diff --git a/Assistant/Sync.hs b/Assistant/Sync.hs
index ae2b5ea369..613d039803 100644
--- a/Assistant/Sync.hs
+++ b/Assistant/Sync.hs
@@ -174,4 +174,5 @@ syncNewRemote remote = do
 	updateSyncRemotes
 	thread <- asIO $ do
 		reconnectRemotes False [remote]
+		addScanRemotes True [remote]
 	void $ liftIO $ forkIO $ thread
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cbd8db184a..c764354cd1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ git-annex (3.20121128) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     settings.
   * webapp: Allow user to specify the port when setting up a ssh or rsync
     remote.
+  * assistant: Fix syncing to just created ssh remotes.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:31:07 -0400