diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
index 0b9a24779..6e8002ae2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ sourceIsNotAWildcard=Source is not a wildcard.
 sourceRefDoesntResolveToAnyObject=Source ref {0} doesn''t resolve to any object.
 sourceRefNotSpecifiedForRefspec=Source ref not specified for refspec: {0}
 squashCommitNotUpdatingHEAD=Squash commit -- not updating HEAD
+sshUserNameError=Jsch error: failed to set SSH user name correctly to ''{0}''; using ''{1}'' picked up from SSH config file.
 sslFailureExceptionMessage=Secure connection to {0} could not be stablished because of SSL problems
 sslFailureInfo=A secure connection to {0}\ncould not be established because the server''s certificate could not be validated.
 sslFailureCause=SSL reported: {0}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
index 4225dba09..0e1a4f3ac 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ public class JGitText extends TranslationBundle {
 	/***/ public String sourceRefDoesntResolveToAnyObject;
 	/***/ public String sourceRefNotSpecifiedForRefspec;
 	/***/ public String squashCommitNotUpdatingHEAD;
+	/***/ public String sshUserNameError;
 	/***/ public String sslFailureExceptionMessage;
 	/***/ public String sslFailureInfo;
 	/***/ public String sslFailureCause;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/JschConfigSessionFactory.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/JschConfigSessionFactory.java
index 7fe9066a3..eadfd69b5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/JschConfigSessionFactory.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/JschConfigSessionFactory.java
@@ -53,14 +53,19 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.jcraft.jsch.JSch;
 import com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException;
@@ -80,6 +85,10 @@ import com.jcraft.jsch.UserInfo;
  * to supply appropriate {@link UserInfo} to the session.
  */
 public abstract class JschConfigSessionFactory extends SshSessionFactory {
+
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
+			.getLogger(JschConfigSessionFactory.class);
+
 	private final Map<String, JSch> byIdentityFile = new HashMap<>();
 
 	private JSch defaultJSch;
@@ -177,6 +186,9 @@ public abstract class JschConfigSessionFactory extends SshSessionFactory {
 			FS fs, String user, final String pass, String host, int port,
 			final OpenSshConfig.Host hc) throws JSchException {
 		final Session session = createSession(hc, user, host, port, fs);
+		// Jsch will have overridden the explicit user by the one from the SSH
+		// config file...
+		setUserName(session, user);
 		// We retry already in getSession() method. JSch must not retry
 		// on its own.
 		session.setConfig("MaxAuthTries", "1"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
@@ -199,6 +211,28 @@ public abstract class JschConfigSessionFactory extends SshSessionFactory {
 		return session;
 	}
 
+	private void setUserName(Session session, String userName) {
+		// Jsch 0.1.54 picks up the user name from the ssh config, even if an
+		// explicit user name was given! We must correct that if ~/.ssh/config
+		// has a different user name.
+		if (userName == null || userName.isEmpty()
+				|| userName.equals(session.getUserName())) {
+			return;
+		}
+		try {
+			Class<?>[] parameterTypes = { String.class };
+			Method method = Session.class.getDeclaredMethod("setUserName", //$NON-NLS-1$
+					parameterTypes);
+			method.setAccessible(true);
+			method.invoke(session, userName);
+		} catch (NullPointerException | IllegalAccessException
+				| IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException
+				| NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
+			LOG.error(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().sshUserNameError,
+					userName, session.getUserName()), e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new remote session for the requested address.
 	 *