diff --git a/oslo_config/cfg.py b/oslo_config/cfg.py
index 39a9878e..35f0cfb5 100644
--- a/oslo_config/cfg.py
+++ b/oslo_config/cfg.py
@@ -1175,6 +1175,28 @@ class HostAddressOpt(Opt):
                                              **kwargs)
 
 
+class HostDomainOpt(Opt):
+
+    r"""Option for either an IP or a hostname.
+
+    Like HostAddress with the support of _ character.
+
+    Option with ``type`` :class:`oslo_config.types.HostDomain`
+
+    :param name: the option's name
+    :param version: one of either ``4``, ``6``, or ``None`` to specify
+       either version.
+    :param \*\*kwargs: arbitrary keyword arguments passed to :class:`Opt`
+
+    .. versionadded:: 8.6
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, name, version=None, **kwargs):
+        super(HostDomainOpt, self).__init__(name,
+                                            type=types.HostDomain(version),
+                                            **kwargs)
+
+
 class URIOpt(Opt):
 
     r"""Opt with URI type
diff --git a/oslo_config/tests/test_generator.py b/oslo_config/tests/test_generator.py
index d75b4d81..6f95176d 100644
--- a/oslo_config/tests/test_generator.py
+++ b/oslo_config/tests/test_generator.py
@@ -1872,5 +1872,32 @@ class HostAddressTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(expected, result)
 
 
+class HostDomainTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
+
+    opts = [cfg.HostDomainOpt('foo', help='foo option', default='0.0.0.0')]
+
+    def test_host_domain(self):
+
+        config = [("namespace", [("alpha", self.opts)])]
+        groups = generator._get_groups(config)
+
+        out = io.StringIO()
+        formatter = build_formatter(out)
+        generator._output_opts(formatter, 'alpha', groups.pop('alpha'))
+        result = out.getvalue()
+
+        expected = textwrap.dedent('''
+        [alpha]
+
+        #
+        # From namespace
+        #
+
+        # foo option (host domain value)
+        #foo = 0.0.0.0
+        ''').lstrip()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, result)
+
+
 GeneratorTestCase.generate_scenarios()
 MachineReadableGeneratorTestCase.generate_scenarios()
diff --git a/oslo_config/types.py b/oslo_config/types.py
index 72242cb3..8ebc6e6e 100644
--- a/oslo_config/types.py
+++ b/oslo_config/types.py
@@ -871,6 +871,13 @@ class HostDomain(HostAddress):
     # DOMAIN_REGEX is HOSTNAME_REGEX with the _ character added
     DOMAIN_REGEX = '(?!-)[A-Z0-9-_]{1,63}(?<!-)$'
 
+    def __init__(self, version=None, type_name='host domain value'):
+        """Check for valid version in case an IP address is provided
+
+        """
+
+        super(HostDomain, self).__init__(type_name=type_name)
+
     def __call__(self, value):
         """Checks if is a valid IP/hostname.
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-missing-config-option-9ee1992eea750200.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-missing-config-option-9ee1992eea750200.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6b1fc86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-missing-config-option-9ee1992eea750200.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Adding the missing ``HostDomain`` config option. Previously this available
+    type couldn't been imported because no related config option was defined.