diff --git a/docs/kittens/ssh.rst b/docs/kittens/ssh.rst
index 836a38923..bdbe4a2d0 100644
--- a/docs/kittens/ssh.rst
+++ b/docs/kittens/ssh.rst
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ the TTY, any other requests are responded to by errors.
 .. note::
 
    When connecting to BSD servers, it is possible the bootstrap script will
-   fail or run slowly, because they are crippled in various ways. Your best bet
-   is to install python on the server, make sure the login shell is something
-   POSIX sh compliant, not csh, and use :code:`python` as the :opt:`interpreter
+   fail or run slowly, because the default shells are crippled in various ways.
+   Your best bet is to install python on the server, make sure the login shell
+   is something POSIX sh compliant, and use :code:`python` as the :opt:`interpreter
    <kitten-ssh.interpreter>` in :file:`ssh.conf`.
 
 .. include:: /generated/conf-kitten-ssh.rst
diff --git a/kittens/ssh/main.py b/kittens/ssh/main.py
index 31c01f201..41906e3bc 100644
--- a/kittens/ssh/main.py
+++ b/kittens/ssh/main.py
@@ -407,10 +407,11 @@ def wrap_bootstrap_script(sh_script: str, interpreter: str) -> List[str]:
         unwrap_script = '''"import base64, sys; eval(compile(base64.standard_b64decode(sys.argv[-1]), 'bootstrap.py', 'exec'))"'''
     else:
         # We cant rely on base64 being available on the remote system, so instead
-        # we quote the bootstrap script by replacing ' and \ with \v and \f and
-        # surrounding with '
-        es = "'" + sh_script.replace("'", '\v').replace('\\', '\f') + "'"
-        unwrap_script = r"""'eval "$(echo "$0" | tr \\\v\\\f \\\047\\\134)"' """
+        # we quote the bootstrap script by replacing ' and \ with \v and \f
+        # also replacing \n and ! with \r and \b for tcsh
+        # finally surrounding with '
+        es = "'" + sh_script.replace("'", '\v').replace('\\', '\f').replace('\n', '\r').replace('!', '\b') + "'"
+        unwrap_script = r"""'eval "$(echo "$0" | tr \\\v\\\f\\\r\\\b \\\047\\\134\\\n\\\041)"' """
     return [interpreter, '-c', unwrap_script, es]
 
 
diff --git a/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh b/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh
index 97785e2cd..f48df6c3b 100644
--- a/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh
@@ -412,6 +412,36 @@ exec_with_shell_integration() {
     esac
 }
 
+execute_sh_with_posix_env() {
+    if [ "$login_shell" != "/bin/sh" ]; then return 1; fi
+    if command "$login_shell" -l -c ":" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null; then return 1; fi
+    if [ -z "$shell_integration_dir" ]; then
+        if [ -n "$KITTY_SSH_KITTEN_DATA_DIR" ]; then
+            shell_integration_dir="$HOME/$KITTY_SSH_KITTEN_DATA_DIR/shell-integration"
+        else
+            die "The data directory is not defined, ssh kitten cannot function."
+        fi
+    fi
+    sh_dir="$shell_integration_dir/sh"
+    if [ ! -d "$sh_dir" ]; then mkdir -p "$sh_dir" || die "Creating data directory failed"; fi
+    # Source /etc/profile, ~/.profile, and then check and source ENV
+    echo '
+if [ -n "$KITTY_SH_INJECT" ]; then
+    unset ENV; unset KITTY_SH_INJECT
+    _ksi_safe_source() { if [ -f "$1" -a -r "$1" ]; then . "$1"; return 0; fi; return 1; }
+    if [ -n "$KITTY_SH_POSIX_ENV" ]; then export ENV="$KITTY_SH_POSIX_ENV"; fi
+    unset KITTY_SH_POSIX_ENV
+    _ksi_safe_source "/etc/profile"; _ksi_safe_source "${HOME-}/.profile"
+    if [ -n "$ENV" ]; then _ksi_safe_source "$ENV"; fi
+fi' > "$sh_dir/login_shell_env.sh"
+    export KITTY_SH_INJECT=1
+    if [ -n "$ENV" ]; then
+        export KITTY_SH_POSIX_ENV="$ENV"
+    fi
+    export ENV="$sh_dir/login_shell_env.sh"
+    exec "$login_shell"
+}
+
 # Used in the tests
 TEST_SCRIPT
 
@@ -422,10 +452,14 @@ case "$KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION" in
         ;;
     (*)
         # not blank
-        q=$(printf "%s" "$KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION" | command grep '\bno-rc\b')
-        if [ -z "$q" ]; then
-            exec_with_shell_integration
-            # exec failed, unset
+        if [ -n "$shell_integration_dir" ]; then
+            q=$(printf "%s" "$KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION" | command grep '\bno-rc\b')
+            if [ -z "$q" ]; then
+                exec_with_shell_integration
+                # exec failed, unset
+                unset KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION
+            fi
+        else
             unset KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION
         fi
         ;;
@@ -437,4 +471,5 @@ esac
 [ "$(exec -a echo echo OK 2> /dev/null)" = "OK" ] && exec -a "-$shell_name" $login_shell
 execute_with_python
 execute_with_perl
+execute_sh_with_posix_env
 exec $login_shell "-l"