diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 15a741d..270408c 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ dump_target: null
 path: /var/crash
 core_collector: null
 system_action: reboot
+ssh_dump_user: null
+ssh_dump_server: null
+sshkey: /root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 2c95ced..427f83f 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
   command: cat /sys/kernel/kexec_crash_size
   register: kexec_crash_size
 
+- include_tasks: ssh.yml
+  when:
+    - dump_target
+    - dump_target.kind == "ssh"
+
 - name: Generate /etc/kdump.conf
   template:
     src: kdump.conf.j2
diff --git a/tasks/ssh.yml b/tasks/ssh.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2df84a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/ssh.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+- stat: path="{{ sshkey }}"
+  register: sshkey_stats
+
+- command: "/usr/bin/ssh-keygen -t rsa -f {{ sshkey }} -N '' "
+  when: sshkey_stats.stat.exists == False
+
+- name: cat file to register
+  shell: cat {{ sshkey }}.pub
+  register: keydata
+
+- name:
+  authorized_key:
+    user: "{{ ssh_dump_user }}"
+    key: "{{ keydata.stdout }}"
+    state: present
+  delegate_to: "{{ ssh_dump_server }}"
diff --git a/templates/kdump.conf.j2 b/templates/kdump.conf.j2
index 260e842..1b48ba3 100644
--- a/templates/kdump.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/kdump.conf.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 {% if dump_target %}
 {{ dump_target.kind }} {{ dump_target.location }}
 {% endif %}
+
+{% if dump_target and dump_target.kind == "ssh" and sshkey != '/root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa' %}
+sshkey {{ sshkey }}
+{% endif %}
+
 path {{ path }}
 {% if core_collector %}
 core_collector {{ core_collector }}
diff --git a/test/test_ssh.yml b/test/test_ssh.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af8b51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_ssh.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+- name: Ensure that the rule runs with ssh
+  hosts: all
+  vars:
+    # this is the outside address under which the ssh dump server is
+    # known and ansible is supposed to be configured to be able to
+    # connect to it (via inventory).
+    ssh_dump_server_outside: localhost
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: gather facts from {{ ssh_dump_server_outside }}
+      setup:
+      delegate_to: "{{ ssh_dump_server_outside }}"
+      delegate_facts: True
+
+    - include_role:
+        name: kdump
+      vars:
+        ssh_dump_user: "{{ hostvars[ssh_dump_server_outside]['ansible_user_id'] }}"
+        # This is the outside address. Ansible will connect to it to
+        # copy the ssh key.
+        ssh_dump_server: "{{ ssh_dump_server_outside }}"
+        path: /tmp/test
+        dump_target:
+          kind: ssh
+          # This is the ssh dump server address visible from inside
+          # the machine being configured. Dumps are to be copied
+          # there. We make here the assumption that this machine is
+          # being run as a VM and the dump server is the VM host
+          # (i.e. for ansible this is localhost). From the VM its
+          # address is then identical to the default route.
+          location: "{{ ssh_dump_user }}@{{ ansible_default_ipv4.gateway }}"