diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e73552e7..82bfe21a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 IMPROVEMENTS
 * add container storage opts ([#258](https://github.com/kreuzwerker/terraform-provider-docker/issues/258))
+* add ssh_opts parameter to provider config. Allows passing additional ssh arguments when connecting via ssh. ([#29](https://github.com/kreuzwerker/terraform-provider-docker/issues/29))
 
 BUG FIXES
 * add current timestamp for file upload to container ([#259](https://github.com/kreuzwerker/terraform-provider-docker/issues/259))
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 59f119dd..7105e9b0 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ The configuration would look as follows:
 
 ```terraform
 provider "docker" {
-  host = "ssh://user@remote-host:22"
+  host     = "ssh://user@remote-host:22"
+  ssh_opts = ["-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no", "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"]
 }
 ```
 
@@ -178,4 +179,4 @@ Optional:
 - **config_file** (String) Path to docker json file for registry auth
 - **config_file_content** (String) Plain content of the docker json file for registry auth
 - **password** (String, Sensitive) Password for the registry
-- **username** (String) Username for the registry
\ No newline at end of file
+- **username** (String) Username for the registry
diff --git a/internal/provider/config.go b/internal/provider/config.go
index 219cb7fe..d60609a8 100644
--- a/internal/provider/config.go
+++ b/internal/provider/config.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 // Docker API compatible host.
 type Config struct {
 	Host     string
+	SSHOpts  []string
 	Ca       string
 	Cert     string
 	Key      string
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func (c *Config) NewClient() (*client.Client, error) {
 	}
 
 	// If there is no cert information, then check for ssh://
-	helper, err := connhelper.GetConnectionHelper(c.Host)
+	helper, err := connhelper.GetConnectionHelperWithSSHOpts(c.Host, c.SSHOpts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/provider/provider.go b/internal/provider/provider.go
index 7b714dad..a11ef81e 100644
--- a/internal/provider/provider.go
+++ b/internal/provider/provider.go
@@ -43,7 +43,19 @@ func New(version string) func() *schema.Provider {
 					DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("DOCKER_HOST", "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"),
 					Description: "The Docker daemon address",
 				},
+				"ssh_opts": {
+					Type:     schema.TypeList,
+					Optional: true,
+					Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
+					DefaultFunc: func() (interface{}, error) {
+						if v := os.Getenv("DOCKER_SSH_OPTS"); v != "" {
+							return strings.Fields(v), nil
+						}
 
+						return nil, nil
+					},
+					Description: "Addtional SSH option flags to be appended when using ssh:// protocol",
+				},
 				"ca_material": {
 					Type:        schema.TypeString,
 					Optional:    true,
@@ -146,8 +158,14 @@ func New(version string) func() *schema.Provider {
 
 func configure(version string, p *schema.Provider) func(context.Context, *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, diag.Diagnostics) {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, diag.Diagnostics) {
+		SSHOptsI := d.Get("ssh_opts").([]interface{})
+		SSHOpts := make([]string, len(SSHOptsI))
+		for i, s := range SSHOptsI {
+			SSHOpts[i] = s.(string)
+		}
 		config := Config{
 			Host:     d.Get("host").(string),
+			SSHOpts:  SSHOpts,
 			Ca:       d.Get("ca_material").(string),
 			Cert:     d.Get("cert_material").(string),
 			Key:      d.Get("key_material").(string),