diff --git a/crossover b/crossover
index ee0c072..2ed6d52 100755
--- a/crossover
+++ b/crossover
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ declare opt_vm_ids=''
 declare opt_snapshot_prefix='mirror-'
 declare opt_rewrite=''
 declare opt_pool='rbd'
+declare opt_sshcipher='aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-cbc'
 declare -i opt_prefix_id
 declare opt_exclude_vmids=''
 declare -i opt_debug=0
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ Commands:
     mirror               Replicate a stopped VM to another Cluster (full clone)
 
 Options:
+    --sshcipher          SSH Cipher to use for transfer (default: aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-cbc)
     --vmid               The source+target ID of the VM/CT, comma separated (eg. --vmid=100:100,101:101), or all for all
     --prefixid           Prefix for VMID's on target System [optional]
     --excludevmids       Exclusde VM IDs when using --vmid==all
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ function parse_opts(){
     local args
     args=$(getopt \
            --options '' \
-           --longoptions=vmid:,prefixid:,excludevmids:,destination:,pool:,keeplocal:,keepremote:,rewrite:,influxurl:,influxorg:,influxtoken:,influxbucket:,jobname:,mail:,online,migrate,nolock,keep-slock,keep-dlock,overwrite,dry-run,noconfirm,debug,syslog \
+           --longoptions=sshcipher:,vmid:,prefixid:,excludevmids:,destination:,pool:,keeplocal:,keepremote:,rewrite:,influxurl:,influxorg:,influxtoken:,influxbucket:,jobname:,mail:,online,migrate,nolock,keep-slock,keep-dlock,overwrite,dry-run,noconfirm,debug,syslog \
            --name "$PROGNAME" \
            -- "$@") \
            || end_process 128
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ function parse_opts(){
 
     while true; do    
       case "$1" in
+        --sshcipher) opt_sshcipher=$2; shift 2;;
         --vmid) opt_vm_ids=$2; shift 2;;
         --prefixid) opt_prefix_id=$2; shift 2;;
         --excludevmids) opt_exclude_vmids=$2; shift 2;;
@@ -616,7 +619,7 @@ function mirror() {
                 #snapts=$(echo $currentlocal | sed -r -e 's/.*@mirror-(.*)/\1/')
                 snapshotsize=$(rbd du --pretty-format --format json $src_image_pool/$src_image_name|jq '.images[] | select (.snapshot_id == null) | {provisioned_size}.provisioned_size'|tail -1)
                 log debug "snapsize: $snapshotsize "
-                xmitjob="rbd export --rbd-concurrent-management-ops 8 $src_image_pool/$src_image_name$snapshot_name --no-progress - | tee >({ wc -c; } >/tmp/$PROGNAME.$pid.$dst_image_pool-$dst_image_name.size) | pv -s $snapshotsize -F \"VM $vm_id - F $src_image_pool/$src_image_name$snapshot_name: $PVFORMAT_FULL\" | ssh $opt_destination rbd import --image-format 2 - $dst_image_pool/$dst_image_name $dst_data_opt 2>/dev/null"
+                xmitjob="rbd export --rbd-concurrent-management-ops 8 $src_image_pool/$src_image_name$snapshot_name --no-progress - | tee >({ wc -c; } >/tmp/$PROGNAME.$pid.$dst_image_pool-$dst_image_name.size) | pv -s $snapshotsize -F \"VM $vm_id - F $src_image_pool/$src_image_name$snapshot_name: $PVFORMAT_FULL\" | ssh -c $opt_sshcipher $opt_destination rbd import --image-format 2 - $dst_image_pool/$dst_image_name $dst_data_opt 2>/dev/null"
                 # create initial snapshot on destination
                 log debug "xmitjob: $xmitjob"
                 startdisk=$(date +%s)
@@ -644,7 +647,7 @@ function mirror() {
                     #disk was not attached, or really nothing has changed..
                     snapshotsize=0
                 fi
-                xmitjob="rbd export-diff --no-progress --from-snap $opt_snapshot_prefix$basets $src_image_pool/$currentlocal - | tee >({ wc -c; } >/tmp/$PROGNAME.$pid.$dst_image_pool-$dst_image_name.size) | pv -F \"VM $vm_id - I $src_image_pool/$src_image_name$snapshot_name: $PVFORMAT_SNAP\" | ssh $opt_destination rbd import-diff --no-progress - $dst_image_pool/$dst_image_name $dst_data_opt"
+                xmitjob="rbd export-diff --no-progress --from-snap $opt_snapshot_prefix$basets $src_image_pool/$currentlocal - | tee >({ wc -c; } >/tmp/$PROGNAME.$pid.$dst_image_pool-$dst_image_name.size) | pv -F \"VM $vm_id - I $src_image_pool/$src_image_name$snapshot_name: $PVFORMAT_SNAP\" | ssh -c $opt_sshcipher $opt_destination rbd import-diff --no-progress - $dst_image_pool/$dst_image_name $dst_data_opt"
                 log debug "xmitjob: $xmitjob"
                 startdisk=$(date +%s)
                 do_run "$xmitjob"