diff --git a/doc/source/command-objects/router.rst b/doc/source/command-objects/router.rst
index 151639802c..0eaae655d2 100644
--- a/doc/source/command-objects/router.rst
+++ b/doc/source/command-objects/router.rst
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ Set router properties
         [--distributed | --centralized]
         [--description <description>]
         [--route destination=<subnet>,gateway=<ip-address> | --no-route]
+        [--ha | --no-ha]
         <router>
 
 .. option:: --name <name>
@@ -235,6 +236,14 @@ Set router properties
 
     Clear routes associated with the router
 
+.. option:: --ha
+
+    Set the router as highly available (disabled router only)
+
+.. option:: --no-ha
+
+    Clear high availablability attribute of the router (disabled router only)
+
 .. _router_set-router:
 .. describe:: <router>
 
diff --git a/openstackclient/network/v2/router.py b/openstackclient/network/v2/router.py
index 64bb881911..193bf6e9bd 100644
--- a/openstackclient/network/v2/router.py
+++ b/openstackclient/network/v2/router.py
@@ -433,11 +433,19 @@ class SetRouter(command.Command):
             action='store_true',
             help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
         )
-
-        # TODO(tangchen): Support setting 'ha' property in 'router set'
-        # command. It appears that changing the ha state is supported by
-        # neutron under certain conditions.
-
+        routes_ha = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+        routes_ha.add_argument(
+            '--ha',
+            action='store_true',
+            help=_("Set the router as highly available "
+                   "(disabled router only)")
+        )
+        routes_ha.add_argument(
+            '--no-ha',
+            action='store_true',
+            help=_("Clear high availablability attribute of the router "
+                   "(disabled router only)")
+        )
         # TODO(tangchen): Support setting 'external_gateway_info' property in
         # 'router set' command.
 
@@ -451,6 +459,10 @@ class SetRouter(command.Command):
         attrs = _get_attrs(self.app.client_manager, parsed_args)
 
         # Get the route attributes.
+        if parsed_args.ha:
+            attrs['ha'] = True
+        elif parsed_args.no_ha:
+            attrs['ha'] = False
         if parsed_args.no_route:
             attrs['routes'] = []
         elif parsed_args.clear_routes:
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/test_router.py b/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/test_router.py
index d85561bc12..bc448d137e 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/test_router.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/test_router.py
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ class TestSetRouter(TestRouter):
             '--enable',
             '--distributed',
             '--name', 'noob',
+            '--no-ha',
             '--description', 'router',
         ]
         verifylist = [
@@ -537,6 +538,7 @@ class TestSetRouter(TestRouter):
             ('distributed', True),
             ('name', 'noob'),
             ('description', 'router'),
+            ('no_ha', True),
         ]
 
         parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
@@ -546,6 +548,7 @@ class TestSetRouter(TestRouter):
             'admin_state_up': True,
             'distributed': True,
             'name': 'noob',
+            'ha': False,
             'description': 'router',
         }
         self.network.update_router.assert_called_once_with(
@@ -557,11 +560,13 @@ class TestSetRouter(TestRouter):
             self._router.name,
             '--disable',
             '--centralized',
+            '--ha',
         ]
         verifylist = [
             ('router', self._router.name),
             ('disable', True),
             ('centralized', True),
+            ('ha', True),
         ]
 
         parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
@@ -570,6 +575,7 @@ class TestSetRouter(TestRouter):
         attrs = {
             'admin_state_up': False,
             'distributed': False,
+            'ha': True,
         }
         self.network.update_router.assert_called_once_with(
             self._router, **attrs)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-ha-to-router-update-6a38a73cc112b2fc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-ha-to-router-update-6a38a73cc112b2fc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..905a1fdd50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-ha-to-router-update-6a38a73cc112b2fc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add support to update high-availability property of
+    a router by adding ``--ha`` and ``--no-ha`` option
+    to ``router set`` CLI.
+    [Bug `1631492 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1631492>`_]