{
  pname,
  version,
  extraDesc ? "",
  src,
  extraPatches ? [ ],
  extraNativeBuildInputs ? [ ],
  extraConfigureFlags ? [ ],
  extraMeta ? { },
}:

{
  lib,
  stdenv,
  # This *is* correct, though unusual. as a way of getting krb5-config from the
  # package without splicing See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/107606
  pkgs,
  fetchurl,
  autoreconfHook,
  zlib,
  openssl,
  libedit,
  ldns,
  pkg-config,
  pam,
  libredirect,
  etcDir ? null,
  withKerberos ? true,
  withLdns ? true,
  libkrb5,
  libfido2,
  libxcrypt,
  hostname,
  withFIDO ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isUnix && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl,
  withPAM ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
  dsaKeysSupport ? false,
  linkOpenssl ? true,
# for passthru.tests
# , nixosTests
}:

stdenv.mkDerivation {
  inherit pname version src;

  patches = [
    ./locale_archive.patch

    (fetchurl {
      url = "https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/openssh/gss-serv.c.patch?id=a7509603971ce2f3282486a43bb773b1b522af83";
      sha256 = "sha256-eFFOd4B2nccRZAQWwdBPBoKWjfEdKEVGJvKZAzLu3HU=";
    })

    # See discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/16966
    ./dont_create_privsep_path.patch
  ] ++ extraPatches;

  postPatch =
    # On Hydra this makes installation fail (sometimes?),
    # and nix store doesn't allow such fancy permission bits anyway.
    ''
      substituteInPlace Makefile.in --replace '$(INSTALL) -m 4711' '$(INSTALL) -m 0711'
    '';

  strictDeps = true;
  nativeBuildInputs =
    [
      autoreconfHook
      pkg-config
    ]
    # This is not the same as the libkrb5 from the inputs! pkgs.libkrb5 is
    # needed here to access krb5-config in order to cross compile. See:
    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/107606
    ++ lib.optional withKerberos pkgs.libkrb5
    ++ extraNativeBuildInputs;
  buildInputs =
    [
      zlib
      libedit
    ]
    ++ [ (if linkOpenssl then openssl else libxcrypt) ]
    ++ lib.optional withFIDO libfido2
    ++ lib.optional withKerberos libkrb5
    ++ lib.optional withLdns ldns
    ++ lib.optional withPAM pam;

  preConfigure = ''
    # Setting LD causes `configure' and `make' to disagree about which linker
    # to use: `configure' wants `gcc', but `make' wants `ld'.
    unset LD
  '';

  # I set --disable-strip because later we strip anyway. And it fails to strip
  # properly when cross building.
  configureFlags =
    [
      "--sbindir=\${out}/bin"
      "--localstatedir=/var"
      "--with-pid-dir=/run"
      "--with-mantype=man"
      "--with-libedit=yes"
      "--disable-strip"
      (lib.withFeature withPAM "pam")
      (lib.enableFeature dsaKeysSupport "dsa-keys")
    ]
    ++ lib.optional (etcDir != null) "--sysconfdir=${etcDir}"
    ++ lib.optional withFIDO "--with-security-key-builtin=yes"
    ++ lib.optional withKerberos (
      assert libkrb5 != null;
      "--with-kerberos5=${libkrb5}"
    )
    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "--disable-libutil"
    ++ lib.optional (!linkOpenssl) "--without-openssl"
    ++ lib.optional withLdns "--with-ldns"
    ++ extraConfigureFlags;

  ${if stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic then "NIX_LDFLAGS" else null} = [
    "-laudit"
  ] ++ lib.optionals withKerberos [ "-lkeyutils" ];

  buildFlags = [ "SSH_KEYSIGN=ssh-keysign" ];

  enableParallelBuilding = true;

  hardeningEnable = [ "pie" ];

  doCheck = true;
  enableParallelChecking = false;
  nativeCheckInputs = [ openssl ] ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) hostname;
  preCheck = lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform) ''
    # construct a dummy HOME
    export HOME=$(realpath ../dummy-home)
    mkdir -p ~/.ssh

    # construct a dummy /etc/passwd file for the sshd under test
    # to use to look up the connecting user
    DUMMY_PASSWD=$(realpath ../dummy-passwd)
    cat > $DUMMY_PASSWD <<EOF
    $(whoami)::$(id -u):$(id -g)::$HOME:$SHELL
    EOF

    # we need to NIX_REDIRECTS /etc/passwd both for processes
    # invoked directly and those invoked by the "remote" session
    cat > ~/.ssh/environment.base <<EOF
    NIX_REDIRECTS=/etc/passwd=$DUMMY_PASSWD
    LD_PRELOAD=${libredirect}/lib/libredirect.so
    EOF

    # use an ssh environment file to ensure environment is set
    # up appropriately for build environment even when no shell
    # is invoked by the ssh session. otherwise the PATH will
    # only contain default unix paths like /bin which we don't
    # have in our build environment
    cat - regress/test-exec.sh > regress/test-exec.sh.new <<EOF
    cp $HOME/.ssh/environment.base $HOME/.ssh/environment
    echo "PATH=\$PATH" >> $HOME/.ssh/environment
    EOF
    mv regress/test-exec.sh.new regress/test-exec.sh

    # explicitly enable the PermitUserEnvironment feature
    substituteInPlace regress/test-exec.sh \
      --replace \
        'cat << EOF > $OBJ/sshd_config' \
        $'cat << EOF > $OBJ/sshd_config\n\tPermitUserEnvironment yes'

    # some tests want to use files under /bin as example files
    for f in regress/sftp-cmds.sh regress/forwarding.sh; do
      substituteInPlace $f --replace '/bin' "$(dirname $(type -p ls))"
    done

    # set up NIX_REDIRECTS for direct invocations
    set -a; source ~/.ssh/environment.base; set +a
  '';
  # integration tests hard to get working on darwin with its shaky
  # sandbox
  # t-exec tests fail on musl
  checkTarget =
    lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) "t-exec"
    # other tests are less demanding of the environment
    ++ [
      "unit"
      "file-tests"
      "interop-tests"
    ];

  postInstall = ''
    # Install ssh-copy-id, it's very useful.
    cp contrib/ssh-copy-id $out/bin/
    chmod +x $out/bin/ssh-copy-id
    cp contrib/ssh-copy-id.1 $out/share/man/man1/
  '';

  installTargets = [ "install-nokeys" ];
  installFlags = [ "sysconfdir=\${out}/etc/ssh" ];

  # passthru.tests = {
  #   borgbackup-integration = nixosTests.borgbackup;
  #   openssh = nixosTests.openssh;
  # };

  meta =
    with lib;
    {
      description = "An implementation of the SSH protocol${extraDesc}";
      homepage = "https://www.openssh.com/";
      changelog = "https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html";
      license = licenses.bsd2;
      platforms = platforms.unix ++ platforms.windows;
      maintainers =
        (extraMeta.maintainers or [ ])
        ++ (with maintainers; [
          eelco
          aneeshusa
        ]);
      mainProgram = "ssh";
    }
    // extraMeta;
}