diff --git a/rally/verification/manager.py b/rally/verification/manager.py
index 93e77aabcb..89335571aa 100644
--- a/rally/verification/manager.py
+++ b/rally/verification/manager.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ from rally.verification import utils
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 URL_RE = re.compile(
-    r"^(?:http|ftp)s?://"  # http:// or https://
-    r"(?:(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+"  # domain
+    r"^(?:(?:http|ftp)s?|ssh)://"  # http:// or https://
+    r"(?:(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9@-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+"  # domain
     r"(?:[A-Z]{2,6}\.?|[A-Z0-9-]{2,}\.?)|"  # domain
     r"localhost|"  # localhost
     r"\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})"  # IP