diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bceea96..7979d6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,29 @@ It can be invoked from any directory: by default it resolves the project root
 from the script's own location. Override with `--project-dir PATH` or the
 `PROJECT_DIR` environment variable when needed.
 
+### SSH config aliases
+
+`--remote` accepts either an explicit `user@host[:port]` or a bare alias that
+is resolved from `~/.ssh/config`. The matching `Host` block supplies
+`HostName`, `User`, `Port` and `IdentityFile` automatically:
+
+```text
+# ~/.ssh/config
+Host prod
+    HostName prod.example.com
+    User deploy
+    Port 22
+    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/deploy_ed25519
+```
+
+```shell script
+./scripts/build-and-push.sh --remote prod
+# Resolves to deploy@prod.example.com:22 using ~/.ssh/deploy_ed25519
+```
+
+`--ssh-key` always overrides the config `IdentityFile`. Use `--ssh-config PATH`
+to point at a non-default config file.
+
 ## Running the application in dev mode
 
 You can run your application in dev mode that enables live coding using:
diff --git a/scripts/build-and-push.sh b/scripts/build-and-push.sh
index af01115..f380407 100755
--- a/scripts/build-and-push.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-and-push.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ Build the native Quarkus image and push it to a remote Docker host using
 unregistry (docker-pussh).
 
 Required:
-  --remote USER@HOST[:PORT]  SSH destination (e.g. deploy@prod.example.com)
+  --remote TARGET             SSH destination. Either 'user@host[:port]'
+                              or a bare alias resolved from ~/.ssh/config
+                              (e.g. 'prod'). See SSH config aliases below.
 
 Image identity (defaults read from pom.xml):
   --name NAME                Image repository name
@@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ Build options:
   (platform is fixed to ${DEFAULT_PLATFORM})
 
 SSH options forwarded to docker pussh:
-  --ssh-key PATH             Private key file
-  --ssh-config PATH          SSH config file
+  --ssh-key PATH             Private key file (overrides SSH config)
+  --ssh-config PATH          SSH config file (default: ~/.ssh/config)
 
 Post-push:
   --no-verify                Skip the ssh/docker images verification step
@@ -83,8 +85,15 @@ Post-push:
 Other:
   -h, --help                 Show this help
 
+SSH config aliases:
+  When --remote is a bare alias (no '@'), it is resolved from the SSH
+  config: HostName, User, Port and IdentityFile are pulled from the
+  matching Host block, with sensible fallbacks. --ssh-key always wins
+  over the config IdentityFile.
+
 Examples:
   $(basename "$0") --remote deploy@prod.example.com
+  $(basename "$0") --remote prod                              # uses 'Host prod' in ~/.ssh/config
   $(basename "$0") --remote ubuntu@1.2.3.4 --ssh-key ~/.ssh/deploy_ed25519
   $(basename "$0") --remote deploy@prod --skip-build --tag 2.0.0
   /absolute/path/to/test-quarkus/scripts/$(basename "$0") --remote deploy@prod
@@ -109,6 +118,57 @@ require() {
   command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Required command '$1' not found in PATH."
 }
 
+resolve_ssh_alias() {
+  local alias="$1"
+  local config="${SSH_CONFIG:-$HOME/.ssh/config}"
+
+  if [[ "$alias" == *@* ]]; then
+    printf '%s|%s\n' "$alias" ""
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  [[ -f "$config" ]] \
+    || die "Cannot resolve '$alias': $config not found and value has no '@'."
+
+  local in_block=0 hostname="" user="" port="" identity="" line key value p
+  local -a patterns
+  while IFS= read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
+    line="${line#"${line%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+    [[ -z "$line" || "${line:0:1}" == "#" ]] && continue
+    key="${line%% *}"
+    if [[ "$key" == "Host" ]]; then
+      if (( in_block )); then break; fi
+      read -r -a patterns <<< "${line#Host }"
+      in_block=0
+      for p in "${patterns[@]}"; do
+        if [[ "$p" == "$alias" ]]; then
+          in_block=1
+          hostname=""; user=""; port=""; identity=""
+          break
+        fi
+      done
+      continue
+    fi
+    if (( in_block )); then
+      case "$key" in
+        HostName)     hostname="${line#* }" ;;
+        User)         user="${line#* }" ;;
+        Port)         port="${line#* }" ;;
+        IdentityFile) identity="${line#* }" ;;
+      esac
+    fi
+  done < "$config"
+
+  (( in_block )) \
+    || die "No matching Host entry in $config for alias '$alias'. Use user@host[:port] or check ~/.ssh/config."
+  [[ -z "$hostname" ]] && die "Host '$alias' has no HostName in $config."
+  [[ -z "$user"     ]] && user="$(whoami)"
+  [[ -z "$port"     ]] && port="22"
+  identity="${identity/#\~/$HOME}"
+
+  printf '%s@%s:%s|%s\n' "$user" "$hostname" "$port" "$identity"
+}
+
 # ---------- arg parsing ----------
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   case "$1" in
@@ -138,11 +198,23 @@ PROJECT_DIR="$(pwd)"
 
 IMAGE_REF="${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
 
+# ---------- resolve SSH target ----------
+resolved=$(resolve_ssh_alias "$REMOTE")
+REMOTE_TARGET="${resolved%|*}"
+REMOTE_IDENTITY="${resolved##*|}"
+if [[ "$REMOTE" != *@* ]]; then
+  log "Resolved alias '${REMOTE}' → ${REMOTE_TARGET}"
+fi
+if [[ -z "$SSH_KEY" && -n "$REMOTE_IDENTITY" ]]; then
+  SSH_KEY="$REMOTE_IDENTITY"
+  log "Using IdentityFile from SSH config: ${SSH_KEY}"
+fi
+
 # ---------- pre-flight ----------
 log "Image:       ${IMAGE_REF}"
 log "Platform:    ${DEFAULT_PLATFORM}"
 log "Dockerfile:  ${DOCKERFILE}"
-log "Remote:      ${REMOTE}"
+log "Remote:      ${REMOTE_TARGET}"
 
 require docker
 docker info >/dev/null 2>&1 \
@@ -181,9 +253,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 # ---------- pussh ----------
-log "Pusshing ${IMAGE_REF} to ${REMOTE} via unregistry…"
+log "Pusshing ${IMAGE_REF} to ${REMOTE_TARGET} via unregistry…"
 
-pussh_args=( "$REMOTE" )
+pussh_args=( "$REMOTE_TARGET" )
 [[ -n "$SSH_KEY"    ]] && pussh_args+=( -i "$SSH_KEY" )
 [[ -n "$SSH_CONFIG" ]] && pussh_args+=( -F "$SSH_CONFIG" )
 
@@ -194,13 +266,13 @@ ok "Pussh complete."
 if [[ "$SKIP_VERIFY" -eq 1 ]]; then
   warn "Skipping post-push verification (--no-verify)."
 else
-  log "Verifying ${IMAGE_REF} on ${REMOTE}…"
-  ssh_args=( "$REMOTE" )
+  log "Verifying ${IMAGE_REF} on ${REMOTE_TARGET}…"
+  ssh_args=( "$REMOTE_TARGET" )
   [[ -n "$SSH_KEY"    ]] && ssh_args=( -i "$SSH_KEY"    "${ssh_args[@]}" )
   [[ -n "$SSH_CONFIG" ]] && ssh_args=( -F "$SSH_CONFIG" "${ssh_args[@]}" )
 
   if ! ssh "${ssh_args[@]}" "docker images --format '{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}} {{.Size}}' | grep -E '^${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG} '"; then
-    die "Image ${IMAGE_REF} not found on ${REMOTE} after pussh."
+    die "Image ${IMAGE_REF} not found on ${REMOTE_TARGET} after pussh."
   fi
   ok "Image present on remote."
 fi
@@ -208,4 +280,4 @@ fi
 # ---------- next step hint ----------
 printf '\n%s→ To run on the remote:%s\n' "$C_OK" "$C_RESET"
 printf '  ssh %s "docker run -d --name %s --restart unless-stopped -p 8080:8080 %s"\n\n' \
-  "$REMOTE" "$IMAGE_NAME" "$IMAGE_REF"
+  "$REMOTE_TARGET" "$IMAGE_NAME" "$IMAGE_REF"