diff --git a/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/utils.py b/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/utils.py
index 9ac22de9dd15..e5aef720a65b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/utils.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/utils.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ def async_create_api_client(
             public_api_session=async_create_clientsession(hass),
             devices_ws_subscribed_models=DEVICES_WS_SUBSCRIBED_MODELS,
             ignore_unadopted=False,
+            override_connection_host=entry.options.get(CONF_OVERRIDE_CHOST, False),
         )
 
     return _async_create_full_client(hass, entry)
diff --git a/tests/components/unifiprotect/test_utils.py b/tests/components/unifiprotect/test_utils.py
index 0c1c1a3b2b43..c6f438b28441 100644
--- a/tests/components/unifiprotect/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/components/unifiprotect/test_utils.py
@@ -1,15 +1,31 @@
 """Test the UniFi Protect utils."""
 
+import pytest
+
 from homeassistant.components.unifiprotect.const import (
     CONF_CONNECTION_MODE,
+    CONF_OVERRIDE_CHOST,
     CONNECTION_MODE_API_KEY_ONLY,
+    DOMAIN,
+)
+from homeassistant.components.unifiprotect.utils import (
+    async_create_api_client,
+    async_create_session_client,
+)
+from homeassistant.const import (
+    CONF_API_KEY,
+    CONF_HOST,
+    CONF_PASSWORD,
+    CONF_PORT,
+    CONF_USERNAME,
+    CONF_VERIFY_SSL,
 )
-from homeassistant.components.unifiprotect.utils import async_create_session_client
-from homeassistant.const import CONF_PASSWORD
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
 
 from .utils import MockUFPFixture
 
+from tests.common import MockConfigEntry
+
 
 async def test_session_client_is_full_access_for_api_key_only_entry(
     hass: HomeAssistant, ufp: MockUFPFixture
@@ -41,3 +57,42 @@ async def test_session_client_none_without_credentials(
     )
 
     assert async_create_session_client(hass, ufp.entry) is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("connection_mode", "public_only"),
+    [
+        pytest.param({}, False, id="hybrid"),
+        pytest.param(
+            {CONF_CONNECTION_MODE: CONNECTION_MODE_API_KEY_ONLY}, True, id="public_only"
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_host_override_reaches_the_client(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, connection_mode: dict[str, str], public_only: bool
+) -> None:
+    """The host override option has to reach the client in both modes.
+
+    The library rewrites the host of the public RTSPS URLs only when the
+    client carries the flag, and a public-only entry has no other stream
+    source to fall back on.
+    """
+    entry = MockConfigEntry(
+        domain=DOMAIN,
+        data={
+            CONF_HOST: "1.1.1.1",
+            CONF_PORT: 443,
+            CONF_USERNAME: "test-username",
+            CONF_PASSWORD: "test-password",
+            CONF_API_KEY: "test-api-key",
+            CONF_VERIFY_SSL: False,
+            **connection_mode,
+        },
+        options={CONF_OVERRIDE_CHOST: True},
+    )
+    entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+
+    protect = async_create_api_client(hass, entry)
+
+    assert protect.is_public_only is public_only
+    assert protect.override_connection_host is True