diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT.3
index 69d892e655..46d6fdaa74 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT.3
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ This option was formerly known as \fBCURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT\fP.
 .SH DEFAULT
 None
 .SH PROTOCOLS
-FTP, IMAP, POP3 and SMTP
+FTP, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, and SSH
 .SH EXAMPLE
 .nf
 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ if(curl) {
 .fi
 .SH AVAILABILITY
 Added in 7.10.8. Used under this name since 7.20.0
+
+Support for SSH is predicated on a new enough (1.11.0) version of libssh2
+being available when compiling libcurl.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 Returns CURLE_OK if supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. Returns
 CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT if set to a negative value or a value that when
diff --git a/lib/vssh/libssh2.c b/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
index dd39a844c6..14c2784fe3 100644
--- a/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
+++ b/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
@@ -3280,6 +3280,16 @@ static CURLcode ssh_connect(struct Curl_easy *data, bool *done)
     return CURLE_FAILED_INIT;
   }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSSH2_VERSION
+  /* Set the packet read timeout if the libssh2 version supports it */
+#if LIBSSH2_VERSION_NUM >= 0x010B00
+  if(data->set.server_response_timeout > 0) {
+    libssh2_session_set_read_timeout(sshc->ssh_session,
+                                     data->set.server_response_timeout / 1000);
+  }
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #ifndef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
   if(conn->http_proxy.proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTPS) {
     /*