diff --git a/readconf.c b/readconf.c
index 63356a6ec..cf7949884 100644
--- a/readconf.c
+++ b/readconf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: readconf.c,v 1.371 2023/01/02 07:03:30 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: readconf.c,v 1.372 2023/01/13 02:58:20 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -2327,6 +2327,7 @@ void
 initialize_options(Options * options)
 {
 	memset(options, 'X', sizeof(*options));
+	options->host_arg = NULL;
 	options->forward_agent = -1;
 	options->forward_agent_sock_path = NULL;
 	options->forward_x11 = -1;
@@ -3278,6 +3279,7 @@ dump_client_config(Options *o, const char *host)
 	free(all_key);
 
 	/* Most interesting options first: user, host, port */
+	dump_cfg_string(oHost, o->host_arg);
 	dump_cfg_string(oUser, o->user);
 	dump_cfg_string(oHostname, host);
 	dump_cfg_int(oPort, o->port);
diff --git a/readconf.h b/readconf.h
index 5c19a1206..2ce1b4c33 100644
--- a/readconf.h
+++ b/readconf.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: readconf.h,v 1.149 2022/11/28 01:37:36 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: readconf.h,v 1.150 2023/01/13 02:58:20 dtucker Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct allowed_cname {
 };
 
 typedef struct {
+	char   *host_arg;	/* Host arg as specified on command line. */
 	int     forward_agent;	/* Forward authentication agent. */
 	char   *forward_agent_sock_path; /* Optional path of the agent. */
 	int     forward_x11;	/* Forward X11 display. */
diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
index f20848e6b..dc28bdc78 100644
--- a/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.582 2023/01/06 02:39:59 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.583 2023/01/13 02:58:20 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 	struct ssh *ssh = NULL;
 	int i, r, opt, exit_status, use_syslog, direct, timeout_ms;
 	int was_addr, config_test = 0, opt_terminated = 0, want_final_pass = 0;
-	char *p, *cp, *line, *argv0, *logfile, *host_arg;
+	char *p, *cp, *line, *argv0, *logfile;
 	char cname[NI_MAXHOST], thishost[NI_MAXHOST];
 	struct stat st;
 	struct passwd *pw;
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 	if (!host)
 		usage();
 
-	host_arg = xstrdup(host);
+	options.host_arg = xstrdup(host);
 
 	/* Initialize the command to execute on remote host. */
 	if ((command = sshbuf_new()) == NULL)
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 		logit("%s, %s", SSH_RELEASE, SSH_OPENSSL_VERSION);
 
 	/* Parse the configuration files */
-	process_config_files(host_arg, pw, 0, &want_final_pass);
+	process_config_files(options.host_arg, pw, 0, &want_final_pass);
 	if (want_final_pass)
 		debug("configuration requests final Match pass");
 
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 		debug("re-parsing configuration");
 		free(options.hostname);
 		options.hostname = xstrdup(host);
-		process_config_files(host_arg, pw, 1, NULL);
+		process_config_files(options.host_arg, pw, 1, NULL);
 		/*
 		 * Address resolution happens early with canonicalisation
 		 * enabled and the port number may have changed since, so
@@ -1379,10 +1379,10 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 	xasprintf(&cinfo->uidstr, "%llu",
 	    (unsigned long long)pw->pw_uid);
 	cinfo->keyalias = xstrdup(options.host_key_alias ?
-	    options.host_key_alias : host_arg);
+	    options.host_key_alias : options.host_arg);
 	cinfo->conn_hash_hex = ssh_connection_hash(cinfo->thishost, host,
 	    cinfo->portstr, options.user);
-	cinfo->host_arg = xstrdup(host_arg);
+	cinfo->host_arg = xstrdup(options.host_arg);
 	cinfo->remhost = xstrdup(host);
 	cinfo->remuser = xstrdup(options.user);
 	cinfo->homedir = xstrdup(pw->pw_dir);
@@ -1559,8 +1559,8 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 		timeout_ms = options.connection_timeout * 1000;
 
 	/* Open a connection to the remote host. */
-	if (ssh_connect(ssh, host, host_arg, addrs, &hostaddr, options.port,
-	    options.connection_attempts,
+	if (ssh_connect(ssh, host, options.host_arg, addrs, &hostaddr,
+	    options.port, options.connection_attempts,
 	    &timeout_ms, options.tcp_keep_alive) != 0)
 		exit(255);