Homebrew's openssh formula include a patch for Keychain support: $ brew info openssh openssh: stable 6.6p1 ... ==> Options --with-keychain-

Homebrew's openssh formula include a patch for Keychain support: $ brew info openssh openssh: stable 6.6p1 ... ==> Options --with-keychain-support Add native OS X Keychain and Launch Daemon support to ssh-agent --with-ldns Build with lens support Perhaps you could add the notification patch to Homebrew's openssh and get the best of both worlds?