diff --git a/internal/builder/worker_app.go b/internal/builder/worker_app.go
index 33265b1..fd60df5 100644
--- a/internal/builder/worker_app.go
+++ b/internal/builder/worker_app.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	SlurmdPort = 6818
+	SshPort    = 22
 
 	slurmdUser = "root"
 
@@ -113,6 +114,11 @@ func (b *Builder) slurmdContainer(nodeset *slinkyv1alpha1.NodeSet, controller *s
 					ContainerPort: SlurmdPort,
 					Protocol:      corev1.ProtocolTCP,
 				},
+				{
+					Name:          "ssh",
+					ContainerPort: SshPort,
+					Protocol:      corev1.ProtocolTCP,
+				},
 			},
 			StartupProbe: &corev1.Probe{
 				ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
diff --git a/internal/builder/worker_app_test.go b/internal/builder/worker_app_test.go
index 11ea1df..bb03439 100644
--- a/internal/builder/worker_app_test.go
+++ b/internal/builder/worker_app_test.go
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ func TestBuilder_BuildWorkerPodTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("Containers[0].Ports[0].ContainerPort = %v , want = %v",
 					got.Spec.Containers[0].Ports[0].Name, SlurmdPort)
 
+			case got.Spec.Containers[0].Ports[1].Name != "ssh":
+				t.Errorf("Containers[0].Ports[1].Name = %v , want = ssh",
+					got.Spec.Containers[0].Ports[1].Name)
+
+			case got.Spec.Containers[0].Ports[1].ContainerPort != SshPort:
+				t.Errorf("Containers[0].Ports[1].ContainerPort = %v , want = %v",
+					got.Spec.Containers[0].Ports[1].ContainerPort, SshPort)
+
 			case got.Spec.Subdomain == "":
 				t.Errorf("Subdomain = %v , want = non-empty", got.Spec.Subdomain)