diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21f332912b7..2573efd78d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -557,7 +557,14 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6</version>
+          <version>3.6</version> 
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency><!-- add support for ssh/scp -->
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+              <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
+              <version>1.0</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>