diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0bdaefd44b..a7cb92077d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@ $ scw inspect myserver | jq '.[0].public_ip.address'
 
 #### Features
 
+* Support of `--gateway=login@host` ([#110](https://github.com/scaleway/scaleway-cli/issues/110))
 * Upload local ssh key to scaleway account on `scw login` ([#100](https://github.com/scaleway/scaleway-cli/issues/100))
 * Add a 'running indicator' for `scw run`, can be disabled with the new flag `--quiet`
 * Support of `scw -V/--verbose` option ([#83](https://github.com/scaleway/scaleway-cli/issues/83))
diff --git a/pkg/commands/cp.go b/pkg/commands/cp.go
index 13a8d92925..5fd9581dd1 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/cp.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/cp.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TarFromSource(ctx CommandContext, source string, gateway string) (*io.ReadC
 		}
 
 		// execCmd contains the ssh connection + the remoteCommand
-		execCmd := append(utils.NewSSHExecCmd(server.PublicAddress.IP, server.PrivateIP, false, nil, remoteCommand, gateway))
+		execCmd := append(utils.NewSSHExecCmd(server.PublicAddress.IP, server.PrivateIP, false, nil, remoteCommand, gateway, "root"))
 		logrus.Debugf("Executing: ssh %s", strings.Join(execCmd, " "))
 		spawnSrc := exec.Command("ssh", execCmd...)
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func UntarToDest(ctx CommandContext, sourceStream *io.ReadCloser, destination st
 		}
 
 		// execCmd contains the ssh connection + the remoteCommand
-		execCmd := append(utils.NewSSHExecCmd(server.PublicAddress.IP, server.PrivateIP, false, nil, remoteCommand, gateway))
+		execCmd := append(utils.NewSSHExecCmd(server.PublicAddress.IP, server.PrivateIP, false, nil, remoteCommand, gateway, "root"))
 		logrus.Debugf("Executing: ssh %s", strings.Join(execCmd, " "))
 		spawnDst := exec.Command("ssh", execCmd...)
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/kill.go b/pkg/commands/kill.go
index b8b90c3983..d95bcbca10 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/kill.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/kill.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func RunKill(ctx CommandContext, args KillArgs) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	execCmd := append(utils.NewSSHExecCmd(server.PublicAddress.IP, server.PrivateIP, true, nil, []string{command}, gateway))
+	execCmd := append(utils.NewSSHExecCmd(server.PublicAddress.IP, server.PrivateIP, true, nil, []string{command}, gateway, "root"))
 
 	logrus.Debugf("Executing: ssh %s", strings.Join(execCmd, " "))
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/top.go b/pkg/commands/top.go
index 7c9c9bd699..7ff50e884d 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/top.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/top.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func RunTop(ctx CommandContext, args TopArgs) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	execCmd := utils.NewSSHExecCmd(server.PublicAddress.IP, server.PrivateIP, true, nil, []string{command}, gateway)
+	execCmd := utils.NewSSHExecCmd(server.PublicAddress.IP, server.PrivateIP, true, nil, []string{command}, gateway, "root")
 	logrus.Debugf("Executing: ssh %s", strings.Join(execCmd, " "))
 	out, err := exec.Command("ssh", execCmd...).CombinedOutput()
 	fmt.Printf("%s", out)
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 21f591db6a..1e170f6fd0 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ func quoteShellArgs(args []string) string {
 
 // SSHExec executes a command over SSH and redirects file-descriptors
 func SSHExec(publicIPAddress string, privateIPAddress string, command []string, checkConnection bool, gatewayIPAddress string) error {
+	gatewayUser := "root"
+	if strings.Contains(gatewayIPAddress, "@") {
+		parts := strings.Split(gatewayIPAddress, "@")
+		gatewayUser = parts[0]
+		gatewayIPAddress = parts[1]
+	}
+
 	if publicIPAddress == "" && gatewayIPAddress == "" {
 		return errors.New("server does not have public IP")
 	}
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ func SSHExec(publicIPAddress string, privateIPAddress string, command []string,
 		}
 	}
 
-	execCmd := append(NewSSHExecCmd(publicIPAddress, privateIPAddress, true, nil, command, gatewayIPAddress))
+	execCmd := append(NewSSHExecCmd(publicIPAddress, privateIPAddress, true, nil, command, gatewayUser+"@"+gatewayIPAddress, "root"))
 
 	log.Debugf("Executing: ssh %s", quoteShellArgs(execCmd))
 
@@ -64,8 +71,9 @@ func SSHExec(publicIPAddress string, privateIPAddress string, command []string,
 }
 
 // NewSSHExecCmd computes execve compatible arguments to run a command via ssh
-func NewSSHExecCmd(publicIPAddress string, privateIPAddress string, allocateTTY bool, sshOptions []string, command []string, gatewayIPAddress string) []string {
+func NewSSHExecCmd(publicIPAddress string, privateIPAddress string, allocateTTY bool, sshOptions []string, command []string, gatewayIPAddress string, sshUser string) []string {
 	useGateway := gatewayIPAddress != ""
+
 	execCmd := []string{}
 
 	if os.Getenv("DEBUG") != "1" {
@@ -80,9 +88,16 @@ func NewSSHExecCmd(publicIPAddress string, privateIPAddress string, allocateTTY
 		execCmd = append(execCmd, strings.Join(sshOptions, " "))
 	}
 
-	execCmd = append(execCmd, "-l", "root")
+	execCmd = append(execCmd, "-l", sshUser)
 	if useGateway {
-		proxyCommand := NewSSHExecCmd(gatewayIPAddress, "", allocateTTY, []string{"-W", "%h:%p"}, nil, "")
+		gatewayUser := "root"
+		if useGateway && strings.Contains(gatewayIPAddress, "@") {
+			parts := strings.Split(gatewayIPAddress, "@")
+			gatewayUser = parts[0]
+			gatewayIPAddress = parts[1]
+		}
+
+		proxyCommand := NewSSHExecCmd(gatewayIPAddress, "", allocateTTY, []string{"-W", "%h:%p"}, nil, "", gatewayUser)
 		execCmd = append(execCmd, privateIPAddress, "-o", "ProxyCommand=ssh "+strings.Join(proxyCommand, " "))
 	} else {
 		execCmd = append(execCmd, publicIPAddress)