diff --git a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
index 876e63bd5e..a80b81b7f0 100644
--- a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ declare global {
         "ssh:hostname"?: string;
         "ssh:port"?: string;
         "ssh:identityfile"?: string[];
+        "ssh:identitiesonly"?: boolean;
         "ssh:batchmode"?: boolean;
         "ssh:pubkeyauthentication"?: boolean;
         "ssh:passwordauthentication"?: boolean;
diff --git a/pkg/remote/sshclient.go b/pkg/remote/sshclient.go
index f135b19327..fdebf2fd03 100644
--- a/pkg/remote/sshclient.go
+++ b/pkg/remote/sshclient.go
@@ -579,12 +579,17 @@ func createClientConfig(connCtx context.Context, sshKeywords *wshrpc.ConnKeyword
 
 	var authSockSigners []ssh.Signer
 	var agentClient agent.ExtendedAgent
-	conn, err := net.Dial("unix", utilfn.SafeDeref(sshKeywords.SshIdentityAgent))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Failed to open Identity Agent Socket: %v", err)
-	} else {
-		agentClient = agent.NewClient(conn)
-		authSockSigners, _ = agentClient.Signers()
+
+	// IdentitiesOnly indicates that only the keys listed in IdentityFile should be used, even if there are matches in the SSH Agent, PKCS11Provider, or SecurityKeyProvider. See https://man.openbsd.org/ssh_config#IdentitiesOnly
+	// TODO: Update if we decide to support PKCS11Provider and SecurityKeyProvider
+	if !utilfn.SafeDeref(sshKeywords.SshIdentitiesOnly) {
+		conn, err := net.Dial("unix", utilfn.SafeDeref(sshKeywords.SshIdentityAgent))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Failed to open Identity Agent Socket: %v", err)
+		} else {
+			agentClient = agent.NewClient(conn)
+			authSockSigners, _ = agentClient.Signers()
+		}
 	}
 
 	publicKeyCallback := ssh.PublicKeysCallback(createPublicKeyCallback(connCtx, sshKeywords, authSockSigners, agentClient, debugInfo))
@@ -830,6 +835,12 @@ func findSshConfigKeywords(hostPattern string) (connKeywords *wshrpc.ConnKeyword
 	}
 	sshKeywords.SshAddKeysToAgent = utilfn.Ptr(strings.ToLower(trimquotes.TryTrimQuotes(addKeysToAgentRaw)) == "yes")
 
+	identitiesOnly, err := WaveSshConfigUserSettings().GetStrict(hostPattern, "IdentitiesOnly")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	sshKeywords.SshIdentitiesOnly = utilfn.Ptr(strings.ToLower(trimquotes.TryTrimQuotes(identitiesOnly)) == "yes")
+
 	identityAgentRaw, err := WaveSshConfigUserSettings().GetStrict(hostPattern, "IdentityAgent")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -933,6 +944,9 @@ func mergeKeywords(oldKeywords *wshrpc.ConnKeywords, newKeywords *wshrpc.ConnKey
 	if newKeywords.SshIdentityAgent != nil {
 		outKeywords.SshIdentityAgent = newKeywords.SshIdentityAgent
 	}
+	if newKeywords.SshIdentitiesOnly != nil {
+		outKeywords.SshIdentitiesOnly = newKeywords.SshIdentitiesOnly
+	}
 	if newKeywords.SshProxyJump != nil {
 		outKeywords.SshProxyJump = newKeywords.SshProxyJump
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/wshrpc/wshrpctypes.go b/pkg/wshrpc/wshrpctypes.go
index 28c69e20a0..cb0850eac5 100644
--- a/pkg/wshrpc/wshrpctypes.go
+++ b/pkg/wshrpc/wshrpctypes.go
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ type ConnKeywords struct {
 	SshHostName                     *string  `json:"ssh:hostname,omitempty"`
 	SshPort                         *string  `json:"ssh:port,omitempty"`
 	SshIdentityFile                 []string `json:"ssh:identityfile,omitempty"`
+	SshIdentitiesOnly               *bool    `json:"ssh:identitiesonly,omitempty"`
 	SshBatchMode                    *bool    `json:"ssh:batchmode,omitempty"`
 	SshPubkeyAuthentication         *bool    `json:"ssh:pubkeyauthentication,omitempty"`
 	SshPasswordAuthentication       *bool    `json:"ssh:passwordauthentication,omitempty"`