diff --git a/tools/visualize-pdr/pldm_visualise_pdrs.py b/tools/visualize-pdr/pldm_visualise_pdrs.py
index 95a72aa..d337ef0 100755
--- a/tools/visualize-pdr/pldm_visualise_pdrs.py
+++ b/tools/visualize-pdr/pldm_visualise_pdrs.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import paramiko
 from graphviz import Digraph
 from tabulate import tabulate
+import os
 
 
 def connect_to_bmc(hostname, uname, passwd, port):
@@ -328,6 +329,20 @@
     parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, help="BMC SSH port",
                         default=22)
     args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    try:
+        with open(os.path.expanduser("~/.ssh/config")) as f:
+            ssh_config = paramiko.SSHConfig()
+            ssh_config.parse(f)
+            host_config = ssh_config.lookup(args.bmc)
+            if host_config:
+                if 'hostname' in host_config:
+                    args.bmc = host_config['hostname']
+                if 'user' in host_config and args.user is None:
+                    args.user = host_config['user']
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+
     client = connect_to_bmc(args.bmc, args.user, args.password, args.port)
     association_pdr, state_sensor_pdr, state_effecter_pdr, counter = \
         fetch_pdrs_from_bmc(client)