diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 0ccfb28..fc2bf99 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -823,15 +823,15 @@ ETEXI
 
     {
         .name       = "client_migrate_info",
-        .args_type  = "protocol:s,hostname:s,port:i?,tls-port:i?,cert-subject:s?",
-        .params     = "protocol hostname port tls-port cert-subject",
+        .args_type  = "protocol:s,hostname:s,port:i?,tls-port:i?,cert-subject:s?,auto-switch:b?",
+        .params     = "protocol hostname port tls-port cert-subject auto-switch",
         .help       = "send migration info to spice/vnc client",
         .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
         .mhandler.cmd_new = client_migrate_info,
     },
 
 STEXI
-@item client_migrate_info @var{protocol} @var{hostname} @var{port} @var{tls-port} @var{cert-subject}
+@item client_migrate_info @var{protocol} @var{hostname} @var{port} @var{tls-port} @var{cert-subject} @var{auto-switch}
 @findex client_migrate_info
 Set the spice/vnc connection info for the migration target.  The spice/vnc
 server will ask the spice/vnc client to automatically reconnect using the
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index baf46ba..1daa283 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -1226,6 +1226,7 @@ static int client_migrate_info(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_d
     const char *subject  = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "cert-subject");
     int port             = qdict_get_try_int(qdict, "port", -1);
     int tls_port         = qdict_get_try_int(qdict, "tls-port", -1);
+    int auto_switch      = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "auto-switch", 1);
     int ret;
 
     if (strcmp(protocol, "spice") == 0) {
@@ -1234,7 +1235,8 @@ static int client_migrate_info(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_d
             return -1;
         }
 
-        ret = qemu_spice_migrate_info(hostname, port, tls_port, subject);
+        ret = qemu_spice_migrate_info(hostname, port, tls_port,
+                                      subject, auto_switch);
         if (ret != 0) {
             qerror_report(QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
             return -1;
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 03f67da..13b2bc6 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "client_migrate_info",
-        .args_type  = "protocol:s,hostname:s,port:i?,tls-port:i?,cert-subject:s?",
-        .params     = "protocol hostname port tls-port cert-subject",
+        .args_type  = "protocol:s,hostname:s,port:i?,tls-port:i?,cert-subject:s?,auto-switch:b?",
+        .params     = "protocol hostname port tls-port cert-subject auto-switch",
         .help       = "send migration info to spice/vnc client",
         .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
         .mhandler.cmd_new = client_migrate_info,
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ Arguments:
 - "port":         spice/vnc tcp port for plaintext channels (json-int, optional)
 - "tls-port":     spice tcp port for tls-secured channels (json-int, optional)
 - "cert-subject": server certificate subject (json-string, optional)
+- "auto-switch":  automatically switch when migration is done (json-bool, optional)
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/ui/qemu-spice.h b/ui/qemu-spice.h
index f34be69..e54f16e 100644
--- a/ui/qemu-spice.h
+++ b/ui/qemu-spice.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int qemu_spice_set_passwd(const char *passwd,
                           bool fail_if_connected, bool disconnect_if_connected);
 int qemu_spice_set_pw_expire(time_t expires);
 int qemu_spice_migrate_info(const char *hostname, int port, int tls_port,
-                            const char *subject);
+                            const char *subject, int auto_switch);
 
 void do_info_spice_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data);
 void do_info_spice(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data);
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index 8bb62ea..3a1d851 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ static Notifier migration_state;
 static const char *auth = "spice";
 static char *auth_passwd;
 static time_t auth_expires = TIME_MAX;
+
+/* automatically switch host when migration is complete.
+ * This is on by default but we turn it off to address RHBZ #725009
+ * The longer term solution should be seamless migration by reconnecting
+ * on migration start instead of end, but that requires a harder change to
+ * all spice clients. */
+static int g_auto_switch = 1;
+
 int using_spice = 0;
 
 struct SpiceTimer {
@@ -428,7 +436,7 @@ static void migration_state_notifier(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
 {
     int state = get_migration_state();
 
-    if (state == MIG_STATE_COMPLETED) {
+    if (state == MIG_STATE_COMPLETED && g_auto_switch) {
 #if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000701 /* 0.7.1 */
         spice_server_migrate_switch(spice_server);
 #endif
@@ -436,12 +444,14 @@ static void migration_state_notifier(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
 }
 
 int qemu_spice_migrate_info(const char *hostname, int port, int tls_port,
-                            const char *subject)
+                            const char *subject, int auto_switch)
 {
+    g_auto_switch = auto_switch;
     return spice_server_migrate_info(spice_server, hostname,
                                      port, tls_port, subject);
 }
 
+
 static int add_channel(const char *name, const char *value, void *opaque)
 {
     int security = 0;
