diff --git a/news/169.bugfix b/news/169.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78b6135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/169.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+Support use of user@host:directory syntax with the import subcommand.
diff --git a/src/mbed_tools/project/mbed_program.py b/src/mbed_tools/project/mbed_program.py
index d095e5b..c3a9536 100644
--- a/src/mbed_tools/project/mbed_program.py
+++ b/src/mbed_tools/project/mbed_program.py
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ def parse_url(name_or_url: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
     url_obj = urlparse(name_or_url)
     if url_obj.hostname:
         url = url_obj.geturl()
+    elif ":" in name_or_url.split("/", maxsplit=1)[0]:
+        # If non-standard and no slashes before first colon, git will recognize as scp ssh syntax
+        url = name_or_url
     else:
         url = f"https://github.com/armmbed/{url_obj.path}"
     # We need to create a valid directory name from the url path section.

diff --git a/tests/project/test_mbed_program.py b/tests/project/test_mbed_program.py
index 7f700f0..be83aa9 100644
--- a/tests/project/test_mbed_program.py
+++ b/tests/project/test_mbed_program.py
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ class TestParseURL(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(data["url"], url)
         self.assertEqual(data["dst_path"], "mbed-os-example-numskull")
 
+    def test_creates_valid_dst_dir_from_ssh_url(self):
+        url = "git@superversioncontrol:superorg/mbed-os-example-numskull"
+        data = parse_url(url)
+        self.assertEqual(data["url"], url)
+        self.assertEqual(data["dst_path"], "mbed-os-example-numskull")
+
 
 class TestFindProgramRoot(TestCase):
     @patchfs

mbed-tools import fails to import an example with ssh url
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mbed-tools version: **5.0.0**

Command:

`mbed-tools -vv import git@github.com:ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-blinky.git`

Expected:

mbed-os-example-blinky example cloned onto a local machine.

 

Output:

```

Cloning Mbed program 'git@github.com:ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-blinky.git'
Resolving program library dependencies.
ERROR: Cloning git repository from url 'https://github.com/armmbed/git@github.com:ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-blinky.git' failed. Error from VCS: Cmd('git') failed due to: exit code(128)
cmdline: git clone --progress -v https://github.com/armmbed/git@github.com:ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-blinky.git mbed-os-example-blinky.git

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tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestParseURL::test_creates_valid_dst_dir_from_ssh_url
tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestInitialiseProgram::test_from_existing_raises_if_no_mbed_os_dir_found_and_check_mbed_os_is_true tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestInitialiseProgram::test_from_existing_raises_if_path_is_not_a_program tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestInitialiseProgram::test_from_existing_returns_valid_program tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestInitialiseProgram::test_from_existing_with_mbed_os_path_returns_valid_program tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestInitialiseProgram::test_from_new_local_dir_generates_valid_program_creating_directory tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestInitialiseProgram::test_from_new_local_dir_generates_valid_program_creating_directory_in_cwd tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestInitialiseProgram::test_from_new_local_dir_generates_valid_program_existing_directory tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestInitialiseProgram::test_from_new_local_dir_raises_if_path_is_existing_program tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestParseURL::test_creates_url_and_dst_dir_from_name tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestParseURL::test_creates_valid_dst_dir_from_url tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestFindProgramRoot::test_finds_program_at_current_path tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestFindProgramRoot::test_finds_program_higher_in_dir_tree tests/project/test_mbed_program.py::TestFindProgramRoot::test_raises_if_no_program_found