diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2cfef4fd82..cffb759590 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## v2.6.0 (2025-03-03)
+
+* [GH-3309](https://github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/pull/3309) Backport: Added support for hypervisor_hostname to v2
+
 ## v2.5.0 (2025-02-11)
 
 * [GH-3278](https://github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/pull/3278) [v2] test: Ensure that randomly created secgroup rules don't conflict
diff --git a/openstack/compute/v2/servers/requests.go b/openstack/compute/v2/servers/requests.go
index dd3b132d1d..44e8cccaeb 100644
--- a/openstack/compute/v2/servers/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/compute/v2/servers/requests.go
@@ -508,6 +508,9 @@ type CreateOpts struct {
 
 	// DiskConfig [optional] controls how the created server's disk is partitioned.
 	DiskConfig DiskConfig `json:"OS-DCF:diskConfig,omitempty"`
+
+	// HypervisorHostname is the name of the hypervisor to which the server is scheduled.
+	HypervisorHostname string `json:"hypervisor_hostname,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ToServerCreateMap assembles a request body based on the contents of a
diff --git a/openstack/compute/v2/servers/testing/requests_test.go b/openstack/compute/v2/servers/testing/requests_test.go
index b50ea185c9..66a33dd688 100644
--- a/openstack/compute/v2/servers/testing/requests_test.go
+++ b/openstack/compute/v2/servers/testing/requests_test.go
@@ -1160,3 +1160,25 @@ func TestCreateServerWithTags(t *testing.T) {
 	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
 	th.CheckDeepEquals(t, ServerDerpTags, *actualServer)
 }
+
+func TestCreateServerWithHypervisorHostname(t *testing.T) {
+	opts := servers.CreateOpts{
+		Name:               "createdserver",
+		FlavorRef:          "performance1-1",
+		ImageRef:           "asdfasdfasdf",
+		HypervisorHostname: "test-hypervisor",
+	}
+	expected := `
+    {
+        "server": {
+            "name":"createdserver",
+            "flavorRef":"performance1-1",
+            "imageRef":"asdfasdfasdf",
+            "hypervisor_hostname":"test-hypervisor"
+        }
+    }
+    `
+	actual, err := opts.ToServerCreateMap()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	th.CheckJSONEquals(t, expected, actual)
+}
diff --git a/provider_client.go b/provider_client.go
index 2d52c73326..8dac878eb9 100644
--- a/provider_client.go
+++ b/provider_client.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 // DefaultUserAgent is the default User-Agent string set in the request header.
 const (
-	DefaultUserAgent         = "gophercloud/v2.5.0"
+	DefaultUserAgent         = "gophercloud/v2.6.0"
 	DefaultMaxBackoffRetries = 60
 )