diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/junos/junos_user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/junos/junos_user.py
index 81015deced..cdca5dc5dc 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/junos/junos_user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/junos/junos_user.py
@@ -208,7 +208,14 @@ def map_obj_to_ele(module, want):
 
             if item.get('sshkey'):
                 auth = SubElement(user, 'authentication')
-                ssh_rsa = SubElement(auth, 'ssh-rsa')
+                if 'ssh-rsa' in item['sshkey']:
+                    ssh_rsa = SubElement(auth, 'ssh-rsa')
+                elif 'ssh-dss' in item['sshkey']:
+                    ssh_rsa = SubElement(auth, 'ssh-dsa')
+                elif 'ecdsa-sha2' in item['sshkey']:
+                    ssh_rsa = SubElement(auth, 'ssh-ecdsa')
+                elif 'ssh-ed25519' in item['sshkey']:
+                    ssh_rsa = SubElement(auth, 'ssh-ed25519')
                 key = SubElement(ssh_rsa, 'name').text = item['sshkey']
 
     return element