diff --git a/libvirt/uri/ssh.go b/libvirt/uri/ssh.go
index 342f4c029..58e91b0a2 100644
--- a/libvirt/uri/ssh.go
+++ b/libvirt/uri/ssh.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) parseAuthMethods(target string, sshcfg *ssh_config.Confi
 // construct the whole ssh connection, which can consist of multiple hops if using proxy jumps,
 // the ssh configuration file is loaded once and passed along to each host connection.
 func (u *ConnectionURI) dialSSH() (net.Conn, error) {
-	var sshcfg* ssh_config.Config = nil
+	var sshcfg *ssh_config.Config = nil
 
 	sshConfigFile, err := os.Open(os.ExpandEnv(defaultSSHConfigFile))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) dialSSH() (net.Conn, error) {
 	}
 
 	// configuration loaded, build tunnel
-	sshClient, err := u.dialHost(u.Host, sshcfg, 0)
+	sshClient, err := u.dialHost(parsedTarget{hostName: u.Host}, sshcfg, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) dialSSH() (net.Conn, error) {
 	return c, nil
 }
 
-func (u *ConnectionURI) dialHost(target string, sshcfg *ssh_config.Config, depth int) (*ssh.Client, error) {
+type parsedTarget struct {
+	hostName string
+	user     string
+}
+
+func (u *ConnectionURI) dialHost(target parsedTarget, sshcfg *ssh_config.Config, depth int) (*ssh.Client, error) {
 
 	if depth > maxHostHops {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("[ERROR] dialHost failed: max tunnel depth of 10 reached")
@@ -169,9 +174,9 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) dialHost(target string, sshcfg *ssh_config.Config, depth
 		log.Printf("[DEBUG] ssh Port is overridden to: '%s'", port)
 	}
 
-	hostName := target
+	hostName := target.hostName
 	if sshcfg != nil {
-		host, err := sshcfg.Get(target, "HostName")
+		host, err := sshcfg.Get(target.hostName, "HostName")
 		if err == nil && host != "" {
 			hostName = host
 			log.Printf("[DEBUG] HostName is overridden to: '%s'", hostName)
@@ -188,7 +193,7 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) dialHost(target string, sshcfg *ssh_config.Config, depth
 		skipVerify = true
 	} else {
 		if sshcfg != nil {
-			strictCheck, err := sshcfg.Get(target, "StrictHostKeyChecking")
+			strictCheck, err := sshcfg.Get(target.hostName, "StrictHostKeyChecking")
 			if err != nil && strictCheck == "yes" {
 				skipVerify = false
 			}
@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) dialHost(target string, sshcfg *ssh_config.Config, depth
 		knownHostsPath = defaultSSHKnownHostsPath
 
 		if sshcfg != nil {
-			knownHosts, err := sshcfg.Get(target, "UserKnownHostsFile")
+			knownHosts, err := sshcfg.Get(target.hostName, "UserKnownHostsFile")
 			if err == nil && knownHosts != "" {
 				knownHostsPath = knownHosts
 			}
@@ -236,7 +241,7 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) dialHost(target string, sshcfg *ssh_config.Config, depth
 		}
 
 		if sshcfg != nil {
-			keyAlgs, err := sshcfg.Get(target, "HostKeyAlgorithms")
+			keyAlgs, err := sshcfg.Get(target.hostName, "HostKeyAlgorithms")
 			if err == nil && keyAlgs != "" {
 				log.Printf("[DEBUG] HostKeyAlgorithms is overridden to '%s'", keyAlgs)
 				hostKeyAlgorithms = strings.Split(keyAlgs, ",")
@@ -251,22 +256,25 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) dialHost(target string, sshcfg *ssh_config.Config, depth
 		HostKeyAlgorithms: hostKeyAlgorithms,
 		Timeout:           dialTimeout,
 	}
+	if target.user != "" {
+		cfg.User = target.user
+	}
 	var bastion *ssh.Client = nil
 	var bastion_proxy string = ""
 
 	if sshcfg != nil {
-		command, err := sshcfg.Get(target, "ProxyCommand")
+		command, err := sshcfg.Get(target.hostName, "ProxyCommand")
 		if err == nil && command != "" {
 			log.Printf("[WARNING] unsupported ssh ProxyCommand '%v' - ignoring", command)
 		}
 	}
 
 	if sshcfg != nil {
-		proxy, err := sshcfg.Get(target, "ProxyJump")
-		if err == nil && proxy != "" {
+		proxy, err := sshcfg.Get(target.hostName, "ProxyJump")
+		if err == nil && (proxy != "" && proxy != "none") {
 			log.Printf("[DEBUG] found ProxyJump '%v'", proxy)
 			// this is a proxy jump: we recurse into that proxy
-			bastion, err = u.dialHost(proxy, sshcfg, depth+1)
+			bastion, err = u.dialHost(proxyJumpStringToParsedTarget(proxy), sshcfg, depth+1)
 			bastion_proxy = proxy
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to bastion host '%v': %w", proxy, err)
@@ -276,15 +284,14 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) dialHost(target string, sshcfg *ssh_config.Config, depth
 
 	// cfg.User value defaults to u.User.Username()
 	if sshcfg != nil {
-		sshu, err := sshcfg.Get(target, "User")
+		sshu, err := sshcfg.Get(target.hostName, "User")
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("[DEBUG] ssh user for target '%v' is overridden to '%v'", target, sshu)
 			cfg.User = sshu
 		}
 	}
 
-
-	cfg.Auth = u.parseAuthMethods(target, sshcfg)
+	cfg.Auth = u.parseAuthMethods(target.hostName, sshcfg)
 	if len(cfg.Auth) < 1 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not configure SSH authentication methods")
 	}
@@ -298,7 +305,7 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) dialHost(target string, sshcfg *ssh_config.Config, depth
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to remote host '%v': %w", target, err)
 		}
 
-		ncc, chans, reqs, err := ssh.NewClientConn(conn, target, &cfg)
+		ncc, chans, reqs, err := ssh.NewClientConn(conn, target.hostName, &cfg)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to remote host '%v': %w", target, err)
 		}
@@ -317,3 +324,17 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) dialHost(target string, sshcfg *ssh_config.Config, depth
 		return conn, nil
 	}
 }
+
+func proxyJumpStringToParsedTarget(s string) parsedTarget {
+	atIdx := strings.Index(s, "@")
+	if atIdx < 0 {
+		return parsedTarget{
+			hostName: s,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return parsedTarget{
+		hostName: s[atIdx+1:],
+		user:     s[:atIdx],
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libvirt/uri/ssh_test.go b/libvirt/uri/ssh_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a85ea394a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libvirt/uri/ssh_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package uri
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestProxyJumpStringToParsedTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	in := []string{
+		"host.enterprise.com",
+		"user@host.enterprise.com",
+	}
+	expectedOut := []parsedTarget{
+		{
+			hostName: "host.enterprise.com",
+		},
+		{
+			hostName: "host.enterprise.com",
+			user:     "user",
+		},
+	}
+
+	out := []parsedTarget{}
+	for _, proxyJumpStr := range in {
+		out = append(out, proxyJumpStringToParsedTarget(proxyJumpStr))
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, out)
+}