diff --git a/pkg/static/login.html b/pkg/static/login.html
index d2b20438653a..91dbba0d4087 100644
--- a/pkg/static/login.html
+++ b/pkg/static/login.html
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@
     <span id="banner-message" class="pf-v5-c-alert__description"></span>
   </div>
 
+  <div id="multihost-warning" class="pf-v5-c-alert pf-m-info pf-m-inline dialog-error" aria-label="inline danger alert" hidden="true">
+    <svg fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 448 512" aria-hidden="true">
+      <path d="M224 512c35.32 0 63.97-28.65 63.97-64H160.03c0 35.35 28.65 64 63.97 64zm215.39-149.71c-19.32-20.76-55.47-51.99-55.47-154.29 0-77.7-54.48-139.9-127.94-155.16V32c0-17.67-14.32-32-31.98-32s-31.98 14.33-31.98 32v20.84C118.56 68.1 64.08 130.3 64.08 208c0 102.3-36.15 133.53-55.47 154.29-6 6.45-8.66 14.16-8.61 21.71.11 16.4 12.98 32 32.1 32h383.8c19.12 0 32-15.6 32.1-32 .05-7.55-2.61-15.27-8.61-21.71z" />
+    </svg>
+    <p id="multihost-message" class="pf-v5-c-alert__title"></p>
+    <button id="multihost-get-me-there" class="pf-v5-c-button">Go there</button>
+  </div>
+
   <span id="badge"></span>
 
   <div class="container" id="main">
diff --git a/pkg/static/login.js b/pkg/static/login.js
index 70cfcbc4aa61..d49080f39ea9 100644
--- a/pkg/static/login.js
+++ b/pkg/static/login.js
@@ -369,8 +369,16 @@ function debug(...args) {
             }
         }
 
-        if (cur_machine && !environment.page.allow_multihost)
-            redirect_to_current_machine();
+        if (cur_machine) {
+            if (!environment.page.allow_multihost)
+                redirect_to_current_machine();
+            else {
+                id("multihost-message").textContent = format(_("You are already connected to '$0' in this browser session. Connecting to other hosts will allow them to execute arbitrary code on each other. Please be careful."),
+                                                             cur_machine == "." ? "localhost" : cur_machine);
+                id("multihost-get-me-there").addEventListener("click", redirect_to_current_machine);
+                show('#multihost-warning');
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     function boot() {
diff --git a/pkg/static/login.scss b/pkg/static/login.scss
index 203f32a74b3e..c8ba14571fe3 100644
--- a/pkg/static/login.scss
+++ b/pkg/static/login.scss
@@ -355,14 +355,14 @@ label.checkbox {
   display: none;
 }
 
-.login-pf #banner {
+.login-pf #banner, .login-pf #multihost-warning {
   margin-block: 1rem 0.5rem;
   margin-inline: 0;
   grid-area: banner;
   inline-size: 100%;
 }
 
-#banner-message {
+#banner-message, #multihost-message  {
   white-space: pre-wrap;
   max-block-size: 12em;
   overflow: auto;
diff --git a/test/reference b/test/reference
index c83ced24f3d8..0d2849e2a944 160000
--- a/test/reference
+++ b/test/reference
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c83ced24f3d8a9d0279808014598b9a85893d061
+Subproject commit 0d2849e2a944573b64cd2fad8a023d84d6b8c413
diff --git a/test/verify/check-static-login b/test/verify/check-static-login
index 6c6ae0925d24..c7e046b84750 100755
--- a/test/verify/check-static-login
+++ b/test/verify/check-static-login
@@ -1111,5 +1111,90 @@ matchrule = <SUBJECT>^DC=LAN,DC=COCKPIT,CN=alice$
         check_store_hostkey(real_hostkey)
 
 
+@testlib.skipBeiboot("host switching disabled in beiboot mode")
+class TestLoginMultiHost(testlib.MachineCase):
+    def testBasic(self):
+        b = self.browser
+        m1 = self.machines["machine1"]
+
+        ip = "172.27.0.15"
+
+        # Disallow multiple sessions initially
+
+        if self.multihost_enabled:
+            m1.write("/etc/cockpit/cockpit.conf",
+                     '[WebService]\nAllowMultiHost=no\n')
+
+        m1.start_cockpit()
+
+        # Log in via SSH
+
+        b.open(f"/={ip}/playground")
+        b.set_val('#login-user-input', "admin")
+        b.set_val('#login-password-input', "foobar")
+        b.click("#login-button")
+        b.wait_in_text("#hostkey-fingerprint", "SHA256:")
+        b.click("#login-button")
+        b.wait_visible('#content')
+        self.assertEqual(b.eval_js("window.location.pathname"), f"/={ip}/playground")
+
+        # Go back to login page. The SSH session from above will still
+        # be active (for some time until it times out) and the login
+        # page will immediately redirect us to it.  We will end up on
+        # the Overview (instead of the playground).
+
+        b.eval_js("window.location = '/'")  # b.go would run into a "navigation canceled error"
+        b.wait_js_cond(f"window.location.pathname == '/={ip}/system'")
+        b.wait_visible('#content')
+        b.logout()
+
+        # Enable host switcher for the rest of the test
+
+        if self.multihost_enabled:
+            # clean up AllowMultiHost=no from above
+            m1.execute("rm /etc/cockpit/cockpit.conf")
+        self.enable_multihost(m1)
+        m1.restart_cockpit()
+
+        # Log in via SSH
+
+        b.open("/")
+        b.set_val('#login-user-input', "admin")
+        b.set_val('#login-password-input', "foobar")
+        b.click("#show-other-login-options")
+        b.set_val("#server-field", ip)
+        b.click("#login-button")
+        b.wait_visible('#content')
+
+        # Go back to login page. The SSH session will still be active
+        # as before, but now the login page will merely warn us about
+        # it.
+
+        b.open("/")
+        b.wait_in_text("#multihost-warning", f"You are already connected to '{ip}' in this browser session")
+        b.assert_pixels("body", "warning")
+
+        # Clicking on the button should redirect us to that session
+
+        b.click("#multihost-warning button")
+        b.wait_visible('#content')
+        self.assertEqual(b.eval_js("window.location.pathname"), f"/={ip}/system")
+
+        # Go back to login and log in locally anyway.
+
+        b.open("/")
+        b.set_val('#login-user-input', "admin")
+        b.set_val('#login-password-input', "foobar")
+        b.click("#login-button")
+        b.wait_visible('#content')
+        self.assertEqual(b.eval_js("window.location.pathname"), "/system")
+
+        # Go back to first session, it should still be there
+
+        b.open(f"/={ip}")
+        b.wait_visible('#content')
+        self.assertEqual(b.eval_js("window.location.pathname"), f"/={ip}/system")
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     testlib.test_main()