diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
index 5135c0fde79..8b3071fb695 100755
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
             Integer.class, "vm.job.report.interval", "60",
             "Interval to send application level pings to make sure the connection is still working", false);
 
+    static final ConfigKey<Boolean> HaVmRestartHostUp = new ConfigKey<Boolean>("Advanced", Boolean.class, "ha.vm.restart.hostup", "true",
+            "If an out-of-band stop of a VM is detected and its host is up, then power on the VM", true);
+
     ScheduledExecutorService _executor = null;
 
     protected long _nodeId;
@@ -4015,7 +4018,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
     public ConfigKey<?>[] getConfigKeys() {
         return new ConfigKey<?>[] {ClusterDeltaSyncInterval, StartRetry, VmDestroyForcestop, VmOpCancelInterval, VmOpCleanupInterval, VmOpCleanupWait,
                 VmOpLockStateRetry,
-                VmOpWaitInterval, ExecuteInSequence, VmJobCheckInterval, VmJobTimeout, VmJobStateReportInterval, VmConfigDriveLabel};
+                VmOpWaitInterval, ExecuteInSequence, VmJobCheckInterval, VmJobTimeout, VmJobStateReportInterval, VmConfigDriveLabel, HaVmRestartHostUp};
     }
 
     public List<StoragePoolAllocator> getStoragePoolAllocators() {
@@ -4160,7 +4163,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
         case Stopped:
         case Migrating:
             s_logger.info("VM " + vm.getInstanceName() + " is at " + vm.getState() + " and we received a power-off report while there is no pending jobs on it");
-            if(vm.isHaEnabled() && vm.getState() == State.Running && vm.getHypervisorType() != HypervisorType.VMware && vm.getHypervisorType() != HypervisorType.Hyperv) {
+            if(vm.isHaEnabled() && vm.getState() == State.Running && HaVmRestartHostUp.value() && vm.getHypervisorType() != HypervisorType.VMware && vm.getHypervisorType() != HypervisorType.Hyperv) {
                 s_logger.info("Detected out-of-band stop of a HA enabled VM " + vm.getInstanceName() + ", will schedule restart");
                 if(!_haMgr.hasPendingHaWork(vm.getId())) {
                     _haMgr.scheduleRestart(vm, true);