diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2101db5eb..bea5495a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fix installation docs to use github.com/warewulf instead of github.com/hpcng. #1219
 - Fix the issue that warewulf.conf parse does not support CIDR format. #1130
 - Reduce the number of times syncuser walks the container file system. #1209
+- Create ssh key also when calling `wwctl configure --all` #1250
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/configure/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/configure/main.go
index c663dc719..fad8c4af2 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/configure/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/configure/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	warewulfconf "github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/configure"
 	"github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 )
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
-		err = configure.SSH()
+		err = configure.SSH(warewulfconf.Get().SSH.KeyTypes...)
 		if err != nil {
 			wwlog.Error("%s", err)
 			os.Exit(1)