diff --git a/Tasks/SshV0/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson b/Tasks/SshV0/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson
index 6931b80d55d0..0f29d8f43cca 100644
--- a/Tasks/SshV0/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson
+++ b/Tasks/SshV0/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
   "loc.input.help.interactiveSession": "If this option is selected, interactive session will be started - if there's a password request, it will be filled by user's password. It could be useful to run commands like 'sudo'",
   "loc.input.label.readyTimeout": "SSH handshake timeout",
   "loc.input.help.readyTimeout": "How long (in milliseconds) to wait for the SSH handshake to complete.",
+  "loc.input.label.interactiveKeyboardAuthentication": "Use interactive-keyboard authentication",
+  "loc.input.help.interactiveKeyboardAuthentication": "Use this value if PasswordAuthentication is disabled on the target machine",
   "loc.messages.ConnectionFailed": "Failed to connect to remote machine. Verify the SSH service connection details. Error: %s.",
   "loc.messages.FailedToWriteScript": "Failed to write the script to disk: %s",
   "loc.messages.RemoteCmdExecutionErr": "Command failed with errors on remote machine.",
diff --git a/Tasks/SshV0/ssh.ts b/Tasks/SshV0/ssh.ts
index 40f7b072cd6f..ff81b90f569f 100644
--- a/Tasks/SshV0/ssh.ts
+++ b/Tasks/SshV0/ssh.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ async function run() {
 
         //read SSH endpoint input
         const sshEndpoint = tl.getInput('sshEndpoint', true);
+        const tryKeyboard: boolean = tl.getBoolInput('interactiveKeyboardAuthentication', false);
         const username: string = tl.getEndpointAuthorizationParameter(sshEndpoint, 'username', false);
         const password: string = tl.getEndpointAuthorizationParameter(sshEndpoint, 'password', true); //passphrase is optional
         const privateKey: string = process.env['ENDPOINT_DATA_' + sshEndpoint + '_PRIVATEKEY']; //private key is optional, password can be used for connecting
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ async function run() {
             host: hostname,
             port: port,
             username: username,
-            readyTimeout: readyTimeout
+            readyTimeout: readyTimeout,
+            tryKeyboard: tryKeyboard,
         };
 
         if (privateKey) {
diff --git a/Tasks/SshV0/ssh2helpers.ts b/Tasks/SshV0/ssh2helpers.ts
index 7fda0a825e4d..c90f41e8aa3d 100644
--- a/Tasks/SshV0/ssh2helpers.ts
+++ b/Tasks/SshV0/ssh2helpers.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ export function setupSshClientConnection(sshConfig: any): Q.Promise<any> {
         defer.resolve(client);
     }).on('error', (err) => {
         defer.reject(err);
-    }).connect(sshConfig);
+    }).on('keyboard-interactive', (name, instructions, instructionsLang, prompts, finish) => { finish([sshConfig.password]); })
+    .connect(sshConfig);
     return defer.promise;
 }
 
diff --git a/Tasks/SshV0/task.json b/Tasks/SshV0/task.json
index b3f43368e13d..f4400666fb92 100644
--- a/Tasks/SshV0/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/SshV0/task.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
     "version": {
         "Major": 0,
-        "Minor": 200,
+        "Minor": 207,
         "Patch": 0
     },
     "demands": [],
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@
                 "expression": "isMatch(value, '(^\\d*$)','Multiline')",
                 "message": "Enter a valid value for timeout."
             }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "interactiveKeyboardAuthentication",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "label": "Use interactive-keyboard authentication",
+            "defaultValue": false,
+            "required": false,
+            "groupName": "advanced",
+            "helpMarkDown": "Use this value if PasswordAuthentication is disabled on the target machine"
         }
     ],
     "execution": {
diff --git a/Tasks/SshV0/task.loc.json b/Tasks/SshV0/task.loc.json
index 402a61e65fb3..187ed3a72e04 100644
--- a/Tasks/SshV0/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/SshV0/task.loc.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
   "version": {
     "Major": 0,
-    "Minor": 200,
+    "Minor": 207,
     "Patch": 0
   },
   "demands": [],
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@
         "expression": "isMatch(value, '(^\\d*$)','Multiline')",
         "message": "Enter a valid value for timeout."
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "interactiveKeyboardAuthentication",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "ms-resource:loc.input.label.interactiveKeyboardAuthentication",
+      "defaultValue": false,
+      "required": false,
+      "groupName": "advanced",
+      "helpMarkDown": "ms-resource:loc.input.help.interactiveKeyboardAuthentication"
     }
   ],
   "execution": {