diff --git a/bin/ec2-ssh b/bin/ec2-ssh
index 3afd98b..f86e4bd 100755
--- a/bin/ec2-ssh
+++ b/bin/ec2-ssh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 
 usage() {
     cat<<EOF
-Usage: ec2-ssh [-k KEY] [-s SECRET] [-r REGION] [-t TAG] <instance-name>
+Usage: ec2-ssh [-k KEY] [-s SECRET] [-r REGION] [-t TAG] [-p PORT] <instance-name>
 
 Open an ssh connection to an EC2 instance where <instance-name>=tag:value.
 The 'tag:' portion of <instance-name> is optional, and defaults to 'Name'.
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ For a list of instances, run ec2-host without any paramteres
   -s, SECRET    Amazon EC2 Secret, defaults to \$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
   -r, REGION    Amazon EC2 Region, defaults to us-east-1
   -t, TAG       Tag name for searching, defaults to 'Name'
+  -p, PORT      Set SSH port value (default 22)
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -23,13 +24,15 @@ test $# -eq 0 && { usage; exit; }
 
 # Process options
 cmd="ec2-host"
-while getopts ":hk:s:r:t:" opt; do
+port=22
+while getopts ":hk:s:r:t:p:" opt; do
     case $opt in
         h  ) usage; exit 1;;
         k  ) cmd="$cmd -k $OPTARG";;
         s  ) cmd="$cmd -s $OPTARG";;
         r  ) cmd="$cmd -r $OPTARG";;
         t  ) cmd="$cmd -t $OPTARG";;
+        p  ) port="$OPTARG";;
         \? ) usage; exit 1
     esac
 done
@@ -67,4 +70,4 @@ cmd="echo \\\". ~/.bashrc && PS1='\[\e]0;$inst: \w\\\a\]\[\\\033[01;32m\]$inst\[
 if test "${@:2}"; then
     cmd="${@:2}"
 fi
-test -n "$host" && echo "Connecting to $host." && exec sh -c "ssh -t $user@$host \"$cmd\""
+test -n "$host" && echo "Connecting to $host:$port." && exec sh -c "ssh -t -p $port $user@$host \"$cmd\""