diff --git a/script/copy-artifacts-to-host.sh b/script/copy-artifacts-to-host.sh
index 437f6b65c..e615a29e8 100755
--- a/script/copy-artifacts-to-host.sh
+++ b/script/copy-artifacts-to-host.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ if [[ -z "${MUSIKCUBE_BUILD_HOST_PW}" ]]; then
     exit
 fi
 
+if [[ -z "${MUSIKCUBE_BUILD_HOST_PORT}" ]]; then
+    MUSIKCUBE_BUILD_HOST_PORT=22
+fi
+
 GLOB=${1}
 
 if [[ -z "${GLOB}" ]]; then
@@ -20,5 +24,5 @@ fi
 echo "copying build artifacts to host..."
 echo "  from: ${GLOB}"
 ls -al "${GLOB}"
-sshpass -p ${MUSIKCUBE_BUILD_HOST_PW} scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "${GLOB}" build@${MUSIKCUBE_BUILD_HOST_IP}:/home/build/ 2> /dev/null
+sshpass -p ${MUSIKCUBE_BUILD_HOST_PW} scp -P ${MUSIKCUBE_BUILD_HOST_PORT} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "${GLOB}" build@${MUSIKCUBE_BUILD_HOST_IP}:/home/build/ 2> /dev/null
 echo "finished copying build artifacts."