diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index 710d9d26737b2f1e82c22cef211f4ce2c55b1fb9..5a7129220408315bd5be7ad6b1e98a1561873de5 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int verbose_mode = 0;
 int showprogress = 1;
 
 /* This is the program to execute for the secured connection. ("ssh" or -S) */
-char *ssh_program = _PATH_SSH_PROGRAM;
+char *ssh_program = DROPBEAR_PATH_SSH_PROGRAM;
 
 /* This is used to store the pid of ssh_program */
 pid_t do_cmd_pid = -1;