diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9be677f..8a709d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,15 +107,18 @@ file to edit is in the `dom0` of the target Qubes OS machine, path
 
 You can also integrate this plugin with SaltStack's `salt-ssh` program, by:
 
-1. placing the `bombshell-client`, `qrun`, `qssh` and `qscp` commands
+1. placing the `bombshell-client`, `qrun` and `qssh` commands
    in some directory of your path, then
-2. symlinking `ssh` to `qssh` and `scp` to `qscp`.
+2. symlinking `ssh` to `qssh` and `scp` to `qssh` again, then
+3. adding the `host:` attribute to the roster entry of each one of your
+   VMs as follows: `<VM name>.__qubes__`.
 
-These commands will transparently attempt to SSH into a host unless it is
-unresolvable, in which case they will assume it's a VM and fall back to
-using the `bombshell-client` to communicate with said presumed VM.
-SaltStack's SSH-based `salt-ssh` automator will pick these fake SSH and
-SCP clients, and they will work transparently.
+These fake `ssh` and `scp` commands will transparently attempt to SSH
+into a host unless the host name ends with `.__qubes__`, in which case
+they will assume it's a VM and fall back to using the `bombshell-client`
+to communicate with said presumed VM.  SaltStack's SSH-based `salt-ssh`
+automator will pick these fake SSH and SCP clients based on the path,
+and they will work transparently.
 
 Bug bounties
 ------------
diff --git a/bin/qscp b/bin/qscp
deleted file mode 100755
index f7838a1..0000000
--- a/bin/qscp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import sys
-import os
-import subprocess
-import socket
-
-parms = sys.argv[1:]
-
-try:
-  parmwithcolons = [x for x in parms if ":" in x][-1]
-  ipaddr = parmwithcolons.split(":",1)[0]
-  socket.inet_aton(ipaddr)
-  os.execv("/usr/bin/scp", ["/usr/bin/scp"] + parms)
-except socket.error:
-  pass
-
-path_to_this_file = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-path_to_ssh = os.path.join(path_to_this_file, "qssh")
-path_to_ssh = os.path.abspath(path_to_ssh)
-
-scmd = ["/usr/bin/scp"] + ["-S", path_to_ssh] + parms
-
-os.execvp(scmd[0], scmd)
diff --git a/bin/qscp b/bin/qscp
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..55c9241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/qscp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+qssh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/qssh b/bin/qssh
index a05391a..edb7116 100755
--- a/bin/qssh
+++ b/bin/qssh
@@ -4,43 +4,70 @@ import sys
 import os
 import subprocess
 import socket
+import urllib
+
+
+def find_hostname_and_command(parms):
+  host = None
+  rest = parms
+  while True:
+    if not rest:
+      break
+    if rest[0] == "--":
+      if host is None:
+        _, host, rest = rest[0], rest[1], rest[2:]
+      else:
+        _, rest = rest[0], rest[1:]
+      break
+    elif rest[0].startswith("-o") and len(rest[0]) > 2:
+      _, rest = rest[0], rest[1:]
+    elif rest[0].startswith("-o"):
+      _, rest = rest[0:1], rest[2:]
+    elif rest[0].startswith("-"):
+      _, rest = rest[0], rest[1:]
+    else:
+      if host is None:
+        host, rest = rest[0], rest[1:]
+      else:
+        break
+  host, port = urllib.splitport(host)
+  return host, rest
+
+
+def is_qubes_host(host):
+  return host.endswith(".__qubes__")
+
+
+def get_vmname_and_management_proxy(host):
+  host = host[:-len(".__qubes__")]
+  if host.endswith("__"):
+    host, proxy, _ = host.rsplit("__", 2)
+    return host, proxy
+  return host, None
+
 
 parms = sys.argv[1:]
+host, rest = find_hostname_and_command(parms)
 
-try:
-  socket.inet_aton(parms[0])
-  os.execv("/usr/bin/ssh", ["/usr/bin/ssh"] + parms)
-except socket.error:
-  pass
+if os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]) in ("scp", "qscp"):
+  if not is_qubes_host(host):
+    os.execv("/usr/bin/scp", ["/usr/bin/scp"] + parms)
 
-path_to_bombshell = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "bombshell-client"))
+  path_to_ssh = os.path.join(path_to_this_file, "qssh")
+  scmd = ["/usr/bin/scp"] + ["-S", path_to_ssh] + parms
+  os.execvp(scmd[0], scmd)
 
-host = None
-rest = parms
-while True:
-  if not rest:
-    break
-  if rest[0] == "--":
-    if host is None:
-      _, host, rest = rest[0], rest[1], rest[2:]
-    else:
-      _, rest = rest[0], rest[1:]
-    break
-  elif rest[0].startswith("-o") and len(rest[0]) > 2:
-    _, rest = rest[0], rest[1:]
-  elif rest[0].startswith("-o"):
-    _, rest = rest[0:1], rest[2:]
-  elif rest[0].startswith("-"):
-    _, rest = rest[0], rest[1:]
-  else:
-    if host is None:
-      host, rest = rest[0], rest[1:]
-    else:
-      break
+else:
+  if not is_qubes_host(host):
+    os.execv("/usr/bin/ssh", ["/usr/bin/ssh"] + parms)
 
-cmd = [
+  path_to_bombshell = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "bombshell-client"))
+  vmname, proxy = get_vmname_and_management_proxy(host)
+  if proxy:
+    assert 0, "While connecting to %s (VM name %s): management proxy not supported yet" % (host, vmname)
+
+  cmd = [
         path_to_bombshell,
-        host,
+        vmname,
     ] + ["sh", "-c", " ".join(rest)]
-
-os.execvp(cmd[0], cmd)
+  os.execvp(cmd[0], cmd)