diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index faeb530..33e351c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ verifier:
   sudo_command: 'skittles'
 ```
 
+You can also specify the host and port to be used by InSpec when targeting the node. Otherwise, it defaults to the hostname and port used by kitchen for converging.
+
+```yaml
+verifier:
+  name: inspec
+  host: 192.168.56.40
+  port: 22
+```
+
 ### Directory Structure
 
 By default `kitchen-inspec` expects test to be in `test/integration/%suite%` directory structure (we use Chef as provisioner here):
diff --git a/lib/kitchen/verifier/inspec.rb b/lib/kitchen/verifier/inspec.rb
index b8b2e1a..75b11d9 100644
--- a/lib/kitchen/verifier/inspec.rb
+++ b/lib/kitchen/verifier/inspec.rb
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ def runner_options_for_ssh(config_data)
           # pass-in sudo config from kitchen verifier
           "sudo" => config[:sudo],
           "sudo_command" => config[:sudo_command],
-          "host" => kitchen[:hostname],
-          "port" => kitchen[:port],
+          "host" => config[:host] || kitchen[:hostname],
+          "port" => config[:port] || kitchen[:port],
           "user" => kitchen[:username],
           "keepalive" => kitchen[:keepalive],
           "keepalive_interval" => kitchen[:keepalive_interval],
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ def runner_options_for_winrm(config_data)
         opts = {
           "backend" => "winrm",
           "logger" => logger,
-          "host" => URI(kitchen[:endpoint]).hostname,
-          "port" => URI(kitchen[:endpoint]).port,
+          "host" => config[:host] || URI(kitchen[:endpoint]).hostname,
+          "port" => config[:port] || URI(kitchen[:endpoint]).port,
           "user" => kitchen[:user],
           "password" => kitchen[:password] || kitchen[:pass],
           "connection_retries" => kitchen[:connection_retries],
diff --git a/spec/kitchen/verifier/inspec_spec.rb b/spec/kitchen/verifier/inspec_spec.rb
index d502526..2d9af8b 100644
--- a/spec/kitchen/verifier/inspec_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/kitchen/verifier/inspec_spec.rb
@@ -172,6 +172,23 @@
       verifier.call(port: 123)
     end
 
+    it "constructs a Inspec::Runner using transport config data(host and port)" do
+      config[:host] = "192.168.33.40"
+      config[:port] = 222
+
+      expect(Inspec::Runner).to receive(:new)
+        .with(
+          hash_including(
+            "backend" => "ssh",
+            "host" => "192.168.33.40",
+            "port" => 222
+          )
+        )
+        .and_return(runner)
+
+      verifier.call(port: 123)
+    end
+
     it "constructs an Inspec::Runner with a specified inspec output format" do
       config[:format] = "documentation"
 
@@ -324,6 +341,23 @@
 
       verifier.call(hostname: "win.dows", port: 123)
     end
+
+    it "constructs a Inspec::Runner using transport config data(host and port)" do
+      config[:host] = "192.168.56.40"
+      config[:port] = 22
+
+      expect(Inspec::Runner).to receive(:new)
+        .with(
+          hash_including(
+            "backend" => "winrm",
+            "host" => "192.168.56.40",
+            "port" => 22
+          )
+        )
+        .and_return(runner)
+
+      verifier.call(hostname: "win.dows", port: 123)
+    end
   end
 
   context "with an unsupported transport" do