diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 35f8ec82a..790ac949e 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ Other changes:
    individually before concatenating them.
    Bugzilla Report 64855
 
+ * the ssh tasks now share a new nested element additionalConfig that
+   can be used to set config values for the jsch Session used by the
+   task.
+   Bugzilla Report 65089
+
 Changes from Ant 1.10.8 TO Ant 1.10.9
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/scp.html b/manual/Tasks/scp.html
index a9a95a12d..e9e4a33eb 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/scp.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/scp.html
@@ -217,6 +217,31 @@ set.</p>
 
 <p>Prior to Ant 1.9.7 only <code>&lt;fileset&gt;</code> has been supported as a nested element.</p>
 
+<h4 id="additionalConfig">additionalConfig</h4>
+
+<p><em>since Ant 1.10.10</em></p>
+
+<p>Adds configuration settings for the JSch Session created that are
+  not directly supported by specific Ant attributes.</p>
+
+<table class="attr">
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col">Attribute</th>
+    <th scope="col">Description</th>
+    <th scope="col">Required</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>key</td>
+    <td>The key of the configuration setting.</td>
+    <td>Yes</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>value</td>
+    <td>The value of the configuration setting.</td>
+    <td>Yes</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
 <h3>Examples</h3>
 <p>Copy a single local file to a remote machine:</p>
 <pre>&lt;scp file=&quot;myfile.txt&quot; todir=&quot;user:password@somehost:/home/chuck&quot;/&gt;</pre>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/sshexec.html b/manual/Tasks/sshexec.html
index 6437b4608..f0a0e9c40 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/sshexec.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/sshexec.html
@@ -230,6 +230,33 @@ JSCh earlier than 0.1.28.</p>
   </tr>
 </table>
 
+<h3>Parameters specified as nested elements</h3>
+
+<h4 id="additionalConfig">additionalConfig</h4>
+
+<p><em>since Ant 1.10.10</em></p>
+
+<p>Adds configuration settings for the JSch Session created that are
+  not directly supported by specific Ant attributes.</p>
+
+<table class="attr">
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col">Attribute</th>
+    <th scope="col">Description</th>
+    <th scope="col">Required</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>key</td>
+    <td>The key of the configuration setting.</td>
+    <td>Yes</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>value</td>
+    <td>The value of the configuration setting.</td>
+    <td>Yes</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
 <h3>Examples</h3>
 
 <p>Run a command on a remote machine using password authentication</p>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/sshsession.html b/manual/Tasks/sshsession.html
index 6f557bb72..c8cf29118 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/sshsession.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/sshsession.html
@@ -186,6 +186,31 @@ both sets of tunnels will be established.</p>
   </tr>
 </table>
 
+<h4 id="additionalConfig">additionalConfig</h4>
+
+<p><em>since Ant 1.10.10</em></p>
+
+<p>Adds configuration settings for the JSch Session created that are
+  not directly supported by specific Ant attributes.</p>
+
+<table class="attr">
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col">Attribute</th>
+    <th scope="col">Description</th>
+    <th scope="col">Required</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>key</td>
+    <td>The key of the configuration setting.</td>
+    <td>Yes</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>value</td>
+    <td>The value of the configuration setting.</td>
+    <td>Yes</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
 <h4 id="Sequential">sequential</h4>
 <p>The <code>sequential</code> element is a required parameter.  It is a container for nested Tasks
 which are to be executed once the SSH connection is established and all local and/or remote tunnels
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHBase.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHBase.java
index 4987d0501..9677901b4 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHBase.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHBase.java
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ssh;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.jcraft.jsch.ConfigRepository;
 import com.jcraft.jsch.OpenSSHConfig;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Environment.Variable;
 
 import com.jcraft.jsch.JSch;
 import com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException;
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ public abstract class SSHBase extends Task implements LogListener {
     private String sshConfig;
     private int serverAliveCountMax = 3;
     private int serverAliveIntervalSeconds = 0;
+    private final Map<String, String> additionalConfig = new HashMap<>();
 
     /**
      * Constructor for SSHBase.
@@ -247,6 +251,10 @@ public abstract class SSHBase extends Task implements LogListener {
         return port;
     }
 
+    public void addConfiguredAdditionalConfig(final Variable v) {
+        additionalConfig.put(v.getKey(), v.getValue());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Initialize the task.
      * This initializes the known hosts and sets the default port.
@@ -268,7 +276,7 @@ public abstract class SSHBase extends Task implements LogListener {
             if (!new File(sshConfig).exists()) {
                 throw new BuildException("The SSH configuration file specified doesn't exist: " + sshConfig);
             }
-            
+
             log("Loading SSH configuration file " + sshConfig, Project.MSG_DEBUG);
             ConfigRepository.Config config = null;
             try {
@@ -276,15 +284,15 @@ public abstract class SSHBase extends Task implements LogListener {
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new BuildException("Failed to load the SSH configuration file " + sshConfig, e);
             }
-            
+
             if (config.getHostname() != null) {
                 host = config.getHostname();
             }
-            
+
             if (userInfo.getName() == null) {
                 userInfo.setName(config.getUser());
             }
-            
+
             if (userInfo.getKeyfile() == null) {
                 log("Using SSH key file " + config.getValue("IdentityFile") + " for host " + host, Project.MSG_INFO);
                 userInfo.setKeyfile(config.getValue("IdentityFile"));
@@ -332,6 +340,11 @@ public abstract class SSHBase extends Task implements LogListener {
             session.setServerAliveInterval(getServerAliveIntervalSeconds() * 1000);
         }
 
+        additionalConfig.forEach((k,v) -> {
+            log("Setting additional config value " + k, Project.MSG_DEBUG);
+            session.setConfig(k, v);
+        });
+
         log("Connecting to " + host + ":" + port);
         session.connect();
         return session;