diff --git a/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash b/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash
index 996555a13de..d52857a554c 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash
+++ b/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ fi
 #
 if [[ -x "${SUPATERM_CLI_PATH:-}" && ! -x "${GHOSTTY_BIN_DIR:-}/ghostty" ]]; then
   function ssh() {
-    "$SUPATERM_CLI_PATH" ssh -- "$@"
+    "$SUPATERM_CLI_PATH" internal ssh -- "$@"
   }
 elif [[ "$GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES" == *ssh-* ]]; then
   function ssh() {
diff --git a/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv b/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv
index f64412d4831..3ebdb00f526 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv
+++ b/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
   }
 
   fn ssh-supaterm {|@args|
-    $E:SUPATERM_CLI_PATH ssh -- $@args
+    $E:SUPATERM_CLI_PATH internal ssh -- $@args
   }
 
   fn ssh-integration {|@args|
diff --git a/src/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/ghostty-shell-integration.fish b/src/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/ghostty-shell-integration.fish
index 338d0d36821..f5141e8b9c0 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/ghostty-shell-integration.fish
+++ b/src/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/ghostty-shell-integration.fish
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function __ghostty_setup --on-event fish_prompt -d "Setup ghostty integration"
     set -l features (string split ',' -- "$GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES")
     if test -x "$SUPATERM_CLI_PATH"; and not test -x "$GHOSTTY_BIN_DIR/ghostty"
         function ssh --wraps=ssh --description "SSH wrapper with Supaterm integration"
-            "$SUPATERM_CLI_PATH" ssh -- $argv
+            "$SUPATERM_CLI_PATH" internal ssh -- $argv
         end
     else if contains ssh-env $features; or contains ssh-terminfo $features
         function ssh --wraps=ssh --description "SSH wrapper with Ghostty integration"
diff --git a/src/shell-integration/nushell/vendor/autoload/ghostty.nu b/src/shell-integration/nushell/vendor/autoload/ghostty.nu
index f6a63a81f6a..5b0d529451e 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/nushell/vendor/autoload/ghostty.nu
+++ b/src/shell-integration/nushell/vendor/autoload/ghostty.nu
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export module ghostty {
     let ghostty = ($env.GHOSTTY_BIN_DIR? | default "") | path join "ghostty"
     let ghostty_executable = which $ghostty | is-not-empty
     if ((which $supaterm_cli | is-not-empty) and (not $ghostty_executable)) {
-      ^$supaterm_cli "ssh" "--" ...$args
+      ^$supaterm_cli "internal" "ssh" "--" ...$args
       return
     }
 
diff --git a/src/shell-integration/zsh/ghostty-integration b/src/shell-integration/zsh/ghostty-integration
index d4ca5cfb2ed..421c87ce46d 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/zsh/ghostty-integration
+++ b/src/shell-integration/zsh/ghostty-integration
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ _ghostty_deferred_init() {
     #
     if [[ -x "${SUPATERM_CLI_PATH:-}" && ! -x "${GHOSTTY_BIN_DIR:-}/ghostty" ]]; then
       function ssh() {
-        "$SUPATERM_CLI_PATH" ssh -- "$@"
+        "$SUPATERM_CLI_PATH" internal ssh -- "$@"
       }
     elif [[ "$GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES" == *ssh-* ]]; then
       function ssh() {
diff --git a/test/shell-integration/supaterm-ssh.bash b/test/shell-integration/supaterm-ssh.bash
index 6ff36b344e9..59893a18506 100755
--- a/test/shell-integration/supaterm-ssh.bash
+++ b/test/shell-integration/supaterm-ssh.bash
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ assert_route() {
   printf '%s\n' "$shell_name route passed"
 }
 
-printf '%s\n' ssh -- -p 2222 'user@example host' >"$expected_path"
+printf '%s\n' internal ssh -- -p 2222 'user@example host' >"$expected_path"
 
 "${test_env[@]}" bash --noprofile --norc -i -c \
   "source \"\$1\"; ssh -p 2222 \"user@example host\"" \