diff --git a/utils/oscap-ssh b/utils/oscap-ssh

index ee6eb9c81..6d60a369e 100755

--- a/utils/oscap-ssh

+++ b/utils/oscap-ssh

@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ function scp_retreive_from_temp_dir {

     scp -o ControlPath="$MASTER_SOCKET" -P "$SSH_PORT" $SSH_ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS "$SSH_HOST:$REMOTE_TEMP_DIR/$1" "$2"

 }

+function first_argument_is_sudo {

+	[ "$1" == "sudo" ] || [ "$1" == "--sudo" ]

+	return $?

+}

+

 function sanity_check_arguments {

     if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then

         echo "No arguments provided."

@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ function sanity_check_arguments {

     elif [ "$1" == "-h" ] || [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then

         usage

         die

-    elif [ "$1" == "sudo" ] || [ "$1" == "--sudo" ]; then

+    elif first_argument_is_sudo "$@"; then

         OSCAP_SUDO="sudo"

         # force pseudo-tty allocation so that users can type their password if necessary

         SSH_TTY_ALLOCATION_OPTION="-t"

@@ -155,6 +160,7 @@ function check_oscap_arguments {

 }

 sanity_check_arguments "$@"

+first_argument_is_sudo "$@" && shift

 SSH_HOST="$1"

 SSH_PORT="$2"