diff --git a/scripts/upload.sh b/scripts/upload.sh
index df11107e..c44ddfad 100644
--- a/scripts/upload.sh
+++ b/scripts/upload.sh
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ parse_target()
 
 ssh_exec_stdin()
 {
-	ssh -l $login $IDENTITY $host -C "SCRIPT=\`mktemp /tmp/$MYNAME""_XXXXXX\`; cat > \$SCRIPT; /bin/sh \$SCRIPT; rm \$SCRIPT"
+	$SSH -l $login $IDENTITY $host -C "SCRIPT=\`mktemp /tmp/$MYNAME""_XXXXXX\`; cat > \$SCRIPT; /bin/sh \$SCRIPT; rm \$SCRIPT"
 }
 
 ssh_mkdir()
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ rsync_ssh)
 esac
 
 # -- real run
+
+SSH=ssh
+[ "$RSYNC_RSH" ] && SSH=$RSYNC_RSH
+
 if [ -n "$VARIABLE" ]; then
 	eval `parse_target`
 	case "$VARIABLE" in
@@ -313,7 +317,7 @@ eval `parse_target $target`
 case $method in
 rsync_ssh)
 	ssh_mkdir $target_file $file_owner $file_group $dir_mode || break
-	/usr/bin/rsync -az --links -e "/usr/bin/ssh -l $login $IDENTITY" $source $login@$host:$target_file
+	/usr/bin/rsync -az --links -e "$SSH -l $login $IDENTITY" $source $login@$host:$target_file
 	ssh_chown $target_path $file_owner $file_group
 	ssh_chmod $target_path $file_mode  $dir_mode
 	;;