diff --git a/commands/configtest.go b/commands/configtest.go
index f1686420..ce5c14ec 100644
--- a/commands/configtest.go
+++ b/commands/configtest.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (*ConfigtestCmd) Usage() string {
 			[-log-dir=/path/to/log]
 			[-ask-key-password]
 			[-timeout=300]
-			[-ssh-external]
+			[-ssh-config]
 			[-containers-only]
 			[-http-proxy=http://192.168.0.1:8080]
 			[-debug]
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (p *ConfigtestCmd) SetFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 		"Use Native Go implementation of SSH. Default: Use the external command")
 
 	f.BoolVar(&c.Conf.SSHConfig, "ssh-config", false,
-		"Use SSH options specified in ssh_config preferentially")
+		"[Deprecated] Use SSH options specified in ssh_config preferentially")
 
 	f.BoolVar(&c.Conf.ContainersOnly, "containers-only", false,
 		"Test containers only. Default: Test both of hosts and containers")
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ func (p *ConfigtestCmd) Execute(_ context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, _ ...interfa
 		return subcommands.ExitUsageError
 	}
 
+	if c.Conf.SSHConfig {
+		msg := []string{
+			"-ssh-config is deprecated",
+			"If you update Vuls and get this error, there may be incompatible changes in config.toml",
+			"Please check config.toml template : https://vuls.io/docs/en/usage-settings.html",
+		}
+		util.Log.Errorf("%s", strings.Join(msg, "\n"))
+		return subcommands.ExitUsageError
+	}
+
 	var servernames []string
 	if 0 < len(f.Args()) {
 		servernames = f.Args()
diff --git a/commands/discover.go b/commands/discover.go
index f4d6c22d..48faa155 100644
--- a/commands/discover.go
+++ b/commands/discover.go
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ sqlite3Path = "/path/to/go-exploitdb.sqlite3"
 host                = "{{$ip}}"
 #port               = "22"
 #user               = "root"
+#sshConfigPath		= "/home/username/.ssh/config"
 #keyPath            = "/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa"
 #scanMode           = ["fast", "fast-root", "deep", "offline"]
 #type               = "pseudo"
diff --git a/commands/scan.go b/commands/scan.go
index 080f7694..d200b70e 100644
--- a/commands/scan.go
+++ b/commands/scan.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (p *ScanCmd) SetFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 		"Use Native Go implementation of SSH. Default: Use the external command")
 
 	f.BoolVar(&c.Conf.SSHConfig, "ssh-config", false,
-		"Use SSH options specified in ssh_config preferentially")
+		"[Deprecated] Use SSH options specified in ssh_config preferentially")
 
 	f.BoolVar(&c.Conf.ContainersOnly, "containers-only", false,
 		"Scan running containers only. Default: Scan both of hosts and running containers")
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ func (p *ScanCmd) Execute(_ context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, _ ...interface{})
 		return subcommands.ExitUsageError
 	}
 
+	if c.Conf.SSHConfig {
+		msg := []string{
+			"-ssh-config is deprecated",
+			"If you update Vuls and get this error, there may be incompatible changes in config.toml",
+			"Please check config.toml template : https://vuls.io/docs/en/usage-settings.html",
+		}
+		util.Log.Errorf("%s", strings.Join(msg, "\n"))
+		return subcommands.ExitUsageError
+	}
+
 	util.Log.Info("Start scanning")
 	util.Log.Infof("config: %s", p.configPath)
 
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 2fee9fce..1475fa9e 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ type ServerInfo struct {
 	User                   string                      `toml:"user,omitempty" json:"user,omitempty"`
 	Host                   string                      `toml:"host,omitempty" json:"host,omitempty"`
 	Port                   string                      `toml:"port,omitempty" json:"port,omitempty"`
+	SSHConfigPath          string                      `toml:"sshConfigPath,omitempty" json:"sshConfigPath,omitempty"`
 	KeyPath                string                      `toml:"keyPath,omitempty" json:"keyPath,omitempty"`
 	KeyPassword            string                      `json:"-,omitempty" toml:"-"`
 	CpeNames               []string                    `toml:"cpeNames,omitempty" json:"cpeNames,omitempty"`
diff --git a/config/tomlloader.go b/config/tomlloader.go
index 208847d4..955a1953 100644
--- a/config/tomlloader.go
+++ b/config/tomlloader.go
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ func (c TOMLLoader) Load(pathToToml, keyPass string) error {
 				}
 			}
 
+			s.SSHConfigPath = v.SSHConfigPath
+			if len(s.SSHConfigPath) == 0 {
+				s.SSHConfigPath = d.SSHConfigPath
+			}
+
 			s.KeyPath = v.KeyPath
 			if len(s.KeyPath) == 0 {
 				s.KeyPath = d.KeyPath
diff --git a/scan/executil.go b/scan/executil.go
index 9be26ad8..9cd79625 100644
--- a/scan/executil.go
+++ b/scan/executil.go
@@ -260,7 +260,9 @@ func sshExecExternal(c conf.ServerInfo, cmd string, sudo bool) (result execResul
 
 	defaultSSHArgs := []string{"-tt"}
 
-	if !conf.Conf.SSHConfig {
+	if 0 < len(c.SSHConfigPath) {
+		defaultSSHArgs = append(defaultSSHArgs, "-F", c.SSHConfigPath)
+	} else {
 		home, err := homedir.Dir()
 		if err != nil {
 			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get HOME directory: %s", err)