1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_ssh.d/config.h b/plugins/check_ssh.d/config.h
index d739c57c..c150fd30 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ssh.d/config.h
+++ b/plugins/check_ssh.d/config.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include "../../lib/monitoringplug.h"
 
+const int default_ssh_port = 22;
+
 typedef struct check_ssh_config {
         int port;
         char *server_name;
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ typedef struct check_ssh_config {
 
 check_ssh_config check_ssh_config_init(void) {
         check_ssh_config tmp = {
-                .port = -1,
+                .port = default_ssh_port,
                 .server_name = NULL,
                 .remote_version = NULL,
                 .remote_protocol = NULL,