diff --git a/programs/client/Client.cpp b/programs/client/Client.cpp
index 11459ff4a4a7..b0388fb935ed 100644
--- a/programs/client/Client.cpp
+++ b/programs/client/Client.cpp
@@ -998,7 +998,9 @@ void Client::addAndCheckOptions(OptionsDescription & options_description, po::va
     /// Main commandline options related to client functionality and all parameters from Settings.
     options_description.main_description->add_options()
         ("config,c", po::value<std::string>(), "config-file path (another shorthand)")
-        ("host,h", po::value<std::string>()->default_value("localhost"), "server host")
+        ("host,h", po::value<std::vector<HostPort>>()->multitoken()->default_value({{"localhost"}}, "localhost"),
+         "list of server hosts with optionally assigned port to connect. Every argument looks like '<host>[:<port>] for example"
+         "'localhost:port'. If port isn't assigned, connection is made by port from '--port' param")
         ("port", po::value<int>()->default_value(9000), "server port")
         ("secure,s", "Use TLS connection")
         ("user,u", po::value<std::string>()->default_value("default"), "user")
@@ -1120,7 +1122,12 @@ void Client::processOptions(const OptionsDescription & options_description,
     if (options.count("config"))
         config().setString("config-file", options["config"].as<std::string>());
     if (options.count("host") && !options["host"].defaulted())
-        config().setString("host", options["host"].as<std::string>());
+    {
+        hosts_ports = options["host"].as<std::vector<HostPort>>();
+        config().setString("host", hosts_ports[0].host);
+        if (hosts_ports[0].port.has_value())
+            config().setInt("port", hosts_ports[0].port.value());
+    }
     if (options.count("interleave-queries-file"))
         interleave_queries_files = options["interleave-queries-file"].as<std::vector<std::string>>();
     if (options.count("pager"))
diff --git a/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp b/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp
index 7bcff4f5ef79..9ed67bdc4f56 100644
--- a/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp
+++ b/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ void ClientBase::init(int argc, char ** argv)
 
     /// Output of help message.
     if (options.count("help")
-        || (options.count("host") && options["host"].as<std::string>() == "elp")) /// If user writes -help instead of --help.
+        || (options.count("host") && options["host"].as<std::vector<HostPort>>()[0].host == "elp")) /// If user writes -help instead of --help.
     {
         printHelpMessage(options_description);
         exit(0);
diff --git a/src/Client/ClientBase.h b/src/Client/ClientBase.h
index fce706d7cf83..4c8e20d5735c 100644
--- a/src/Client/ClientBase.h
+++ b/src/Client/ClientBase.h
@@ -218,6 +218,24 @@ class ClientBase : public Poco::Util::Application
     int query_fuzzer_runs = 0;
 
     QueryProcessingStage::Enum query_processing_stage;
+
+    struct HostPort
+    {
+        String host;
+        std::optional<int> port{};
+        friend std::istream & operator>>(std::istream & in, HostPort & hostPort) {
+            String
+                host_with_port,
+                delimiter = ":";
+            in >> host_with_port;
+            size_t delimiter_pos = host_with_port.find(delimiter);
+            hostPort.host = host_with_port.substr(0, delimiter_pos);
+            if (delimiter_pos < host_with_port.length())
+                hostPort.port = std::stoi(host_with_port.substr(delimiter_pos + 1, host_with_port.length()));
+            return in;
+        }
+    };
+    std::vector<HostPort> hosts_ports{};
 };
 
 }