diff --git a/gui/main-kf5.qml b/gui/main-kf5.qml
index de684da..60fc31e 100644
--- a/gui/main-kf5.qml
+++ b/gui/main-kf5.qml
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 
     function openNewSessionDialog() {
         nameInput.text = ""
+        remoteInput.text = ""
         newSessionDialog.backendModel = dbus.listBackends()
         newSessionDialog.agentModel = dbus.listAgents()
         newSessionDialog.cwdField.text = dbus.activeCwd || ""
@@ -224,7 +225,8 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 		var model = modelSelect.editText.trim() || modelSelect.currentText
 		var agent = agentSelect.currentText
 		var name = nameInput.text.trim()
-		dbus.createSession(cwd, backend, model, name, agent)
+		var remote = remoteInput.text.trim()
+		dbus.createSession(cwd, backend, model, name, agent, remote)
 	}
 
         GridLayout {
@@ -284,6 +286,13 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                 editable: true
                 editText: ""
             }
+
+            Label { text: "Remote:" }
+            TextField {
+                id: remoteInput
+                Layout.fillWidth: true
+                placeholderText: "user@host (empty = local)"
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/plasmoid/plugin/olliedbusclient.cpp b/plasmoid/plugin/olliedbusclient.cpp
index ba15208..f265118 100644
--- a/plasmoid/plugin/olliedbusclient.cpp
+++ b/plasmoid/plugin/olliedbusclient.cpp
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ QStringList OllieDBusClient::listAgents()
     return {};
 }
 
-QString OllieDBusClient::createSession(const QString &cwd, const QString &backend, const QString &model, const QString &name, const QString &agent)
+QString OllieDBusClient::createSession(const QString &cwd, const QString &backend, const QString &model, const QString &name, const QString &agent, const QString &remote)
 {
     QString dir = cwd.isEmpty() ? QDir::homePath() : cwd;
     QString agentName = agent.isEmpty() ? QString("default") : agent;
     auto *watcher = new QDBusPendingCallWatcher(
-        m_iface->asyncCall("CreateSession", dir, backend, model, agentName, QString(), QString()),
+        m_iface->asyncCall("CreateSession", dir, backend, model, agentName, QString(), remote),
         this);
     connect(watcher, &QDBusPendingCallWatcher::finished, this, [this, name](QDBusPendingCallWatcher *w) {
         QDBusPendingReply<QString> reply = *w;
diff --git a/plasmoid/plugin/olliedbusclient.h b/plasmoid/plugin/olliedbusclient.h
index 87ce956..c8097f9 100644
--- a/plasmoid/plugin/olliedbusclient.h
+++ b/plasmoid/plugin/olliedbusclient.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public:
 
     Q_INVOKABLE void refreshSessions();
     Q_INVOKABLE void fetchChat();
-    Q_INVOKABLE QString createSession(const QString &cwd, const QString &backend = QString(), const QString &model = QString(), const QString &name = QString(), const QString &agent = QString());
+    Q_INVOKABLE QString createSession(const QString &cwd, const QString &backend = QString(), const QString &model = QString(), const QString &name = QString(), const QString &agent = QString(), const QString &remote = QString());
     Q_INVOKABLE QStringList listAgents();
     Q_INVOKABLE void createSessionWithDialog();
     Q_INVOKABLE bool killSession(const QString &sessionId);