diff --git a/fuchsia/sshd_config b/fuchsia/sshd_config
index 30ee912..e9136e7 100644
--- a/fuchsia/sshd_config
+++ b/fuchsia/sshd_config
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
 # These are combined since the sshd will only use the first AuthorizedKeysFile line.
 AuthorizedKeysFile /data/ssh/authorized_keys /boot/data/ssh/authorized_keys /config/data/authorized_keys_for_test_infra
 
+# We disallow password authentication completely (it's unsupported irrespective of this
+# configuration), so all auth is key-based. Bump the MaxAuthTries limit to accommodate users with
+# many keys added to their SSH agent.
 PasswordAuthentication no
+MaxAuthTries 20
+
 Protocol 2
 TCPKeepAlive no
 ClientAliveInterval 1