diff --git a/kafka_utils/kafka_corruption_check/main.py b/kafka_utils/kafka_corruption_check/main.py
index a861f212..d4c31ca3 100644
--- a/kafka_utils/kafka_corruption_check/main.py
+++ b/kafka_utils/kafka_corruption_check/main.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 import logging
 import re
 import sys
+import os
+import getpass
+
 from contextlib import closing
 from functools import partial
 from multiprocessing import Pool
@@ -58,15 +61,47 @@ def chunks(l, n):
 def ssh_client(host):
     """Start an ssh client.
 
+    The ssh client will attempt to use configs from the user's local ssh config in ~/.ssh/config.
+
     :param host: the host
     :type host: str
     :returns: ssh client
     :rtype: Paramiko client
     """
-    ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
-    ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
-    ssh.connect(host)
-    return ssh
+    client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+    client._policy = paramiko.WarningPolicy()
+    client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+
+    # parse local user ssh config
+    ssh_config = paramiko.SSHConfig()
+    user_config_file = os.path.expanduser("~/.ssh/config")
+    if os.path.exists(user_config_file):
+        with open(user_config_file) as f:
+            ssh_config.parse(f)
+
+    cfg = {'hostname': host, 'username': getpass.getuser()}
+
+    user_config = ssh_config.lookup(cfg['hostname'])
+
+    logging.debug("Local user ssh config for host {host}: {user_config}".format(host=host, user_config=user_config))
+
+    for k in ('hostname', 'port'):
+        if k in user_config:
+                cfg[k] = user_config[k]
+
+    if 'user' in user_config:
+        cfg['username'] = user_config['user']
+
+    if 'proxycommand' in user_config:
+        cfg['sock'] = paramiko.ProxyCommand(user_config['proxycommand'])
+
+    if 'identityfile' in user_config:
+        cfg['key_filename'] = user_config['identityfile']
+
+    logging.debug("Overriden ssh config for {host}: {cfg}".format(host=host, cfg=cfg))
+
+    client.connect(**cfg)
+    return client
 
 
 def report_stderr(host, stderr):