- a/setup.py	2022-07-31 15:40:32.000000000 +0200
++++ b/setup.py	2024-10-07 12:08:37.338347135 +0200
+@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
+ 
+ from _setup_libssh2 import build_ssh2
+ 
+-import versioneer
+ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+ 
+ cpython = platform.python_implementation() == 'CPython'
+@@ -87,13 +86,13 @@
+         'msvc*.dll', 'vcruntime*.dll',
+     ])
+ 
+-cmdclass = versioneer.get_cmdclass()
++cmdclass = {}
+ if USING_CYTHON:
+     cmdclass['build_ext'] = build_ext
+ 
+ setup(
+     name='ssh2-python',
+-    version=versioneer.get_version(),
++    version=os.getenv('SSH2_PYTHON_VERSION'),
+     cmdclass=cmdclass,
+     url='https://github.com/ParallelSSH/ssh2-python',
+     license='LGPLv2',
diff --git a/user/python-ssh2/template.py b/user/python-ssh2/template.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c668194ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/python-ssh2/template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+pkgname = "python-ssh2"
+pkgver = "1.0.0"
+pkgrel = 0
+build_style = "python_pep517"
+make_build_env = {
+    "SSH2_PYTHON_VERSION": pkgver,
+    "SYSTEM_LIBSSH2": "1",
+}
+hostmakedepends = [
+    "python-build",
+    "python-cython",
+    "python-installer",
+    "python-setuptools",
+]
+makedepends = [
+    "libssh2-devel",
+    "python-devel",
+]
+checkdepends = [
+    "python-jinja2",
+    "python-pytest",
+]
+pkgdesc = "Python bindings for libssh2"
+maintainer = "Erica Z <zerica@callcc.eu>"
+license = "LGPL-2.1-only"
+url = "https://github.com/ParallelSSH/ssh2-python"
+source = f"$(PYPI_SITE)/s/ssh2-python/ssh2-python-{pkgver}.tar.gz"
+sha256 = "af89e80c3203e7829b24eea688eaf5c5e279071aed1882238b4f44ec2144e7c5"
+# check: no tests
+options = ["!check"]
diff --git a/user/python-ssh2/update.py b/user/python-ssh2/update.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddf5c55b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/python-ssh2/update.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# this isn't ssh2 on pypi
+pkgname = "ssh2-python"
+# ignore release candidates
+ignore = ["*rc*"]