2 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/ssh-agent/README.md b/plugins/ssh-agent/README.md
index f46e8bf6a..d1a504b1e 100644
--- a/plugins/ssh-agent/README.md
+++ b/plugins/ssh-agent/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ To **load multiple identities** use the `identities` style, For example:
 zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent identities id_rsa id_rsa2 id_github
 ```
 
+**NOTE:** the identities may be an absolute path if they are somewhere other than
+`~/.ssh`. For example:
+
+```zsh
+zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent identities ~/.config/ssh/id_rsa ~/.config/ssh/id_rsa2 ~/.config/ssh/id_github
+# which can be simplified to
+zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent identities ~/.config/ssh/{id_rsa,id_rsa2,id_github}
+```
+
 ----
 
 To **set the maximum lifetime of the identities**, use the `lifetime` style.
diff --git a/plugins/ssh-agent/ssh-agent.plugin.zsh b/plugins/ssh-agent/ssh-agent.plugin.zsh
index 2049145fd..c2b9546a2 100644
--- a/plugins/ssh-agent/ssh-agent.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/ssh-agent/ssh-agent.plugin.zsh
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ function _start_agent() {
 }
 
 function _add_identities() {
-  local id line sig lines
+  local id file line sig lines
   local -a identities loaded_sigs loaded_ids not_loaded
   zstyle -a :omz:plugins:ssh-agent identities identities
 
   # check for .ssh folder presence
-  if [[ ! -d $HOME/.ssh ]]; then
+  if [[ ! -d "$HOME/.ssh" ]]; then
     return
   fi
 
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ function _add_identities() {
 
   # add identities if not already loaded
   for id in $identities; do
+    # if id is an absolute path, make file equal to id
+    [[ "$id" = /* ]] && file="$id" || file="$HOME/.ssh/$id"
     # check for filename match, otherwise try for signature match
-    if [[ ${loaded_ids[(I)$HOME/.ssh/$id]} -le 0 ]]; then
-      sig="$(ssh-keygen -lf "$HOME/.ssh/$id" | awk '{print $2}')"
-      [[ ${loaded_sigs[(I)$sig]} -le 0 ]] && not_loaded+=("$HOME/.ssh/$id")
+    if [[ ${loaded_ids[(I)$file]} -le 0 ]]; then
+      sig="$(ssh-keygen -lf "$file" | awk '{print $2}')"
+      [[ ${loaded_sigs[(I)$sig]} -le 0 ]] && not_loaded+=("$file")
     fi
   done