1 files changed, 29 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/ssh.go b/cmd/podman/machine/ssh.go
index a0656d17b..32483f731 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/machine/ssh.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/machine/ssh.go
@@ -12,22 +12,33 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	sshCmd = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:               "ssh NAME",
-		Short:             "SSH into a virtual machine",
-		Long:              "SSH into a podman-managed virtual machine ",
-		RunE:              ssh,
-		Args:              cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-		Example:           `podman machine ssh myvm`,
+		Use:   "ssh [options] NAME [COMMAND [ARG ...]]",
+		Short: "SSH into a virtual machine",
+		Long:  "SSH into a podman-managed virtual machine ",
+		RunE:  ssh,
+		Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
+		Example: `podman machine ssh myvm
+  podman machine ssh -e  myvm echo hello`,
+
 		ValidArgsFunction: completion.AutocompleteNone,
 	}
 )
 
+var (
+	sshOpts machine.SSHOptions
+)
+
 func init() {
 	registry.Commands = append(registry.Commands, registry.CliCommand{
 		Mode:    []entities.EngineMode{entities.ABIMode, entities.TunnelMode},
 		Command: sshCmd,
 		Parent:  machineCmd,
 	})
+
+	flags := sshCmd.Flags()
+	executeFlagName := "execute"
+	flags.BoolVarP(&sshOpts.Execute, executeFlagName, "e", false, "Execute command from args")
+	_ = sshCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(executeFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
 }
 
 func ssh(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
@@ -36,6 +47,17 @@ func ssh(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		vm     machine.VM
 		vmType string
 	)
+	sshOpts.Args = args[1:]
+
+	// Error if no execute but args given
+	if !sshOpts.Execute && len(sshOpts.Args) > 0 {
+		return errors.New("too many args: to execute commands via ssh, use -e flag")
+	}
+	// Error if execute but no args given
+	if sshOpts.Execute && len(sshOpts.Args) < 1 {
+		return errors.New("must proivde at least one command to execute")
+	}
+
 	switch vmType {
 	default:
 		vm, err = qemu.LoadVMByName(args[0])
@@ -43,5 +65,5 @@ func ssh(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "vm %s not found", args[0])
 	}
-	return vm.SSH(args[0], machine.SSHOptions{})
+	return vm.SSH(args[0], sshOpts)
 }