diff --git a/zssh.funcs.zsh b/zssh.funcs.zsh
index cb09e40..f81e8d5 100644
--- a/zssh.funcs.zsh
+++ b/zssh.funcs.zsh
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ function zssh_configure ()
     zshlibs_ensure -d $zssh_private_configs
     zshlibs_ensure -d ${zssh_global_configs}
     zshlibs_ensure -d ${zssh_global_pubkeys}
+    if ! [[ -d "${zssh_private_configs}" ]]
+    then
+      echo 'Include config.d/*.sshconf' > "${zssh_ssh_dotdir}/config_d"
+    fi
     zssh_enumeratenodes
     if [[ ${#zssh_host_config_accesses} -gt 0 ]]
     then