diff --git a/overlays/dont_create_privsep_path.patch b/overlays/dont_create_privsep_path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23f3ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/dont_create_privsep_path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git i/Makefile.in w/Makefile.in
+index 04e1c8e5..9bd5d01b 100644
+--- i/Makefile.in
++++ w/Makefile.in
+@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ install-files:
+ 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/$(mansubdir)5
+ 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/$(mansubdir)8
+ 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)
+-	$(MKDIR_P) -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(PRIVSEP_PATH)
+ 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(STRIP_OPT) ssh$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/ssh$(EXEEXT)
+ 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(STRIP_OPT) scp$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/scp$(EXEEXT)
+ 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(STRIP_OPT) ssh-add$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/ssh-add$(EXEEXT)
diff --git a/overlays/locale_archive.patch b/overlays/locale_archive.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fe4a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/locale_archive.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git i/session.c w/session.c
+index 58826db1..658dd911 100644
+--- i/session.c
++++ w/session.c
+@@ -1053,6 +1053,10 @@ do_setup_env(struct ssh *ssh, Session *s, const char *shell)
+ 	if (getenv("TZ"))
+ 		child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "TZ", getenv("TZ"));
+ 
++	/* NixOS path to the glibc locale archive, to be set in the systemd job */
++	if (getenv("LOCALE_ARCHIVE"))
++		child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "LOCALE_ARCHIVE", getenv("LOCALE_ARCHIVE"));
++
+ 	/* Set custom environment options from pubkey authentication. */
+ 	if (options.permit_user_env) {
+ 		for (n = 0 ; n < auth_opts->nenv; n++) {
diff --git a/overlays/openssh.nix b/overlays/openssh.nix
index a0900b9..79c8609 100644
--- a/overlays/openssh.nix
+++ b/overlays/openssh.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ let
         hash = "sha256-P2bb8WVftF9Q4cVtpiqwEhjCKIB7ITONY068351xz0Y=";
       };
 
-      patches = [ ./ssh-keysign-8.5.patch ];
+      patches = [
+        ./ssh-keysign-8.5.patch
+        ./dont_create_privsep_path.patch
+        ./locale_archive.patch
+      ];
     });
   };