diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-495.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-495.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16a71958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-495.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type: improvement
+improvement:
+  description: Add request host override option
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/conjure-go-runtime/pull/495
diff --git a/conjure-go-client/httpclient/client_params.go b/conjure-go-client/httpclient/client_params.go
index f544d5c3..8bb42097 100644
--- a/conjure-go-client/httpclient/client_params.go
+++ b/conjure-go-client/httpclient/client_params.go
@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ func WithUserAgent(userAgent string) ClientOrHTTPClientParam {
 	return WithSetHeader("User-Agent", userAgent)
 }
 
+// WithOverrideRequestHost overrides the request Host from the default URL.Host
+func WithOverrideRequestHost(host string) ClientOrHTTPClientParam {
+	return WithMiddleware(MiddlewareFunc(func(req *http.Request, next http.RoundTripper) (*http.Response, error) {
+		req.Host = host
+		return next.RoundTrip(req)
+	}))
+}
+
 // WithMetrics enables the "client.response" metric. See MetricsMiddleware for details.
 // The serviceName will appear as the "service-name" tag.
 func WithMetrics(tagProviders ...TagsProvider) ClientOrHTTPClientParam {