diff --git a/hscontrol/policy/acls.go b/hscontrol/policy/acls.go
index 2ccc56b4..0b78898b 100644
--- a/hscontrol/policy/acls.go
+++ b/hscontrol/policy/acls.go
@@ -343,6 +343,28 @@ func (pol *ACLPolicy) generateSSHRules(
 			continue
 		}
 
+		recs := make([]netip.AddrPort, 0)
+		for innerIndex, rec := range sshACL.Recorder {
+			recSet, err := pol.ExpandAlias(append(peers, node), rec)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error().
+					Msgf("Error parsing SSH %d, Recorder %d", index, innerIndex)
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			// ExpandAlias has expanded possible subnets; all prefixes are single IPs
+			for _, rec := range recSet.Prefixes() {
+				recs = append(recs, netip.AddrPortFrom(rec.Addr(), 80))
+			}
+		}
+		action.Recorders = recs
+
+		if sshACL.EnforceRecorder {
+			action.OnRecordingFailure = &tailcfg.SSHRecorderFailureAction{
+				RejectSessionWithMessage:    "# Failed to start session recording.",
+				TerminateSessionWithMessage: "# Failed to start session recording.",
+			}
+		}
+
 		principals := make([]*tailcfg.SSHPrincipal, 0, len(sshACL.Sources))
 		for innerIndex, rawSrc := range sshACL.Sources {
 			if isWildcard(rawSrc) {
diff --git a/hscontrol/policy/acls_test.go b/hscontrol/policy/acls_test.go
index ff18dd05..41a3a843 100644
--- a/hscontrol/policy/acls_test.go
+++ b/hscontrol/policy/acls_test.go
@@ -2956,7 +2956,11 @@ func TestSSHRules(t *testing.T) {
 					SSHUsers: map[string]string{
 						"autogroup:nonroot": "=",
 					},
-					Action: &tailcfg.SSHAction{Accept: true, AllowLocalPortForwarding: true},
+					Action: &tailcfg.SSHAction{
+						Accept:                   true,
+						AllowLocalPortForwarding: true,
+						Recorders:                []netip.AddrPort{},
+					},
 				},
 				{
 					SSHUsers: map[string]string{
@@ -2967,7 +2971,11 @@ func TestSSHRules(t *testing.T) {
 							Any: true,
 						},
 					},
-					Action: &tailcfg.SSHAction{Accept: true, AllowLocalPortForwarding: true},
+					Action: &tailcfg.SSHAction{
+						Accept:                   true,
+						AllowLocalPortForwarding: true,
+						Recorders:                []netip.AddrPort{},
+					},
 				},
 				{
 					Principals: []*tailcfg.SSHPrincipal{
@@ -2978,7 +2986,11 @@ func TestSSHRules(t *testing.T) {
 					SSHUsers: map[string]string{
 						"autogroup:nonroot": "=",
 					},
-					Action: &tailcfg.SSHAction{Accept: true, AllowLocalPortForwarding: true},
+					Action: &tailcfg.SSHAction{
+						Accept:                   true,
+						AllowLocalPortForwarding: true,
+						Recorders:                []netip.AddrPort{},
+					},
 				},
 				{
 					SSHUsers: map[string]string{
@@ -2989,7 +3001,11 @@ func TestSSHRules(t *testing.T) {
 							Any: true,
 						},
 					},
-					Action: &tailcfg.SSHAction{Accept: true, AllowLocalPortForwarding: true},
+					Action: &tailcfg.SSHAction{
+						Accept:                   true,
+						AllowLocalPortForwarding: true,
+						Recorders:                []netip.AddrPort{},
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/hscontrol/policy/acls_types.go b/hscontrol/policy/acls_types.go
index e9c44909..c68fe76a 100644
--- a/hscontrol/policy/acls_types.go
+++ b/hscontrol/policy/acls_types.go
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ type AutoApprovers struct {
 
 // SSH controls who can ssh into which machines.
 type SSH struct {
-	Action       string   `json:"action"                yaml:"action"`
-	Sources      []string `json:"src"                   yaml:"src"`
-	Destinations []string `json:"dst"                   yaml:"dst"`
-	Users        []string `json:"users"                 yaml:"users"`
-	CheckPeriod  string   `json:"checkPeriod,omitempty" yaml:"checkPeriod,omitempty"`
+	Action          string   `json:"action"                    yaml:"action"`
+	Sources         []string `json:"src"                       yaml:"src"`
+	Destinations    []string `json:"dst"                       yaml:"dst"`
+	Users           []string `json:"users"                     yaml:"users"`
+	CheckPeriod     string   `json:"checkPeriod,omitempty"     yaml:"checkPeriod,omitempty"`
+	Recorder        []string `json:"recorder,omitempty"        yaml:"recorder,omitempty"`
+	EnforceRecorder bool     `json:"enforceRecorder,omitempty" yaml:"enforceRecorder,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // UnmarshalJSON allows to parse the Hosts directly into netip objects.