diff --git a/scripts/ssh-mosh b/scripts/ssh-mosh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5666da789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ssh-mosh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/env bash
+# echo ssh-mosh $*
+
+val=()
+pos=()
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+	case $1 in
+		-i|-p|-o)
+		val+=("$1 $2")
+		shift 2
+		;;
+		-X*|-C*|-v*)
+		val+=("$1")
+		shift
+		;;
+		-*|--*)
+		echo skipping $1
+		shift
+		;;
+		*)
+			pos+=("$1")
+			shift;;
+	esac
+done
+
+echo installing mosh-server
+ssh -o LogLevel=quiet ${val[*]} -- ${pos[0]} "sudo apt-get -qq update; sudo apt-get -qqy install mosh"
+
+# echo mosh --ssh "ssh ${val[*]}" -- ${pos[*]}
+mosh --no-init --ssh "ssh ${val[*]}" -- ${pos[*]}