diff --git a/builder/assets/avahi-services/sftp-ssh.service b/builder/assets/avahi-services/sftp-ssh.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfae4f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/assets/avahi-services/sftp-ssh.service
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
+
+<!--
+  This file is part of avahi.
+
+  avahi is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+  avahi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+  General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+  License along with avahi; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+  02111-1307 USA.
+-->
+
+<!-- See avahi.service(5) for more information about this configuration file -->
+
+<service-group>
+
+  <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>
+
+  <service>
+    <type>_sftp-ssh._tcp</type>
+    <port>22</port>
+  </service>
+
+</service-group>
diff --git a/builder/image-build.sh b/builder/image-build.sh
index fc6f6a03..147daa60 100755
--- a/builder/image-build.sh
+++ b/builder/image-build.sh
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ ${BUILDER_DIR}/image-chroot.sh ${IMAGE_PATH} exec ${SCRIPTS_DIR}'/image-software
 ${BUILDER_DIR}/image-chroot.sh ${IMAGE_PATH} copy ${SCRIPTS_DIR}'/assets/examples' '/home/pi/'
 # network setup
 ${BUILDER_DIR}/image-chroot.sh ${IMAGE_PATH} exec ${SCRIPTS_DIR}'/image-network.sh'
+# avahi setup
+${BUILDER_DIR}/image-chroot.sh ${IMAGE_PATH} copy ${SCRIPTS_DIR}'/assets/avahi-services/sftp-ssh.service' '/etc/avahi/services'
 
 # If RPi then use a one thread to build a ROS package on RPi, else use all
 [[ $(arch) == 'armv7l' ]] && NUMBER_THREADS=1 || NUMBER_THREADS=$(nproc --all)