diff --git a/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/VSphereVirtualMachinesList.tsx b/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/VSphereVirtualMachinesList.tsx
index e47b9fee8..71c0d2eea 100644
--- a/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/VSphereVirtualMachinesList.tsx
+++ b/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/VSphereVirtualMachinesList.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { EnumToTuple, ResourceFieldFactory } from '@kubev2v/common';
 import { VSphereVM } from '@kubev2v/types';
 
-import { concernFilter } from './utils/filters/concernFilter';
+import { concernFilter, hostFilter } from './utils/filters';
 import { ProviderVirtualMachinesList, VmData } from './components';
 import { ProviderVirtualMachinesProps } from './ProviderVirtualMachines';
 import { getVmPowerState, useVSphereInventoryVms } from './utils';
@@ -44,11 +44,8 @@ export const vSphereVmFieldsMetadataFactory: ResourceFieldFactory = (t) => [
     label: t('Host'),
     isVisible: true,
     isIdentity: false,
-    filter: {
-      type: 'freetext',
-      placeholderLabel: t('Filter by host'),
-    },
     sortable: true,
+    filter: hostFilter(t),
   },
   {
     resourceFieldId: 'folder',
diff --git a/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/components/ProviderVirtualMachinesList.tsx b/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/components/ProviderVirtualMachinesList.tsx
index 2067dd50c..dea8bef07 100644
--- a/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/components/ProviderVirtualMachinesList.tsx
+++ b/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/components/ProviderVirtualMachinesList.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   loadUserSettings,
   ResourceFieldFactory,
   RowProps,
+  SearchableEnumFilter,
   SearchableGroupedEnumFilter,
   ValueMatcher,
 } from '@kubev2v/common';
@@ -86,9 +87,10 @@ export const ProviderVirtualMachinesList: FC<ProviderVirtualMachinesListProps> =
       userSettings={userSettings}
       extraSupportedFilters={{
         concerns: SearchableGroupedEnumFilter,
+        host: SearchableEnumFilter,
         features: EnumFilter,
       }}
-      extraSupportedMatchers={[concernsMatcher, featuresMatcher]}
+      extraSupportedMatchers={[concernsMatcher, hostMatcher, featuresMatcher]}
       GlobalActionToolbarItems={showActions ? actions : undefined}
       toId={toId}
       onSelect={onSelectedIds}
@@ -111,3 +113,8 @@ export const featuresMatcher: ValueMatcher = {
   filterType: 'features',
   matchValue: (features: { [key: string]: boolean }) => (filter: string) => !!features?.[filter],
 };
+
+export const hostMatcher: ValueMatcher = {
+  filterType: 'host',
+  matchValue: (value: string) => (filter: string) => value == filter,
+};
diff --git a/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/utils/filters/hostFilter.ts b/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/utils/filters/hostFilter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..780b9daf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/utils/filters/hostFilter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { EnumValue } from '@kubev2v/common';
+
+/**
+ * This component enables filtering the VMware's virtual machines
+ * by the hostname that they are running on.
+ */
+export const hostFilter = (t: (string) => string) => {
+  return {
+    type: 'host',
+    primary: true,
+    placeholderLabel: t('Host'),
+    dynamicFilter: (items: { hostName: string }[]) => ({
+      values: [
+        ...Array.from(new Set(items.map((item) => item.hostName))) // at this point the list contains unique strings that can be used as ID
+          .map((label: string): EnumValue => ({ id: label, label })),
+      ],
+    }),
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/utils/filters/index.ts b/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/utils/filters/index.ts
index 20da6e874..035249727 100644
--- a/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/utils/filters/index.ts
+++ b/packages/forklift-console-plugin/src/modules/Providers/views/details/tabs/VirtualMachines/utils/filters/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 // @index(['./*', /style/g], f => `export * from '${f.path}';`)
 export * from './concernFilter';
+export * from './hostFilter';
 // @endindex