diff --git a/debian/patches/0001-Really-fix-using-alternate-ssh-ports.patch b/debian/patches/0001-Really-fix-using-alternate-ssh-ports.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..431f4b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0001-Really-fix-using-alternate-ssh-ports.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Guido=20G=C3=BCnther?= <agx@sigxcpu.org>
+Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:05:11 +0200
+Subject: Really fix using alternate ssh ports
+
+Many,many thanks to Luca Capello for debugging this.
+
+Closes: #637548
+---
+ src/virt-viewer-app.c |   18 ++++++++++++++----
+ 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/virt-viewer-app.c b/src/virt-viewer-app.c
+index 918e788..6d3d9be 100644
+--- a/src/virt-viewer-app.c
++++ b/src/virt-viewer-app.c
+@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ virt_viewer_app_open_tunnel_ssh(const char *sshhost,
+ 	int n = 0;
+ 
+ 	cmd[n++] = "ssh";
+-	if (!sshport) {
++	if (sshport) {
+ 		cmd[n++] = "-p";
+ 		sprintf(portstr, "%d", sshport);
+ 		cmd[n++] = portstr;
+@@ -635,6 +635,8 @@ virt_viewer_app_activate(VirtViewerApp *self)
+ 	if (priv->transport &&
+ 	    g_strcasecmp(priv->transport, "ssh") == 0 &&
+ 	    !priv->direct) {
++		gchar *p = NULL;
++
+ 		if (priv->gport) {
+ 			virt_viewer_app_trace(self, "Opening indirect TCP connection to display at %s:%s\n",
+ 					      priv->ghost, priv->gport);
+@@ -642,14 +644,22 @@ virt_viewer_app_activate(VirtViewerApp *self)
+ 			virt_viewer_app_trace(self, "Opening indirect UNIX connection to display at %s\n",
+ 					      priv->unixsock);
+ 		}
+-		virt_viewer_app_trace(self, "Setting up SSH tunnel via %s@%s:%d\n",
+-				      priv->user, priv->host, priv->port ? priv->port : 22);
++		if (priv->port)
++			p = g_strdup_printf(":%d", priv->port);
++
++		virt_viewer_app_trace(self, "Setting up SSH tunnel via %s%s%s%s\n",
++				      priv->user ? priv->user : "",
++				      priv->user ? "@" : "",
++				      priv->host, p ? p : "");
++		g_free(p);
+ 
+ 		if ((fd = virt_viewer_app_open_tunnel_ssh(priv->host, priv->port,
+ 							  priv->user, priv->ghost,
+ 							  priv->gport, priv->unixsock)) < 0)
+ 			return -1;
+ 	} else if (priv->unixsock) {
++
++
+ 		virt_viewer_app_trace(self, "Opening direct UNIX connection to display at %s",
+ 				      priv->unixsock);
+ 		if ((fd = virt_viewer_app_open_unix_sock(priv->unixsock)) < 0)
+@@ -1311,7 +1321,7 @@ virt_viewer_app_set_connect_info(VirtViewerApp *self,
+ 	priv->transport = g_strdup(transport);
+ 	priv->unixsock = g_strdup(unixsock);
+ 	priv->user = g_strdup(user);
+-	priv->port = 0;
++	priv->port = port;
+ 
+ 	virt_viewer_app_update_pretty_address(self);
+ }
+-- 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a337f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0001-Really-fix-using-alternate-ssh-ports.patch