diff --git a/src/bin/dosh-client.rs b/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
index 5ca2447..35d0e6d 100644
--- a/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use dosh::protocol::{
     Resize, ResumeRequest, SERVER_TO_CLIENT, TicketAttachBody, TicketAttachEnvelope,
     TicketAttachOkEnvelope,
 };
+use dosh::ssh_agent;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fs;
@@ -899,8 +900,13 @@ async fn try_native_auth(
         &hello,
         &server_hello.hello,
     )?;
-    let identity = load_first_native_identity(config, cli_identity, &ssh_config)?;
-    let auth = sign_user_auth(&identity, &hello, &server_hello.hello, Vec::new())?;
+    let auth = sign_native_user_auth(
+        config,
+        cli_identity,
+        &ssh_config,
+        &hello,
+        &server_hello.hello,
+    )?;
     let mut pending_id = [0u8; 16];
     pending_id.copy_from_slice(&server_hello.hello.auth_challenge[..16]);
     let auth_body = protocol::to_body(&NativeUserAuthBody { auth })?;
@@ -953,6 +959,33 @@ async fn try_native_auth(
     Ok((frame, cred))
 }
 
+fn sign_native_user_auth(
+    config: &dosh::config::ClientConfig,
+    cli_identity: Option<&Path>,
+    ssh_config: &SshConfig,
+    hello: &dosh::native::NativeClientHello,
+    server_hello: &dosh::native::NativeServerHello,
+) -> Result<dosh::native::NativeUserAuth> {
+    let mut errors = Vec::new();
+    if config.use_ssh_agent {
+        match ssh_agent::sign_user_auth_with_agent(hello, server_hello, Vec::new()) {
+            Ok(auth) => return Ok(auth),
+            Err(err) => errors.push(format!("ssh-agent: {err:#}")),
+        }
+    }
+
+    match load_first_native_identity(config, cli_identity, ssh_config) {
+        Ok(identity) => sign_user_auth(&identity, hello, server_hello, Vec::new()),
+        Err(err) => {
+            errors.push(format!("identity files: {err:#}"));
+            Err(anyhow!(
+                "native auth found no usable key: {}",
+                errors.join("; ")
+            ))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn load_first_native_identity(
     config: &dosh::config::ClientConfig,
     cli_identity: Option<&Path>,
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7a8ab53..abe852d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ pub mod crypto;
 pub mod native;
 pub mod protocol;
 pub mod pty;
+pub mod ssh_agent;
diff --git a/src/native.rs b/src/native.rs
index ea4ed04..227898f 100644
--- a/src/native.rs
+++ b/src/native.rs
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ fn strip_quotes(raw: &str) -> &str {
         .unwrap_or(raw)
 }
 
-fn parse_ssh_ed25519_public_blob(blob: &[u8]) -> Result<[u8; 32]> {
+pub fn parse_ssh_ed25519_public_blob(blob: &[u8]) -> Result<[u8; 32]> {
     let mut cursor = blob;
     let key_type = read_ssh_string(&mut cursor)?;
     anyhow::ensure!(key_type == b"ssh-ed25519", "key blob type mismatch");
@@ -558,6 +558,13 @@ fn parse_ssh_ed25519_public_blob(blob: &[u8]) -> Result<[u8; 32]> {
     Ok(out)
 }
 
+pub fn ssh_ed25519_public_blob(public_key: &[u8; 32]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    write_ssh_string(&mut out, b"ssh-ed25519");
+    write_ssh_string(&mut out, public_key);
+    out
+}
+
 fn read_ssh_string<'a>(cursor: &mut &'a [u8]) -> Result<&'a [u8]> {
     anyhow::ensure!(cursor.len() >= 4, "truncated SSH string length");
     let len = u32::from_be_bytes(cursor[..4].try_into().unwrap()) as usize;
@@ -568,21 +575,18 @@ fn read_ssh_string<'a>(cursor: &mut &'a [u8]) -> Result<&'a [u8]> {
     Ok(value)
 }
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-fn ssh_ed25519_authorized_key_line(signing_key: &SigningKey) -> String {
-    let verifying = VerifyingKey::from(signing_key);
-    let mut blob = Vec::new();
-    write_ssh_string(&mut blob, b"ssh-ed25519");
-    write_ssh_string(&mut blob, &verifying.to_bytes());
-    format!("ssh-ed25519 {} test-key", STANDARD.encode(blob))
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
 fn write_ssh_string(out: &mut Vec<u8>, value: &[u8]) {
     out.extend_from_slice(&(value.len() as u32).to_be_bytes());
     out.extend_from_slice(value);
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+fn ssh_ed25519_authorized_key_line(signing_key: &SigningKey) -> String {
+    let verifying = VerifyingKey::from(signing_key);
+    let blob = ssh_ed25519_public_blob(&verifying.to_bytes());
+    format!("ssh-ed25519 {} test-key", STANDARD.encode(blob))
+}
+
 pub fn known_host_line(host: &str, key: &HostPublicKey, source: &str, first_seen: u64) -> String {
     format!(
         "{} {} {} first-seen={} source={}",
diff --git a/src/ssh_agent.rs b/src/ssh_agent.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2275fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ssh_agent.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+use crate::native::{
+    ForwardingRequest, NativeClientHello, NativeServerHello, NativeUserAuth,
+    parse_ssh_ed25519_public_blob, user_auth_transcript,
+};
+use anyhow::{Context, Result, anyhow, bail};
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+const SSH_AGENT_FAILURE: u8 = 5;
+const SSH2_AGENTC_REQUEST_IDENTITIES: u8 = 11;
+const SSH2_AGENT_IDENTITIES_ANSWER: u8 = 12;
+const SSH2_AGENTC_SIGN_REQUEST: u8 = 13;
+const SSH2_AGENT_SIGN_RESPONSE: u8 = 14;
+const MAX_AGENT_PACKET: usize = 256 * 1024;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct AgentIdentity {
+    pub key_blob: Vec<u8>,
+    pub public_key: [u8; 32],
+    pub comment: String,
+}
+
+pub fn sign_user_auth_with_agent(
+    client: &NativeClientHello,
+    server: &NativeServerHello,
+    requested_forwardings: Vec<ForwardingRequest>,
+) -> Result<NativeUserAuth> {
+    let sock = std::env::var("SSH_AUTH_SOCK").context("SSH_AUTH_SOCK is not set")?;
+    sign_user_auth_with_agent_at(sock, client, server, requested_forwardings)
+}
+
+pub fn sign_user_auth_with_agent_at(
+    socket_path: impl AsRef<Path>,
+    client: &NativeClientHello,
+    server: &NativeServerHello,
+    requested_forwardings: Vec<ForwardingRequest>,
+) -> Result<NativeUserAuth> {
+    let mut agent = UnixStream::connect(socket_path.as_ref())
+        .with_context(|| format!("connect ssh-agent {}", socket_path.as_ref().display()))?;
+    let identities = request_ed25519_identities(&mut agent)?;
+    let identity = identities
+        .first()
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("ssh-agent has no ssh-ed25519 identities"))?;
+    let mut auth = NativeUserAuth {
+        public_key_algorithm: "ssh-ed25519".to_string(),
+        public_key: identity.public_key.to_vec(),
+        signature: Vec::new(),
+        requested_forwardings,
+    };
+    let transcript = user_auth_transcript(client, server, &auth)?;
+    auth.signature = sign_with_agent(&mut agent, identity, &transcript)
+        .with_context(|| format!("ssh-agent sign with {}", identity.comment))?;
+    Ok(auth)
+}
+
+fn request_ed25519_identities(agent: &mut UnixStream) -> Result<Vec<AgentIdentity>> {
+    write_agent_packet(agent, &[SSH2_AGENTC_REQUEST_IDENTITIES])?;
+    let payload = read_agent_packet(agent)?;
+    let mut cursor = payload.as_slice();
+    let response = read_u8(&mut cursor)?;
+    if response == SSH_AGENT_FAILURE {
+        bail!("ssh-agent refused identity request");
+    }
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        response == SSH2_AGENT_IDENTITIES_ANSWER,
+        "unexpected ssh-agent identity response {response}"
+    );
+    let count = read_u32(&mut cursor)? as usize;
+    anyhow::ensure!(count <= 4096, "ssh-agent returned too many identities");
+    let mut identities = Vec::new();
+    for _ in 0..count {
+        let key_blob = read_ssh_string(&mut cursor)?.to_vec();
+        let comment = String::from_utf8_lossy(read_ssh_string(&mut cursor)?).to_string();
+        if let Ok(public_key) = parse_ssh_ed25519_public_blob(&key_blob) {
+            identities.push(AgentIdentity {
+                key_blob,
+                public_key,
+                comment,
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    anyhow::ensure!(cursor.is_empty(), "trailing data in ssh-agent identities");
+    Ok(identities)
+}
+
+fn sign_with_agent(
+    agent: &mut UnixStream,
+    identity: &AgentIdentity,
+    transcript: &[u8],
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    let mut request = Vec::new();
+    request.push(SSH2_AGENTC_SIGN_REQUEST);
+    write_ssh_string(&mut request, &identity.key_blob);
+    write_ssh_string(&mut request, transcript);
+    request.extend_from_slice(&0u32.to_be_bytes());
+    write_agent_packet(agent, &request)?;
+
+    let payload = read_agent_packet(agent)?;
+    let mut cursor = payload.as_slice();
+    let response = read_u8(&mut cursor)?;
+    if response == SSH_AGENT_FAILURE {
+        bail!("ssh-agent refused signature request");
+    }
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        response == SSH2_AGENT_SIGN_RESPONSE,
+        "unexpected ssh-agent sign response {response}"
+    );
+    let signature_blob = read_ssh_string(&mut cursor)?;
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        cursor.is_empty(),
+        "trailing data in ssh-agent sign response"
+    );
+
+    let mut signature_cursor = signature_blob;
+    let algorithm = read_ssh_string(&mut signature_cursor)?;
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        algorithm == b"ssh-ed25519",
+        "ssh-agent returned unsupported signature algorithm {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(algorithm)
+    );
+    let signature = read_ssh_string(&mut signature_cursor)?;
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        signature_cursor.is_empty(),
+        "trailing data in ssh-agent signature blob"
+    );
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        signature.len() == 64,
+        "ssh-agent Ed25519 signature was not 64 bytes"
+    );
+    Ok(signature.to_vec())
+}
+
+fn read_agent_packet(stream: &mut UnixStream) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    let mut len = [0u8; 4];
+    stream
+        .read_exact(&mut len)
+        .context("read ssh-agent packet length")?;
+    let len = u32::from_be_bytes(len) as usize;
+    anyhow::ensure!(len <= MAX_AGENT_PACKET, "ssh-agent packet too large");
+    let mut payload = vec![0u8; len];
+    stream
+        .read_exact(&mut payload)
+        .context("read ssh-agent packet body")?;
+    Ok(payload)
+}
+
+fn write_agent_packet(stream: &mut UnixStream, payload: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        payload.len() <= MAX_AGENT_PACKET,
+        "ssh-agent request too large"
+    );
+    stream.write_all(&(payload.len() as u32).to_be_bytes())?;
+    stream.write_all(payload)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn read_u8(cursor: &mut &[u8]) -> Result<u8> {
+    anyhow::ensure!(!cursor.is_empty(), "truncated u8");
+    let value = cursor[0];
+    *cursor = &cursor[1..];
+    Ok(value)
+}
+
+fn read_u32(cursor: &mut &[u8]) -> Result<u32> {
+    anyhow::ensure!(cursor.len() >= 4, "truncated u32");
+    let value = u32::from_be_bytes(cursor[..4].try_into().unwrap());
+    *cursor = &cursor[4..];
+    Ok(value)
+}
+
+fn read_ssh_string<'a>(cursor: &mut &'a [u8]) -> Result<&'a [u8]> {
+    let len = read_u32(cursor)? as usize;
+    anyhow::ensure!(cursor.len() >= len, "truncated SSH string");
+    let (value, rest) = cursor.split_at(len);
+    *cursor = rest;
+    Ok(value)
+}
+
+fn write_ssh_string(out: &mut Vec<u8>, value: &[u8]) {
+    out.extend_from_slice(&(value.len() as u32).to_be_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(value);
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::native::{
+        host_public_key, parse_authorized_keys, sign_server_hello, ssh_ed25519_public_blob,
+        verify_native_user_auth,
+    };
+    use base64::Engine;
+    use base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD;
+    use ed25519_dalek::{Signer, SigningKey, VerifyingKey};
+    use std::os::unix::net::UnixListener;
+    use std::thread;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn agent_ed25519_signature_authenticates_native_user() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let socket_path = dir.path().join("agent.sock");
+        let user_signing = SigningKey::from_bytes(&[51u8; 32]);
+        let user_public = VerifyingKey::from(&user_signing).to_bytes();
+        let key_blob = ssh_ed25519_public_blob(&user_public);
+        let listener = UnixListener::bind(&socket_path).unwrap();
+        thread::spawn(move || fake_agent(listener, key_blob, user_signing));
+
+        let host_signing = SigningKey::from_bytes(&[3u8; 32]);
+        let client = test_client_hello();
+        let mut server = test_server_hello(&host_signing);
+        sign_server_hello(&host_signing, &client, &mut server).unwrap();
+        let auth =
+            sign_user_auth_with_agent_at(&socket_path, &client, &server, Vec::new()).unwrap();
+        let authorized_line = format!(
+            "ssh-ed25519 {} agent-key",
+            STANDARD.encode(ssh_ed25519_public_blob(&user_public))
+        );
+        let authorized = parse_authorized_keys(&authorized_line).unwrap();
+
+        verify_native_user_auth(&client, &server, &auth, &authorized).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    fn fake_agent(listener: UnixListener, key_blob: Vec<u8>, signing: SigningKey) {
+        let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().unwrap();
+        let payload = read_agent_packet(&mut stream).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(payload, vec![SSH2_AGENTC_REQUEST_IDENTITIES]);
+        let mut response = Vec::new();
+        response.push(SSH2_AGENT_IDENTITIES_ANSWER);
+        response.extend_from_slice(&1u32.to_be_bytes());
+        write_ssh_string(&mut response, &key_blob);
+        write_ssh_string(&mut response, b"test-agent-key");
+        write_agent_packet(&mut stream, &response).unwrap();
+
+        let payload = read_agent_packet(&mut stream).unwrap();
+        let mut cursor = payload.as_slice();
+        assert_eq!(read_u8(&mut cursor).unwrap(), SSH2_AGENTC_SIGN_REQUEST);
+        assert_eq!(read_ssh_string(&mut cursor).unwrap(), key_blob.as_slice());
+        let transcript = read_ssh_string(&mut cursor).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(read_u32(&mut cursor).unwrap(), 0);
+        assert!(cursor.is_empty());
+        let signature = signing.sign(transcript).to_bytes();
+        let mut signature_blob = Vec::new();
+        write_ssh_string(&mut signature_blob, b"ssh-ed25519");
+        write_ssh_string(&mut signature_blob, &signature);
+        let mut response = Vec::new();
+        response.push(SSH2_AGENT_SIGN_RESPONSE);
+        write_ssh_string(&mut response, &signature_blob);
+        write_agent_packet(&mut stream, &response).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    fn test_client_hello() -> NativeClientHello {
+        NativeClientHello {
+            protocol_version: crate::native::NATIVE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+            client_random: [1u8; 32],
+            client_ephemeral_public: [2u8; 32],
+            requested_host: "palav".to_string(),
+            requested_user: "palav".to_string(),
+            requested_session: "term".to_string(),
+            requested_mode: "read-write".to_string(),
+            terminal_size: (80, 24),
+            supported_aead: vec!["chacha20poly1305".to_string()],
+            supported_user_key_algorithms: vec!["ssh-ed25519".to_string()],
+            cached_host_key_fingerprint: None,
+            attach_ticket_envelope: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn test_server_hello(signing: &SigningKey) -> NativeServerHello {
+        NativeServerHello {
+            protocol_version: crate::native::NATIVE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+            server_random: [4u8; 32],
+            server_ephemeral_public: [5u8; 32],
+            host_key: host_public_key(signing),
+            chosen_aead: "chacha20poly1305".to_string(),
+            server_key_epoch: 1,
+            auth_challenge: [6u8; 32],
+            rate_limit_remaining: Some(30),
+            host_signature: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration_smoke.rs b/tests/integration_smoke.rs
index c2141ac..8b6c045 100644
--- a/tests/integration_smoke.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_smoke.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 use std::fs;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::net::UdpSocket;
+use std::os::unix::net::{UnixListener, UnixStream};
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use base64::Engine;
+use base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD;
 use dosh::auth::{build_bootstrap, load_or_create_server_secret};
 use dosh::config::load_server_config;
 use dosh::crypto;
-use dosh::native::{host_public_key, load_or_create_host_key, trust_host};
+use dosh::native::{host_public_key, load_or_create_host_key, ssh_ed25519_public_blob, trust_host};
 use dosh::protocol::{
     self, AttachOk, AttachReject, BootstrapAttachRequest, CLIENT_TO_SERVER, Frame, Input,
     PacketKind, Resize, ResumeRequest, SERVER_TO_CLIENT,
 };
+use ed25519_dalek::{Signer, SigningKey, VerifyingKey};
 
 fn free_udp_port() -> u16 {
     let socket = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
@@ -113,6 +119,30 @@ fn native_attach_once(dir: &tempfile::TempDir, port: u16) -> std::process::Outpu
         .unwrap()
 }
 
+fn native_attach_once_with_agent(
+    dir: &tempfile::TempDir,
+    port: u16,
+    agent_sock: &Path,
+) -> std::process::Output {
+    let client = env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_dosh-client");
+    Command::new(client)
+        .arg("--auth")
+        .arg("native")
+        .arg("--attach-only")
+        .arg("-v")
+        .arg("--session")
+        .arg("default")
+        .arg("--dosh-host")
+        .arg("127.0.0.1")
+        .arg("--dosh-port")
+        .arg(port.to_string())
+        .arg("local")
+        .env("HOME", dir.path())
+        .env("SSH_AUTH_SOCK", agent_sock)
+        .output()
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
 fn write_native_client_auth(dir: &tempfile::TempDir, config_path: &std::path::Path) {
     let ssh_dir = dir.path().join(".ssh");
     fs::create_dir_all(&ssh_dir).unwrap();
@@ -142,6 +172,109 @@ fn write_native_client_auth(dir: &tempfile::TempDir, config_path: &std::path::Pa
     .unwrap();
 }
 
+fn write_native_agent_auth(
+    dir: &tempfile::TempDir,
+    config_path: &std::path::Path,
+    signing: &SigningKey,
+) {
+    let public = VerifyingKey::from(signing).to_bytes();
+    fs::write(
+        dir.path().join("authorized_keys"),
+        format!(
+            "ssh-ed25519 {} agent-key\n",
+            STANDARD.encode(ssh_ed25519_public_blob(&public))
+        ),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let config = load_server_config(Some(config_path.to_path_buf())).unwrap();
+    let host_signing = load_or_create_host_key(&config).unwrap();
+    let known_hosts = dir.path().join(".config/dosh/known_hosts");
+    trust_host(
+        &known_hosts,
+        "local",
+        &host_public_key(&host_signing),
+        "test",
+        false,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+}
+
+fn start_fake_ssh_agent(dir: &tempfile::TempDir, signing: SigningKey) -> PathBuf {
+    let socket_path = dir.path().join("agent.sock");
+    let public = VerifyingKey::from(&signing).to_bytes();
+    let key_blob = ssh_ed25519_public_blob(&public);
+    let listener = UnixListener::bind(&socket_path).unwrap();
+    thread::spawn(move || fake_ssh_agent(listener, key_blob, signing));
+    socket_path
+}
+
+fn fake_ssh_agent(listener: UnixListener, key_blob: Vec<u8>, signing: SigningKey) {
+    let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().unwrap();
+    let request = read_agent_packet(&mut stream).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(request, vec![11]);
+    let mut response = Vec::new();
+    response.push(12);
+    response.extend_from_slice(&1u32.to_be_bytes());
+    write_ssh_string(&mut response, &key_blob);
+    write_ssh_string(&mut response, b"integration-agent-key");
+    write_agent_packet(&mut stream, &response).unwrap();
+
+    let request = read_agent_packet(&mut stream).unwrap();
+    let mut cursor = request.as_slice();
+    assert_eq!(read_u8(&mut cursor), 13);
+    assert_eq!(read_ssh_string(&mut cursor), key_blob.as_slice());
+    let transcript = read_ssh_string(&mut cursor);
+    assert_eq!(read_u32(&mut cursor), 0);
+    assert!(cursor.is_empty());
+    let signature = signing.sign(transcript).to_bytes();
+    let mut signature_blob = Vec::new();
+    write_ssh_string(&mut signature_blob, b"ssh-ed25519");
+    write_ssh_string(&mut signature_blob, &signature);
+    let mut response = Vec::new();
+    response.push(14);
+    write_ssh_string(&mut response, &signature_blob);
+    write_agent_packet(&mut stream, &response).unwrap();
+}
+
+fn read_agent_packet(stream: &mut UnixStream) -> std::io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    let mut len = [0u8; 4];
+    stream.read_exact(&mut len)?;
+    let len = u32::from_be_bytes(len) as usize;
+    let mut payload = vec![0u8; len];
+    stream.read_exact(&mut payload)?;
+    Ok(payload)
+}
+
+fn write_agent_packet(stream: &mut UnixStream, payload: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    stream.write_all(&(payload.len() as u32).to_be_bytes())?;
+    stream.write_all(payload)
+}
+
+fn read_u8(cursor: &mut &[u8]) -> u8 {
+    let value = cursor[0];
+    *cursor = &cursor[1..];
+    value
+}
+
+fn read_u32(cursor: &mut &[u8]) -> u32 {
+    let value = u32::from_be_bytes(cursor[..4].try_into().unwrap());
+    *cursor = &cursor[4..];
+    value
+}
+
+fn read_ssh_string<'a>(cursor: &mut &'a [u8]) -> &'a [u8] {
+    let len = read_u32(cursor) as usize;
+    let (value, rest) = cursor.split_at(len);
+    *cursor = rest;
+    value
+}
+
+fn write_ssh_string(out: &mut Vec<u8>, value: &[u8]) {
+    out.extend_from_slice(&(value.len() as u32).to_be_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(value);
+}
+
 fn direct_attach(
     config: &std::path::Path,
     port: u16,
@@ -344,6 +477,24 @@ fn native_attach_only_smoke() {
     assert!(stderr.contains("terminal_ready"), "stderr={stderr}");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn native_attach_only_smoke_uses_ssh_agent() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let port = free_udp_port();
+    let config = write_server_config(&dir, port);
+    let signing = SigningKey::from_bytes(&[53u8; 32]);
+    write_native_agent_auth(&dir, &config, &signing);
+    let agent_sock = start_fake_ssh_agent(&dir, signing);
+    let mut server = start_server(&dir, &config);
+    let output = native_attach_once_with_agent(&dir, port, &agent_sock);
+    let _ = server.kill();
+    let _ = server.wait();
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+    assert!(output.status.success(), "stderr={stderr}");
+    assert!(stderr.contains("native_auth"), "stderr={stderr}");
+    assert!(stderr.contains("terminal_ready"), "stderr={stderr}");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn ticket_attach_after_server_restart_smoke() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();