diff --git a/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.m b/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.m
index 0dadb66d..d6bc9ef5 100644
--- a/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.m
+++ b/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.m
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ static FlutterMethodChannel* gitChannel = 0;
         NSArray *sshPublicComponents = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:filesDir, @"ssh", @"id_rsa.pub", nil];
         NSString *sshPublicKeyString = [NSString pathWithComponents:sshPublicComponents];
 
+        NSArray *sshPrivateComponents = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:filesDir, @"ssh", @"id_rsa", nil];
+        NSString *sshPrivateKeyString = [NSString pathWithComponents:sshPrivateComponents];
+
         if ([@"getBaseDirectory" isEqualToString:method]) {
             result(filesDir);
         }
@@ -247,6 +250,14 @@ static FlutterMethodChannel* gitChannel = 0;
                 return;
             }
 
+            [privateKey writeToFile:sshPrivateKeyString atomically:YES encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
+
+            if (error != nil) {
+                result([FlutterError errorWithCode:@"FAILED"
+                                           message:[error localizedDescription] details:nil]);
+                return;
+            }
+
             result(@YES);
         }
         else if ([@"dumpAppLogs" isEqualToString:method]) {