A man is in hospital following a drive-by shooting outside a South Melbourne strip club.

The bouncer was standing at the door of the Kittens strip club on Cecil Street when two men with their faces hidden pulled up in a car about 2am on Monday.

The passenger of the car fired a number of shots from a shotgun, one of which hit the bouncer in his left arm.

He was taken to The Alfred hospital by a friend. His injuries are not considered life threatening.