diff --git a/infra/gpu_fleet/gpu_fleet.py b/infra/gpu_fleet/gpu_fleet.py
index 854acc3..ea86a06 100755
--- a/infra/gpu_fleet/gpu_fleet.py
+++ b/infra/gpu_fleet/gpu_fleet.py
@@ -182,6 +182,59 @@ def rsync_pull(config: FleetConfig, host: HostSpec, remote_path: str, local_path
     run_local(argv, cwd=config.project_root, capture_output=True, check=True)
 
 
+def scp_push(config: FleetConfig, host: HostSpec) -> None:
+    ensure_remote_dir(config, host, host.sync_remote_path)
+    local_src = str(config.sync.local_path.resolve()) + "/."
+    remote_dst = f"{host.ssh_alias}:{host.sync_remote_path.rstrip('/')}/"
+    argv = [
+        "scp",
+        "-o",
+        "BatchMode=yes",
+        "-o",
+        f"ConnectTimeout={config.ssh_timeout_sec}",
+        "-r",
+        "-p",
+        local_src,
+        remote_dst,
+    ]
+    run_local(argv, cwd=config.project_root, capture_output=True, check=True)
+
+
+def scp_pull(config: FleetConfig, host: HostSpec, remote_path: str, local_path: Path) -> None:
+    remote_src = remote_path
+    if remote_path.endswith("/"):
+        ensure_dir(local_path)
+        remote_src = remote_path.rstrip("/") + "/."
+    else:
+        ensure_dir(local_path.parent)
+    argv = [
+        "scp",
+        "-o",
+        "BatchMode=yes",
+        "-o",
+        f"ConnectTimeout={config.ssh_timeout_sec}",
+        "-r",
+        "-p",
+        f"{host.ssh_alias}:{remote_src}",
+        str(local_path),
+    ]
+    run_local(argv, cwd=config.project_root, capture_output=True, check=True)
+
+
+def sync_push(config: FleetConfig, host: HostSpec) -> None:
+    if config.sync.mode == "rsync":
+        rsync_push(config, host)
+    else:
+        scp_push(config, host)
+
+
+def sync_pull(config: FleetConfig, host: HostSpec, remote_path: str, local_path: Path) -> None:
+    if config.sync.mode == "rsync":
+        rsync_pull(config, host, remote_path, local_path)
+    else:
+        scp_pull(config, host, remote_path, local_path)
+
+
 def ensure_remote_dir(config: FleetConfig, host: HostSpec, remote_path: str) -> None:
     run_ssh(config, host, f"mkdir -p {shlex.quote(remote_path)}", capture_output=True, check=True)
 
@@ -206,8 +259,10 @@ def load_config(path: Path) -> FleetConfig:
         local_path=relative_to_root(project_root, sync_raw.get("local_path"), project_root),
         exclude=[str(item) for item in sync_raw.get("exclude", [])],
     )
-    if sync.mode != "rsync":
+    if sync.mode not in {"rsync", "scp"}:
         raise FleetError(f"unsupported sync.mode: {sync.mode}")
+    if sync.mode == "scp" and sync.exclude:
+        raise FleetError("sync.exclude is not supported for sync.mode=scp")
 
     scheduler_raw = raw.get("scheduler", {})
     scheduler = SchedulerSpec(
@@ -639,7 +694,7 @@ def harvest_run(config: FleetConfig, manifest: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]
 
     local_base = ensure_dir(config.artifacts_dir / refreshed["run_id"])
     remote_run_dir = refreshed["remote_run_dir"].rstrip("/")
-    rsync_pull(config, host, f"{remote_run_dir}/", local_base / "remote_run")
+    sync_pull(config, host, f"{remote_run_dir}/", local_base / "remote_run")
 
     for artifact in refreshed.get("artifacts", []):
         artifact_remote = f"{refreshed['remote_sync_path'].rstrip('/')}/{artifact}"
@@ -652,7 +707,7 @@ def harvest_run(config: FleetConfig, manifest: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]
             check=False,
         )
         if check.returncode == 0:
-            rsync_pull(config, host, artifact_remote, target)
+            sync_pull(config, host, artifact_remote, target)
 
     refreshed["harvested_at"] = utc_now()
     write_run_manifest(config, refreshed)
@@ -866,7 +921,7 @@ def dispatch_jobs(
             )
             continue
         if host.name not in synced_hosts:
-            rsync_push(config, host)
+            sync_push(config, host)
             synced_hosts.add(host.name)
         manifest = launch_job(config, host, job, gpu_ids)
         manifests.append(manifest)