diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/InvokeCommandCommand.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/InvokeCommandCommand.cs
index b60f3131f24..29de22a0536 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/InvokeCommandCommand.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/InvokeCommandCommand.cs
@@ -753,6 +753,18 @@ public override SwitchParameter SSHTransport
             set { base.SSHTransport = value; }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This parameter allows you to specify a custom executable name to use for the SSH transport. The executable must be on the path.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = PSRemotingBaseCmdlet.SSHHostParameterSet)]
+        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = InvokeCommandCommand.FilePathSSHHostParameterSet)]
+        public override string SSHTransportPath
+        {
+            get { return base.SSHTransportPath; }
+
+            set { base.SSHTransportPath = value; }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Hashtable array containing SSH connection parameters for each remote target
         ///   ComputerName  (Alias: HostName)           (required)
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PSRemotingCmdlet.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PSRemotingCmdlet.cs
index bbb2056189c..48a9a182af1 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PSRemotingCmdlet.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PSRemotingCmdlet.cs
@@ -769,6 +769,16 @@ public virtual SwitchParameter SSHTransport
             set;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a custom executable name to use for the SSH transport. The executable must be on the path.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = PSRemotingBaseCmdlet.SSHHostParameterSet)]
+        public virtual string SSHTransportPath
+        {
+            get;
+            set;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Hashtable array containing SSH connection parameters for each remote target
         ///   ComputerName  (Alias: HostName)           (required)
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PushRunspaceCommand.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PushRunspaceCommand.cs
index cbc5f82742b..b2b041eba41 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PushRunspaceCommand.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PushRunspaceCommand.cs
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ private RemoteRunspace GetRunspaceForContainerSession()
         private RemoteRunspace GetRunspaceForSSHSession()
         {
             ParseSshHostName(HostName, out string host, out string userName, out int port);
-            var sshConnectionInfo = new SSHConnectionInfo(userName, host, this.KeyFilePath, port, this.Subsystem);
+            var sshConnectionInfo = new SSHConnectionInfo(userName, host, KeyFilePath, port, Subsystem, SSHTransportPath);
             var typeTable = TypeTable.LoadDefaultTypeFiles();
 
             // Use the class _tempRunspace field while the runspace is being opened so that StopProcessing can be handled at that time.
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/RunspaceConnectionInfo.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/RunspaceConnectionInfo.cs
index 9debc89ce76..21131208073 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/RunspaceConnectionInfo.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/common/RunspaceConnectionInfo.cs
@@ -1892,6 +1892,15 @@ private string Subsystem
             set;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the name of the ssh executable to use.
+        /// </summary>
+        private string SshPath
+        {
+            get;
+            set;
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Constructors
@@ -1960,6 +1969,26 @@ public SSHConnectionInfo(
             this.Port = port;
             this.Subsystem = (string.IsNullOrEmpty(subsystem)) ? DefaultSubsystem : subsystem;
         }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the SSHConnectionInfo class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="userName">User Name.</param>
+        /// <param name="computerName">Computer Name.</param>
+        /// <param name="keyFilePath">Key File Path.</param>
+        /// <param name="port">Port number for connection (default 22).</param>
+        /// <param name="subsystem">Subsystem to use (default 'powershell').</param>
+        /// <param name="sshPath">Name or path to ssh executable (default 'ssh' or 'ssh.exe')'.</param>
+        public SSHConnectionInfo(
+            string userName,
+            string computerName,
+            string keyFilePath,
+            int port,
+            string subsystem,
+            string sshPath) : this(userName, computerName, keyFilePath, port, subsystem)
+        {
+            this.SshPath = sshPath;
+        }
 
         #endregion
 
@@ -2016,6 +2045,7 @@ internal override RunspaceConnectionInfo InternalCopy()
             newCopy.KeyFilePath = this.KeyFilePath;
             newCopy.Port = this.Port;
             newCopy.Subsystem = this.Subsystem;
+            newCopy.SshPath = this.SshPath;
 
             return newCopy;
         }
@@ -2049,15 +2079,19 @@ internal int StartSSHProcess(
             out StreamReader stdErrReaderVar)
         {
             string filePath = string.Empty;
-#if UNIX
-            const string sshCommand = "ssh";
-#else
-            const string sshCommand = "ssh.exe";
-#endif
+            if (SshPath == null) 
+            {
+                #if UNIX
+                    SshPath = "ssh";
+                #else
+                    SshPath = "ssh.exe";
+                #endif
+            }
+
             var context = Runspaces.LocalPipeline.GetExecutionContextFromTLS();
             if (context != null)
             {
-                var cmdInfo = context.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandInfo(sshCommand, CommandOrigin.Internal) as ApplicationInfo;
+                var cmdInfo = context.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandInfo(SshPath, CommandOrigin.Internal) as ApplicationInfo;
                 if (cmdInfo != null)
                 {
                     filePath = cmdInfo.Path;