diff --git a/halium-install b/halium-install
index 6dd67cb..554b681 100755
--- a/halium-install
+++ b/halium-install
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ do_shell()
 	adb shell "$@"
 }
 
+do_chroot()
+{
+	do_shell "chroot /cache/system $@"
+}
+
 convert_android_img()
 {
 	if file $SYSIMG | grep -v ": Linux rev 1.0 ext4" >/dev/null; then
@@ -190,6 +195,13 @@ do_shell "cd /cache/system && zcat /recovery/$TARBALL | tar xf -"
 do_shell "[ -e /cache/system/SWAP.swap ] && mv /cache/system/SWAP.swap /data/SWAP.img"
 echo "[done]"
 
+echo "Generating SSH host keys on the device"
+do_chroot "/bin/rm /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key"
+do_chroot "/usr/bin/dropbearkey -t rsa -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key"
+
+echo "Changing password needed for root ssh login"
+do_chroot "/usr/bin/passwd root"
+
 echo -n "adding android system image to installation ... "
 convert_android_img
 ANDROID_DIR="/data"