diff --git a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/config.yaml b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/config.yaml
index 2828d1f9..f7cf875a 100644
--- a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/config.yaml
+++ b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/config.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ options:
   debug:
     default: False
     type: boolean
+  resume-on-boot:
+    default: True
+    description: |
+      Whether to resume the guest VMs when the host boots.
+    type: boolean
   dns-domain:
     default: "openstack.local"
     type: string
diff --git a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/src/charm.py b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/src/charm.py
index c528be1e..7fc805ff 100755
--- a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/src/charm.py
+++ b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/src/charm.py
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ class HypervisorOperatorCharm(sunbeam_charm.OSBaseOperatorCharm):
                 "compute.migration-address": self.migration_address
                 or config("ip-address")
                 or local_ip,
+                "compute.resume-on-boot": config("resume-on-boot"),
                 "credentials.ovn-metadata-proxy-shared-secret": self.metadata_secret(),
                 "identity.admin-role": contexts.identity_credentials.admin_role,
                 "identity.auth-url": contexts.identity_credentials.internal_endpoint,
diff --git a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/tests/unit/test_charm.py b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/tests/unit/test_charm.py
index e2b8a082..6cad0e01 100644
--- a/charms/openstack-hypervisor/tests/unit/test_charm.py
+++ b/charms/openstack-hypervisor/tests/unit/test_charm.py
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ class TestCharm(test_utils.CharmTestCase):
             "compute.cert": certificate,
             "compute.key": private_key,
             "compute.migration-address": "10.0.0.10",
+            "compute.resume-on-boot": True,
             "compute.rbd-user": "nova",
             "compute.rbd-secret-uuid": "ddd",
             "compute.rbd-key": "eee",
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ class TestCharm(test_utils.CharmTestCase):
             "compute.cert": certificate,
             "compute.key": private_key,
             "compute.migration-address": "10.0.0.10",
+            "compute.resume-on-boot": True,
             "compute.rbd-user": "nova",
             "compute.rbd-secret-uuid": "ddd",
             "compute.rbd-key": "eee",