diff --git a/src/features/services/dialogs.tsx b/src/features/services/dialogs.tsx
index bb96b2322..84f595b39 100644
--- a/src/features/services/dialogs.tsx
+++ b/src/features/services/dialogs.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 /** Imperative prompt dialogs of the Services view, rendered by one overlay. */
 import { Fragment, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { create } from "zustand";
+import { SshConfigSelect } from "@/features/settings/components/SshConfigSelect";
+import { executeAction } from "@/platform/actions";
 import type { DockerConnection, DockerEndpoint, DockerRegistry } from "@/platform/ipc";
+import type { SshConfigValid } from "@/platform/remoteSettings";
+import { useWorkflowSettings } from "@/platform/workflowSettings";
 import { Button, Dialog, Input, Select, T } from "@/ui";
 import { errorMessage, newId, saveConnection, saveRegistry, testRegistryLogin } from "./store";
 import styles from "./Services.module.css";
@@ -128,14 +132,53 @@ export function openConnectionDialog(existing?: DockerConnection) {
   open((close) => <ConnectionDialog existing={existing} onDone={close} />);
 }
 
+/** `ssh://[user@]host[:port]` of an SSH configuration whose authentication is the OpenSSH
+ * config: the alias stays in the URL so the system `ssh` that docker runs applies the
+ * entry's user, key and jump hosts. */
+export function sshConfigUrl(c: Pick<SshConfigValid, "user" | "host" | "port">): string {
+  return `ssh://${c.user ? `${c.user}@` : ""}${c.host}${c.port ? `:${c.port}` : ""}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The id of the SSH configuration an Engine API URL was filled from, to show the selection:
+ * an exact `ssh://[user@]host[:port]` URL matching an OpenSSH-config configuration's user,
+ * host and port. Anything else (a `tcp://` URL, a different user or port) is manual.
+ */
+export function sshConfigForUrl(url: string, configs: readonly SshConfigValid[]): string {
+  const m = /^ssh:\/\/(?:([^@/\s]+)@)?([A-Za-z0-9._-]+)(?::(\d+))?$/i.exec(url.trim());
+  if (!m) return "";
+  const config = configs.find(
+    (c) =>
+      c.auth === "openSsh" &&
+      c.host.trim().toLowerCase() === (m[2] ?? "").toLowerCase() &&
+      (!m[1] || c.user === m[1]) &&
+      (!m[3] || c.port === Number(m[3])),
+  );
+  return config?.id ?? "";
+}
+
+/** Settings › Tools › SSH Configurations, where the TCP/SSH kind's picker is edited. */
+const SSH_SETTINGS_PAGE = "tools.sshConfigurations";
+
 function ConnectionDialog({ existing, onDone }: { existing?: DockerConnection; onDone: () => void }) {
   const ep = existing?.endpoint;
+  const sshConfigs = useWorkflowSettings((w) => w.ssh.configs);
   const [name, setName] = useState(existing?.name ?? "Docker");
   const [kind, setKind] = useState<EndpointKind>(ep?.kind ?? "socket");
   const [path, setPath] = useState(ep?.kind === "socket" ? ep.path : "/var/run/docker.sock");
   const [host, setHost] = useState(ep?.kind === "tcp" ? ep.host : "");
   const [tls, setTls] = useState(ep?.kind === "tcp" ? (ep.tlsCertDir ?? "") : "");
   const [context, setContext] = useState(ep?.kind === "context" ? ep.name : "");
+  // The configuration picked in the dropdown; shown even when docker cannot use it yet.
+  const [picked, setPicked] = useState(() => (ep?.kind === "tcp" ? sshConfigForUrl(ep.host, sshConfigs) : ""));
+  const fromUrl = sshConfigForUrl(host, sshConfigs);
+  const shown = fromUrl || picked;
+  const unusable = !fromUrl && sshConfigs.find((c) => c.id === picked && c.auth !== "openSsh");
+  const pickSsh = (id: string) => {
+    setPicked(id);
+    const config = sshConfigs.find((c) => c.id === id);
+    if (config?.auth === "openSsh" && config.host.trim()) setHost(sshConfigUrl(config));
+  };
   const endpoint = endpointFrom(kind, { path, host, tls, context });
   const ok = !!endpoint && name.trim().length > 0;
   const submit = async () => {
@@ -184,6 +227,29 @@ function ConnectionDialog({ existing, onDone }: { existing?: DockerConnection; o
         )}
         {kind === "tcp" && (
           <>
+            <span className={styles.fieldLabel}>
+              <T>SSH configuration:</T>
+            </span>
+            <div className={styles.fieldRow}>
+              <SshConfigSelect
+                value={shown}
+                onChange={pickSsh}
+                none="None — type the Engine API URL below"
+                aria-label="SSH configuration"
+              />
+              <Button
+                title="Settings › Tools › SSH Configurations"
+                aria-label="Edit SSH Configurations"
+                onClick={() => void executeAction("file.settings", SSH_SETTINGS_PAGE)}
+              >
+                …
+              </Button>
+            </div>
+            {unusable && (
+              <span className={styles.hint}>
+                <T>Docker over SSH uses the system ssh: choose a configuration with OpenSSH config authentication.</T>
+              </span>
+            )}
             <label className={styles.fieldLabel} htmlFor="docker-conn-host">
               <T>Engine API URL:</T>
             </label>
diff --git a/src/features/services/services.test.ts b/src/features/services/services.test.ts
index cd8a08c32..9ebe83ff3 100644
--- a/src/features/services/services.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/services/services.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { EditorState } from "@codemirror/state";
 import type { DockerContainer, DockerSnapshot } from "@/platform/ipc";
+import type { SshConfigValid } from "@/platform/remoteSettings";
 import { fileIconName } from "@/ui/icons";
 import {
   composeFileIcon,
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ import {
   splitLayerInstruction,
   unitsToBytes,
 } from "./dashboard";
-import { endpointFrom } from "./dialogs";
+import { endpointFrom, sshConfigForUrl, sshConfigUrl } from "./dialogs";
 import { dockerItems } from "./docker";
 import { setDockerFilters, useServices } from "./store";
 import { addServiceMenu, expandableKeys, indexTree, setProviderRoots, useServicesTree } from "./tree";
@@ -209,6 +210,36 @@ describe("services tree host", () => {
     expect(endpointFrom("context", { ...f, context: "orbstack" })).toEqual({ kind: "context", name: "orbstack" });
     expect(endpointFrom("default", f)).toEqual({ kind: "default" });
   });
+
+  it("fills the Engine API URL from an OpenSSH-config SSH configuration and shows the selection", () => {
+    const box: SshConfigValid = {
+      id: "ssh1",
+      name: "Build server",
+      host: "build-server",
+      port: 2222,
+      user: "ops",
+      auth: "openSsh",
+      keyFile: "",
+      saveSecret: false,
+    };
+    const bare: SshConfigValid = { ...box, id: "ssh2", name: "", host: "bare", port: null, user: "", auth: "openSsh" };
+    const password: SshConfigValid = { ...box, id: "ssh3", host: "vault", user: "root", port: null, auth: "password" };
+    const configs = [box, bare, password];
+    expect(sshConfigUrl(box)).toBe("ssh://ops@build-server:2222");
+    expect(sshConfigUrl(bare)).toBe("ssh://bare");
+    // The selection follows the URL the field holds; only OpenSSH-config configurations match.
+    expect(sshConfigForUrl("ssh://ops@build-server:2222", configs)).toBe("ssh1");
+    expect(sshConfigForUrl(" ssh://build-server:2222 ", configs)).toBe("ssh1");
+    expect(sshConfigForUrl("ssh://build-server", configs)).toBe("ssh1");
+    expect(sshConfigForUrl("ssh://bare", configs)).toBe("ssh2");
+    // Another user or port than the configuration's, a tcp URL or a password configuration is not a selection.
+    expect(sshConfigForUrl("ssh://root@build-server", configs)).toBe("");
+    expect(sshConfigForUrl("ssh://build-server:22", configs)).toBe("");
+    expect(sshConfigForUrl("ssh://root@vault", configs)).toBe("");
+    expect(sshConfigForUrl("tcp://build-host:2376", configs)).toBe("");
+    expect(sshConfigForUrl("ssh://", configs)).toBe("");
+    expect(sshConfigForUrl("", configs)).toBe("");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("docker run targets", () => {
diff --git a/src/features/settings/components/SshConfigSelect.tsx b/src/features/settings/components/SshConfigSelect.tsx
index a943efb66..8eb37f295 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/components/SshConfigSelect.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/components/SshConfigSelect.tsx
@@ -14,15 +14,20 @@ export function SshConfigSelect({
   value,
   onChange,
   none,
+  configs: given,
   "aria-label": ariaLabel = "SSH configuration",
 }: {
   value: string;
   onChange: (id: string) => void;
   /** Label of an empty choice (e.g. "Local machine"); omitted: no empty choice. */
   none?: string;
+  /** The configurations to pick from; omitted: the global `ssh.configs` setting. Forms
+   * outside the settings window pass the live list (the staged base is not loaded there). */
+  configs?: SshConfigValid[];
   "aria-label"?: string;
 }) {
-  const configs = useSshConfigs();
+  const staged = useSshConfigs();
+  const configs = given ?? staged;
   const options: SelectOption[] = [
     ...(none !== undefined ? [{ value: "", label: none }] : []),
     ...configs.map((c) => ({ value: c.id, label: c.name.trim() || sshLabel(c), detail: sshLabel(c) })),
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
index eb5aeb91b..3774c5a42 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
+++ b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
@@ -7652,5 +7652,8 @@
   "Suggested for This Project": "为当前项目推荐",
   "Featured": "精选",
   "All Plugins": "全部插件",
-  "Examples": "示例插件"
+  "Examples": "示例插件",
+  "Settings › Tools › SSH Configurations": "设置 › 工具 › SSH 配置",
+  "Edit SSH Configurations": "编辑 SSH 配置",
+  "Docker over SSH uses the system ssh: choose a configuration with OpenSSH config authentication.": "通过 SSH 连接 Docker 使用系统 ssh：请选择认证方式为“OpenSSH 配置和身份验证代理”的 SSH 配置。"
 }