diff --git a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py
index cb9f8d43eb..fefd4b3773 100644
--- a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py
+++ b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py
@@ -1407,9 +1407,38 @@ class MigrateServer(command.Command):
             help=_('Server (name or ID)'),
         )
         parser.add_argument(
+            '--live-migration',
+            dest='live_migration',
+            action='store_true',
+            help=_('Live migrate the server. Use the ``--host`` option to '
+                   'specify a target host for the migration which will be '
+                   'validated by the scheduler.'),
+        )
+        # The --live and --host options are mutually exclusive ways of asking
+        # for a target host during a live migration.
+        host_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+        # TODO(mriedem): Remove --live in the next major version bump after
+        #  the Train release.
+        host_group.add_argument(
             '--live',
             metavar='<hostname>',
-            help=_('Target hostname'),
+            help=_('**Deprecated** This option is problematic in that it '
+                   'requires a host and prior to compute API version 2.30, '
+                   'specifying a host during live migration will bypass '
+                   'validation by the scheduler which could result in '
+                   'failures to actually migrate the server to the specified '
+                   'host or over-subscribe the host. Use the '
+                   '``--live-migration`` option instead. If both this option '
+                   'and ``--live-migration`` are used, ``--live-migration`` '
+                   'takes priority.'),
+        )
+        # TODO(mriedem): Add support for --os-compute-api-version >= 2.56 where
+        # you can cold migrate to a specified target host.
+        host_group.add_argument(
+            '--host',
+            metavar='<hostname>',
+            help=_('Live migrate the server to the specified host. Requires '
+                   '``--os-compute-api-version`` 2.30 or greater.'),
         )
         migration_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
         migration_group.add_argument(
@@ -1447,6 +1476,15 @@ class MigrateServer(command.Command):
         )
         return parser
 
+    def _log_warning_for_live(self, parsed_args):
+        if parsed_args.live:
+            # NOTE(mriedem): The --live option requires a host and if
+            # --os-compute-api-version is less than 2.30 it will forcefully
+            # bypass the scheduler which is dangerous.
+            self.log.warning(_(
+                'The --live option has been deprecated. Please use the '
+                '--live-migration option instead.'))
+
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
 
         def _show_progress(progress):
@@ -1460,19 +1498,45 @@ class MigrateServer(command.Command):
             compute_client.servers,
             parsed_args.server,
         )
-        if parsed_args.live:
+        # Check for live migration.
+        if parsed_args.live or parsed_args.live_migration:
+            # Always log a warning if --live is used.
+            self._log_warning_for_live(parsed_args)
             kwargs = {
-                'host': parsed_args.live,
                 'block_migration': parsed_args.block_migration
             }
+            # Prefer --live-migration over --live if both are specified.
+            if parsed_args.live_migration:
+                # Technically we could pass a non-None host with
+                # --os-compute-api-version < 2.30 but that is the same thing
+                # as the --live option bypassing the scheduler which we don't
+                # want to support, so if the user is using --live-migration
+                # and --host, we want to enforce that they are using version
+                # 2.30 or greater.
+                if (parsed_args.host and
+                        compute_client.api_version <
+                        api_versions.APIVersion('2.30')):
+                    raise exceptions.CommandError(
+                        '--os-compute-api-version 2.30 or greater is required '
+                        'when using --host')
+                # The host parameter is required in the API even if None.
+                kwargs['host'] = parsed_args.host
+            else:
+                kwargs['host'] = parsed_args.live
+
             if compute_client.api_version < api_versions.APIVersion('2.25'):
                 kwargs['disk_over_commit'] = parsed_args.disk_overcommit
             server.live_migrate(**kwargs)
         else:
-            if parsed_args.block_migration or parsed_args.disk_overcommit:
-                raise exceptions.CommandError("--live must be specified if "
-                                              "--block-migration or "
-                                              "--disk-overcommit is specified")
+            if (parsed_args.block_migration or parsed_args.disk_overcommit or
+                    parsed_args.host):
+                # TODO(mriedem): Allow --host for cold migration if
+                # --os-compute-api-version >= 2.56.
+                raise exceptions.CommandError(
+                    "--live-migration must be specified if "
+                    "--block-migration, --disk-overcommit or --host is "
+                    "specified")
+
             server.migrate()
 
         if parsed_args.wait:
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_server.py b/openstackclient/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_server.py
index c30af8fb8e..2a301b4541 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_server.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_server.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from openstack import exceptions as sdk_exceptions
 from osc_lib import exceptions
 from osc_lib import utils as common_utils
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
+import six
 
 from openstackclient.compute.v2 import server
 from openstackclient.tests.unit.compute.v2 import fakes as compute_fakes
@@ -2415,12 +2416,40 @@ class TestServerMigrate(TestServer):
         self.assertNotCalled(self.servers_mock.live_migrate)
         self.assertNotCalled(self.servers_mock.migrate)
 
+    def test_server_migrate_with_host(self):
+        # Tests that --host is not allowed for a cold migration.
+        arglist = [
+            '--host', 'fakehost', self.server.id,
+        ]
+        verifylist = [
+            ('live', None),
+            ('live_migration', False),
+            ('host', 'fakehost'),
+            ('block_migration', False),
+            ('disk_overcommit', False),
+            ('wait', False),
+        ]
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
+
+        ex = self.assertRaises(exceptions.CommandError, self.cmd.take_action,
+                               parsed_args)
+
+        # Make sure it's the error we expect.
+        self.assertIn("--live-migration must be specified if "
+                      "--block-migration, --disk-overcommit or --host is "
+                      "specified", six.text_type(ex))
+        self.servers_mock.get.assert_called_with(self.server.id)
+        self.assertNotCalled(self.servers_mock.live_migrate)
+        self.assertNotCalled(self.servers_mock.migrate)
+
     def test_server_live_migrate(self):
         arglist = [
             '--live', 'fakehost', self.server.id,
         ]
         verifylist = [
             ('live', 'fakehost'),
+            ('live_migration', False),
+            ('host', None),
             ('block_migration', False),
             ('disk_overcommit', False),
             ('wait', False),
@@ -2430,7 +2459,8 @@ class TestServerMigrate(TestServer):
         self.app.client_manager.compute.api_version = \
             api_versions.APIVersion('2.24')
 
-        result = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+        with mock.patch.object(self.cmd.log, 'warning') as mock_warning:
+            result = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
 
         self.servers_mock.get.assert_called_with(self.server.id)
         self.server.live_migrate.assert_called_with(block_migration=False,
@@ -2438,6 +2468,132 @@ class TestServerMigrate(TestServer):
                                                     host='fakehost')
         self.assertNotCalled(self.servers_mock.migrate)
         self.assertIsNone(result)
+        # A warning should have been logged for using --live.
+        mock_warning.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertIn('The --live option has been deprecated.',
+                      six.text_type(mock_warning.call_args[0][0]))
+
+    def test_server_live_migrate_host_pre_2_30(self):
+        # Tests that the --host option is not supported for --live-migration
+        # before microversion 2.30 (the test defaults to 2.1).
+        arglist = [
+            '--live-migration', '--host', 'fakehost', self.server.id,
+        ]
+        verifylist = [
+            ('live', None),
+            ('live_migration', True),
+            ('host', 'fakehost'),
+            ('block_migration', False),
+            ('disk_overcommit', False),
+            ('wait', False),
+        ]
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
+
+        ex = self.assertRaises(exceptions.CommandError, self.cmd.take_action,
+                               parsed_args)
+
+        # Make sure it's the error we expect.
+        self.assertIn('--os-compute-api-version 2.30 or greater is required '
+                      'when using --host', six.text_type(ex))
+
+        self.servers_mock.get.assert_called_with(self.server.id)
+        self.assertNotCalled(self.servers_mock.live_migrate)
+        self.assertNotCalled(self.servers_mock.migrate)
+
+    def test_server_live_migrate_no_host(self):
+        # Tests the --live-migration option without --host or --live.
+        arglist = [
+            '--live-migration', self.server.id,
+        ]
+        verifylist = [
+            ('live', None),
+            ('live_migration', True),
+            ('host', None),
+            ('block_migration', False),
+            ('disk_overcommit', False),
+            ('wait', False),
+        ]
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
+
+        with mock.patch.object(self.cmd.log, 'warning') as mock_warning:
+            result = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+        self.servers_mock.get.assert_called_with(self.server.id)
+        self.server.live_migrate.assert_called_with(block_migration=False,
+                                                    disk_over_commit=False,
+                                                    host=None)
+        self.assertNotCalled(self.servers_mock.migrate)
+        self.assertIsNone(result)
+        # Since --live wasn't used a warning shouldn't have been logged.
+        mock_warning.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_server_live_migrate_with_host(self):
+        # Tests the --live-migration option with --host but no --live.
+        # This requires --os-compute-api-version >= 2.30 so the test uses 2.30.
+        arglist = [
+            '--live-migration', '--host', 'fakehost', self.server.id,
+        ]
+        verifylist = [
+            ('live', None),
+            ('live_migration', True),
+            ('host', 'fakehost'),
+            ('block_migration', False),
+            ('disk_overcommit', False),
+            ('wait', False),
+        ]
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
+
+        self.app.client_manager.compute.api_version = \
+            api_versions.APIVersion('2.30')
+
+        result = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+        self.servers_mock.get.assert_called_with(self.server.id)
+        # No disk_overcommit with microversion >= 2.25.
+        self.server.live_migrate.assert_called_with(block_migration=False,
+                                                    host='fakehost')
+        self.assertNotCalled(self.servers_mock.migrate)
+        self.assertIsNone(result)
+
+    def test_server_live_migrate_without_host_override_live(self):
+        # Tests the --live-migration option without --host and with --live.
+        # The --live-migration option will take precedence and a warning is
+        # logged for using --live.
+        arglist = [
+            '--live', 'fakehost', '--live-migration', self.server.id,
+        ]
+        verifylist = [
+            ('live', 'fakehost'),
+            ('live_migration', True),
+            ('host', None),
+            ('block_migration', False),
+            ('disk_overcommit', False),
+            ('wait', False),
+        ]
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
+
+        with mock.patch.object(self.cmd.log, 'warning') as mock_warning:
+            result = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+        self.servers_mock.get.assert_called_with(self.server.id)
+        self.server.live_migrate.assert_called_with(block_migration=False,
+                                                    disk_over_commit=False,
+                                                    host=None)
+        self.assertNotCalled(self.servers_mock.migrate)
+        self.assertIsNone(result)
+        # A warning should have been logged for using --live.
+        mock_warning.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertIn('The --live option has been deprecated.',
+                      six.text_type(mock_warning.call_args[0][0]))
+
+    def test_server_live_migrate_live_and_host_mutex(self):
+        # Tests specifying both the --live and --host options which are in a
+        # mutex group so argparse should fail.
+        arglist = [
+            '--live', 'fakehost', '--host', 'fakehost', self.server.id,
+        ]
+        self.assertRaises(utils.ParserException,
+                          self.check_parser, self.cmd, arglist, verify_args=[])
 
     def test_server_block_live_migrate(self):
         arglist = [
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1411190-live-migration-host-655ae6befa6a3de2.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1411190-live-migration-host-655ae6befa6a3de2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..927d6a6451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1411190-live-migration-host-655ae6befa6a3de2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``--live`` option on the ``openstack server migrate`` command has
+    been deprecated and is being replaced with two new options:
+
+    * ``--live-migration``: This will signal that the migration is a live
+      migration.
+    * ``--host``: This can be used to request a target host for the live
+      migration but requires ``--os-compute-api-version`` 2.30 or greater
+      so the requested host can be validated by the scheduler.
+
+    The ``--live`` option is problematic in that it requires a host and
+    prior to compute API version 2.30, specifying a host during live migration
+    will bypass validation by the scheduler which could result in failures to
+    actually migrate the server to the specified host or over-subscribe the
+    host.
+
+    The ``--live`` and ``--host`` options are mutually exclusive. Furthermore,
+    if both the ``--live`` and ``--live-migration`` options are used the
+    ``--live-migration`` option takes priority.
+fixes:
+  - |
+    `Bug 1411190`_ has been fixed by providing a ``--live-migration`` and
+    ``--host`` option to the ``openstack server migrate`` command.
+
+    .. _Bug 1411190: https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-openstackclient/+bug/1411190