diff --git a/@vates/types/src/lib/xen-orchestra-xapi.mts b/@vates/types/src/lib/xen-orchestra-xapi.mts
index 129b84f1c7..e9ead7f258 100644
--- a/@vates/types/src/lib/xen-orchestra-xapi.mts
+++ b/@vates/types/src/lib/xen-orchestra-xapi.mts
@@ -419,8 +419,12 @@ export interface Xapi {
     pathname: string,
     params?: { host?: XenApiHost; query?: Record<string, unknown>; task?: boolean | XenApiTask['$ref'] }
   ): Promise<{ body: Readable }>
-  clearHost(host: Pick<XenApiHostWrapped, '$ref' | '$pool'>, force?: boolean): Promise<void>
-  disableHost(hostId: XoHost['id']): Promise<void>
+  clearHost(
+    host: Pick<XenApiHostWrapped, '$ref' | '$pool'>,
+    force?: boolean,
+    opts?: { transient?: boolean }
+  ): Promise<void>
+  disableHost(hostId: XoHost['id'], opts?: { transient?: boolean }): Promise<void>
   enableHost(hostId: XoHost['id']): Promise<void>
   getRecordByUuid<
     Type extends WrappedXenApiRecord['$type'],
diff --git a/@xen-orchestra/rest-api/src/hosts/host.controller.mts b/@xen-orchestra/rest-api/src/hosts/host.controller.mts
index 829a8505da..0d2bab0c49 100644
--- a/@xen-orchestra/rest-api/src/hosts/host.controller.mts
+++ b/@xen-orchestra/rest-api/src/hosts/host.controller.mts
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ export class HostController extends XapiXoController<XoHost> {
    *
    * Disable a host.
    *
+   * Set `autoEnable` to `true` to re-enable after a toolstack restart automatically
+   *
    * Set `evacuate` to `true` to also evacuate all running VMs to other hosts in the pool.
    *
    * Use `vmIdsToForceMigrate` to unblock VMs whose migration is currently blocked (e.g. by `pool_migrate` or `migrate_send` blocked operations).
@@ -493,16 +495,21 @@ export class HostController extends XapiXoController<XoHost> {
   disable(
     @Path() id: string,
     // mark `evacuate` as optional to workaround a TSOA issue. See https://github.com/lukeautry/tsoa/pull/1840
-    @Body() body?: { evacuate?: false } | { evacuate: true; force?: boolean; vmIdsToForceMigrate?: string[] },
+    @Body()
+    body?: { autoEnable?: boolean } & (
+      | { evacuate?: false }
+      | { evacuate: true; force?: boolean; vmIdsToForceMigrate?: string[] }
+    ),
     @Query() sync?: boolean
   ): CreateActionReturnType<void> {
     const hostId = id as XoHost['id']
+    const isTransient = body?.autoEnable ?? false
     const action = defer(async ($defer: Defer) => {
       const xapiHost = this.getXapiObject(hostId)
       const xapi = xapiHost.$xapi
 
       if (body?.evacuate !== true) {
-        await xapi.call('host.disable', xapiHost.$ref)
+        await xapi.disableHost(hostId, { transient: isTransient })
         return
       }
 
@@ -519,7 +526,7 @@ export class HostController extends XapiXoController<XoHost> {
         })
       }
 
-      await xapi.clearHost(xapiHost, body.force)
+      await xapi.clearHost(xapiHost, body.force, { transient: isTransient })
     })
 
     return this.createAction<void>(action, {
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
index b88385a47d..35e5acc956 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   - `/pools/:id/actions/create_bonded_network` (PR [#9891](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/pull/9891))
   - `/pools/:id/actions/create_internal_network` (PR [#9891](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/pull/9891))
   - `/pools/:id/actions/management-reconfigure` (PR [#9891](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/pull/9891))
+- [REST API] Possibility of sending `autoEnable` in the body of the `/hosts/:id/actions/disable` endpoint (PR [#10040](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/pull/10040))
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
@@ -38,8 +39,9 @@
 
 <!--packages-start-->
 
+- @vates/types minor
 - @xen-orchestra/rest-api minor
 - @xen-orchestra/web patch
-- xo-server patch
+- xo-server minor
 
 <!--packages-end-->
diff --git a/packages/xo-server/src/xapi/index.mjs b/packages/xo-server/src/xapi/index.mjs
index 7680c5b5ff..dcfb18e961 100644
--- a/packages/xo-server/src/xapi/index.mjs
+++ b/packages/xo-server/src/xapi/index.mjs
@@ -201,8 +201,9 @@ export default class Xapi extends XapiBase {
   //
   // If `force` is false and the evacuation failed, the host is re-
   // enabled and the error is thrown.
-  async clearHost({ $ref: hostRef, $pool: pool }, force) {
-    await this.call('host.disable', hostRef)
+  // If `transient` is false, the host will be disabled indefinitely, across toolstack restarts and host reboots, until re-enabled explicitly with Host.enable.
+  async clearHost({ $ref: hostRef, $pool: pool }, force, { transient = true } = {}) {
+    await this.disableHost(hostRef, { transient })
 
     const migrationNetworkRef = (id => {
       if (id !== undefined) {