diff --git a/src/bin/dosh-client.rs b/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
index 0971949..87ace7a 100644
--- a/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
@@ -5271,6 +5271,7 @@ fn native_proxy_udp_warning(
 
 fn ssh_username(server: &str) -> Option<String> {
     let (user, _) = server.rsplit_once('@')?;
+    let user = user.strip_prefix("ssh://").unwrap_or(user);
     if user.is_empty() {
         None
     } else {
@@ -11433,7 +11434,16 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn parses_user_from_ssh_destination() {
         assert_eq!(ssh_username("alice@example.com"), Some("alice".to_string()));
+        assert_eq!(
+            ssh_username("ssh://alice@example.com:2222/srv/app"),
+            Some("alice".to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            ssh_username("ssh://alice@[2001:db8::1]:2222/srv/app"),
+            Some("alice".to_string())
+        );
         assert_eq!(ssh_username("example.com"), None);
+        assert_eq!(ssh_username("ssh://example.com:2222/srv/app"), None);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 3348144..a3d5d51 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ fn selected_sdk_udp_host(
 fn user_from_destination(destination: &str) -> Option<String> {
     destination
         .rsplit_once('@')
-        .map(|(user, _)| user.to_string())
+        .map(|(user, _)| user.strip_prefix("ssh://").unwrap_or(user).to_string())
         .filter(|user| !user.is_empty())
 }
 
@@ -819,6 +819,14 @@ mod tests {
             user_from_destination("palav@example.com").as_deref(),
             Some("palav")
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            user_from_destination("ssh://palav@example.com:2222/srv/app").as_deref(),
+            Some("palav")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            user_from_destination("ssh://palav@[2001:db8::2]:2222/srv/app").as_deref(),
+            Some("palav")
+        );
         assert_eq!(destination_host("palav@example.com"), "example.com");
         assert_eq!(destination_host("example.com:2222"), "example.com");
         assert_eq!(destination_host("palav@[2001:db8::1]:2222"), "2001:db8::1");