diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index a5c628b60..50951c4eb 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Fix a bug that caused :opt:`macos_colorspace` to always be ``default`` regardless of its actual value (:iss:`5129`)
 
+- ssh kitten: Fix bash not being executed as a login shell since kitty 0.25.0 (:iss:`5130`)
+
+
 0.25.1 [2022-05-26]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap-utils.sh b/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap-utils.sh
index de8b43907..c3cf8a036 100644
--- a/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap-utils.sh
+++ b/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap-utils.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ exec_bash_with_integration() {
         export HISTFILE="$HOME/.bash_history"
         export KITTY_BASH_UNEXPORT_HISTFILE="1"
     fi
-    exec "$login_shell" "--posix"
+    exec "$login_shell" "--login" "--posix"
 }
 
 exec_with_shell_integration() {