diff --git a/app/models/deploy_rsync.rb b/app/models/deploy_rsync.rb
index 1dff2d99..fcc5a65d 100644
--- a/app/models/deploy_rsync.rb
+++ b/app/models/deploy_rsync.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class DeployRsync < Deploy
   #
   # @return [Boolean]
   def ssh?
+    return true if destination.start_with? 'rsync://'
     user, host = user_host
     ssh_available = false