diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/secondary b/inventory/group_vars/secondary
index c08104857e..cd12c313a4 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/secondary
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/secondary
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ tcp_ports: [80, 443, 873]
 rsyncd_conf: "rsyncd.conf.download-{{ datacenter }}"
 nrpe_procs_warn: 900
 nrpe_procs_crit: 1000
+sshd_sftp: true
 
 # nfs mount options, overrides the all/default
 nfs_mount_opts: "ro,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,actimeo=600,nfsvers=3"