diff --git a/app/src/cli.c b/app/src/cli.c
index 9c791fbf..2c759850 100644
--- a/app/src/cli.c
+++ b/app/src/cli.c
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ guess_record_format(const char *filename) {
 #define OPT_DISABLE_SCREENSAVER    1020
 #define OPT_SHORTCUT_MOD           1021
 #define OPT_NO_KEY_REPEAT          1022
+#define OPT_USE_SSH                1024
 
 bool
 scrcpy_parse_args(struct scrcpy_cli_args *args, int argc, char *argv[]) {
@@ -697,6 +698,7 @@ scrcpy_parse_args(struct scrcpy_cli_args *args, int argc, char *argv[]) {
         {"window-height",          required_argument, NULL, OPT_WINDOW_HEIGHT},
         {"window-borderless",      no_argument,       NULL,
                                                   OPT_WINDOW_BORDERLESS},
+        {"use-ssh",                no_argument,       NULL, OPT_USE_SSH},
         {NULL,                     0,                 NULL, 0  },
     };
 
@@ -856,6 +858,9 @@ scrcpy_parse_args(struct scrcpy_cli_args *args, int argc, char *argv[]) {
                     return false;
                 }
                 break;
+            case OPT_USE_SSH:
+                opts->use_ssh = true;
+                break;
             default:
                 // getopt prints the error message on stderr
                 return false;
diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.h b/app/src/scrcpy.h
index 86a2b57b..6065a513 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.h
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct scrcpy_options {
     bool force_adb_forward;
     bool disable_screensaver;
     bool forward_key_repeat;
+    bool use_ssh;
 };
 
 #define SCRCPY_OPTIONS_DEFAULT { \
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ struct scrcpy_options {
     .force_adb_forward = false, \
     .disable_screensaver = false, \
     .forward_key_repeat = true, \
+    .use_ssh = false, \
 }
 
 bool