diff --git a/include/net/lwm2m.h b/include/net/lwm2m.h
index c2cf1fbfb5a..cf40b9f0115 100644
--- a/include/net/lwm2m.h
+++ b/include/net/lwm2m.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ struct lwm2m_ctx {
 	 */
 	char *desthostname;
 	uint16_t desthostnamelen;
+	bool hostname_verify;
 
 	/** Client can set load_credentials function as a way of overriding
 	 *  the default behavior of load_tls_credential() in lwm2m_engine.c
diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/lwm2m/lwm2m_engine.c b/subsys/net/lib/lwm2m/lwm2m_engine.c
index 64d448469f2..1221f258937 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/lwm2m/lwm2m_engine.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/lwm2m/lwm2m_engine.c
@@ -5642,7 +5642,7 @@ int lwm2m_socket_start(struct lwm2m_ctx *client_ctx)
 			return -errno;
 		}
 
-		if (client_ctx->desthostname != NULL) {
+		if (client_ctx->hostname_verify && (client_ctx->desthostname != NULL)) {
 			/** store character at len position */
 			tmp = client_ctx->desthostname[client_ctx->desthostnamelen];