diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0dd43bf..b5936482 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -207,6 +207,13 @@ ssh:
   proxy: "app@192.168.0.1"
 ```
 
+Also if you need specific proxy command to connect to the server:
+
+```yaml
+ssh:
+  proxy_command: aws ssm start-session --target %h --document-name AWS-StartSSHSession --parameters 'portNumber=%p' --region=us-east-1 ## ssh via aws ssm
+```
+
 ### Using env variables
 
 You can inject env variables into the app containers using `env`:
diff --git a/lib/mrsk/configuration.rb b/lib/mrsk/configuration.rb
index d6cf09f1..c8ac5a03 100644
--- a/lib/mrsk/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/mrsk/configuration.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ class Mrsk::Configuration
     if raw_config.ssh.present? && raw_config.ssh["proxy"]
       Net::SSH::Proxy::Jump.new \
         raw_config.ssh["proxy"].include?("@") ? raw_config.ssh["proxy"] : "root@#{raw_config.ssh["proxy"]}"
+    elsif raw_config.ssh.present? && raw_config.ssh["proxy_command"]
+      Net::SSH::Proxy::Command.new(raw_config.ssh["proxy_command"])
     end
   end