diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/base_config/templates/routers/nokia/general.j2 b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/base_config/templates/routers/nokia/general.j2
index f237ae55e9857aea7d6855f15e73643d6fd9e81a..0e7e5aa49e27965da9323c51443b686f19d2493b 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/base_config/templates/routers/nokia/general.j2
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/base_config/templates/routers/nokia/general.j2
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
         <pre-login-message>
             <message alu:operation="replace">{{ nokia_pre_login_msg }}</message>
         </pre-login-message>
+        <ssh>
+            <inbound-max-sessions>{{ nokia_ssh_config.inbound_max_sess }}</inbound-max-sessions>
+        </ssh>
     </login-control>
     <management-interface alu:operation="replace">
         <configuration-mode>model-driven</configuration-mode>