diff --git a/home/.ssh/config b/home/.ssh/config
index d1143b5..8c69c2b 100644
--- a/home/.ssh/config
+++ b/home/.ssh/config
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ VerifyHostKeyDNS yes
 # Default is 0, which means no keep-alive messages are sent
 ServerAliveInterval 60
 
+# Sets the number of server alive messages (see below) which may be sent
+# without ssh(1) receiving any messages back from the server.
+# Default is 3
+ServerAliveCountMax 3
+
 # Global settings for all hosts
 Host *
   # Forwards environment variables LANG and LC_*