diff --git a/util/sshutil/transport_validation.go b/util/sshutil/transport_validation.go
index f00a1df2..598afac7 100644
--- a/util/sshutil/transport_validation.go
+++ b/util/sshutil/transport_validation.go
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@ package sshutil
 
 import (
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 var gitSSHRegex = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+:.*$")
 
 func IsSSHTransport(s string) bool {
+	// check for explicit ssh transport
+	if strings.HasPrefix(s, "ssh://") {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// check for implicit ssh transport
 	return gitSSHRegex.MatchString(s)
 }
diff --git a/util/sshutil/transport_validation_test.go b/util/sshutil/transport_validation_test.go
index 0f8ade57..546986dd 100644
--- a/util/sshutil/transport_validation_test.go
+++ b/util/sshutil/transport_validation_test.go
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ func TestIsSSHTransport(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, IsSSHTransport("other_Funky-username52@example.com:path/to/repo.git/"))
 	require.True(t, IsSSHTransport("other_Funky-username52@example.com:/to/really:odd:repo.git/"))
 	require.True(t, IsSSHTransport("teddy@4houses-down.com:/~/catnip.git/"))
+	require.True(t, IsSSHTransport("ssh://root@subdomain.example.hostname:2222/root/my/really/weird/path/foo.git"))
 }