diff --git a/getssl b/getssl
index c59c6fe..b9f4be8 100755
--- a/getssl
+++ b/getssl
@@ -400,6 +400,23 @@ copy_file_to_location() { # copies a file, using scp if required.
 			lcd $fromdir
 			put $fromfile
 			_EOF
+    elif [[ "${to:0:5}" == "sftp:" ]] ; then
+      debug "using sftp to copy the file from $from"
+      ftpuser=$(echo "$to"| awk -F: '{print $2}')
+      ftppass=$(echo "$to"| awk -F: '{print $3}')
+      ftphost=$(echo "$to"| awk -F: '{print $4}')
+      ftplocn=$(echo "$to"| awk -F: '{print $5}')
+      ftpdirn=$(dirname "$ftplocn")
+      ftpfile=$(basename "$ftplocn")
+      fromdir=$(dirname "$from")
+      fromfile=$(basename "$from")
+      debug "sftp user=$ftpuser - pass=$ftppass - host=$ftphost dir=$ftpdirn file=$ftpfile"
+      debug "from dir=$fromdir  file=$fromfile"
+      sshpass -p $ftppass sftp $ftpuser@$ftphost <<- _EOF
+			cd $ftpdirn
+			lcd $fromdir
+			put $fromfile
+			_EOF
     else
       mkdir -p "$(dirname "$to")"
       if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then