diff --git a/lib/kamal/commands/base.rb b/lib/kamal/commands/base.rb
index c0eac91cc..73e698dd5 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/commands/base.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/commands/base.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def initialize(config)
     end
 
     def run_over_ssh(*command, host:)
-      "ssh#{ssh_proxy_args} -t #{config.ssh.user}@#{host} -p #{config.ssh.port} '#{command.join(" ").gsub("'", "'\\\\''")}'"
+      "ssh#{ssh_proxy_args}#{ssh_config_args} -t #{config.ssh.user}@#{host} -p #{config.ssh.port} '#{command.join(" ").gsub("'", "'\\\\''")}'"
     end
 
     def container_id_for(container_name:, only_running: false)
@@ -94,5 +94,16 @@ def ssh_proxy_args
           " -o ProxyCommand='#{config.ssh.proxy.command_line_template}'"
         end
       end
+
+      def ssh_config_args
+        case config.ssh.config
+        when true, nil
+          ""
+        when false
+          " -F none"
+        when String
+          " -F #{Shellwords.escape(config.ssh.config)}"
+        end
+      end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration/docs/ssh.yml b/lib/kamal/configuration/docs/ssh.yml
index 8d1033521..fa4894c5a 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/configuration/docs/ssh.yml
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration/docs/ssh.yml
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ ssh:
   #
   # Set to true to load the default OpenSSH config files (~/.ssh/config,
   # /etc/ssh_config), to false ignore config files, or to a file path
-  # (or array of paths) to load specific configuration. Defaults to true.
+  # to load specific configuration. Defaults to true.
   config: true
diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration/ssh.rb b/lib/kamal/configuration/ssh.rb
index dc88367e2..28ba96717 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/configuration/ssh.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration/ssh.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class Kamal::Configuration::Ssh
 
   def initialize(config:)
     @ssh_config = config.raw_config.ssh || {}
-    validate! ssh_config
+    validate! ssh_config, with: Kamal::Configuration::Validator::Ssh
   end
 
   def user
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@ def key_data
     ssh_config["key_data"]
   end
 
+  def config
+    ssh_config["config"]
+  end
+
   def options
-    { user: user, port: port, proxy: proxy, logger: logger, keepalive: true, keepalive_interval: 30, keys_only: keys_only, keys: keys, key_data: key_data }.compact
+    { user: user, port: port, proxy: proxy, logger: logger, keepalive: true, keepalive_interval: 30, keys_only: keys_only, keys: keys, key_data: key_data, config: config }.compact
   end
 
   def to_h
diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration/validator/ssh.rb b/lib/kamal/configuration/validator/ssh.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffa337ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration/validator/ssh.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+class Kamal::Configuration::Validator::Ssh < Kamal::Configuration::Validator
+  SPECIAL_KEYS = [ "config" ]
+
+  def validate!
+    validate_against_example! \
+      config.except(*SPECIAL_KEYS),
+      example.except(*SPECIAL_KEYS)
+
+    validate_config_key! if config.key?("config")
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def validate_config_key!
+    with_context(config["config"]) do
+      validate_type! config["config"], TrueClass, String
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/commands/app_test.rb b/test/commands/app_test.rb
index 0e5cad796..4d3560d69 100644
--- a/test/commands/app_test.rb
+++ b/test/commands/app_test.rb
@@ -300,6 +300,16 @@ class CommandsAppTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal "ssh -t root@1.1.1.1 -p 2222 'ls'", new_command.run_over_ssh("ls", host: "1.1.1.1")
   end
 
+  test "run over ssh with custom config" do
+    @config[:ssh] = { "config" => "config/ssh config" }
+    assert_equal "ssh -F config/ssh\\ config -t root@1.1.1.1 -p 22 'ls'", new_command.run_over_ssh("ls", host: "1.1.1.1")
+  end
+
+  test "run over ssh with no config" do
+    @config[:ssh] = { "config" => false }
+    assert_equal "ssh -F none -t root@1.1.1.1 -p 22 'ls'", new_command.run_over_ssh("ls", host: "1.1.1.1")
+  end
+
   test "run over ssh with proxy" do
     @config[:ssh] = { "proxy" => "2.2.2.2" }
     assert_equal "ssh -J root@2.2.2.2 -t root@1.1.1.1 -p 22 'ls'", new_command.run_over_ssh("ls", host: "1.1.1.1")
diff --git a/test/configuration/ssh_test.rb b/test/configuration/ssh_test.rb
index 76d1ae9a7..8315f6bb3 100644
--- a/test/configuration/ssh_test.rb
+++ b/test/configuration/ssh_test.rb
@@ -37,4 +37,14 @@ class ConfigurationSshTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     config = Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy.tap { |c| c.merge!(ssh: { "proxy" => "app@1.2.3.4" }) })
     assert_equal "app@1.2.3.4", config.ssh.options[:proxy].jump_proxies
   end
+
+  test "ssh options with disabled ssh_config" do
+    config = Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy.tap { |c| c.merge!(ssh: { "config" => false }) })
+    assert_equal false, config.ssh.options[:config]
+  end
+
+  test "ssh options with path to an ssh_config-file" do
+    config = Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy.tap { |c| c.merge!(ssh: { "config" => "config/ssh_config" }) })
+    assert_equal "config/ssh_config", config.ssh.options[:config]
+  end
 end