diff --git a/src/client_backend/client_backend.h b/src/client_backend/client_backend.h
index 07db7ca1..6e6ea62c 100644
--- a/src/client_backend/client_backend.h
+++ b/src/client_backend/client_backend.h
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ struct SslOptionsBase {
   std::string ssl_grpc_root_certifications_file = "";
   std::string ssl_grpc_private_key_file = "";
   std::string ssl_grpc_certificate_chain_file = "";
+  std::string ssl_grpc_target_name_override = "";
   long ssl_https_verify_peer = 1L;
   long ssl_https_verify_host = 2L;
   std::string ssl_https_ca_certificates_file = "";
diff --git a/src/client_backend/tensorflow_serving/tfserve_grpc_client.cc b/src/client_backend/tensorflow_serving/tfserve_grpc_client.cc
index f53e4d17..a7f1a8f4 100644
--- a/src/client_backend/tensorflow_serving/tfserve_grpc_client.cc
+++ b/src/client_backend/tensorflow_serving/tfserve_grpc_client.cc
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ GetChannel(const std::string& url, bool use_ssl, const SslOptions& ssl_options)
     grpc::ChannelArguments arguments;
     arguments.SetMaxSendMessageSize(tc::MAX_GRPC_MESSAGE_SIZE);
     arguments.SetMaxReceiveMessageSize(tc::MAX_GRPC_MESSAGE_SIZE);
+    if (!ssl_options.target_name_override.empty()) {
+      arguments.SetSslTargetNameOverride(ssl_options.target_name_override);
+    }
     std::shared_ptr<grpc::ChannelCredentials> credentials;
     if (use_ssl) {
       std::string root;
diff --git a/src/client_backend/tensorflow_serving/tfserve_grpc_client.h b/src/client_backend/tensorflow_serving/tfserve_grpc_client.h
index bfa475b8..426610bc 100644
--- a/src/client_backend/tensorflow_serving/tfserve_grpc_client.h
+++ b/src/client_backend/tensorflow_serving/tfserve_grpc_client.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct SslOptions {
   // This parameter can be empty if the client does not have a
   // certificate chain.
   std::string certificate_chain;
+  std::string target_name_override;
 };
 
 class InferResult;
diff --git a/src/client_backend/triton/test_triton_client_backend.cc b/src/client_backend/triton/test_triton_client_backend.cc
index c32ad17b..30d50967 100644
--- a/src/client_backend/triton/test_triton_client_backend.cc
+++ b/src/client_backend/triton/test_triton_client_backend.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
+#include <memory>
 
 #include "../../doctest.h"
 #include "triton_client_backend.h"
@@ -46,6 +47,49 @@ class TestTritonClientBackend : public TritonClientBackend {
   }
 };
 
+TEST_CASE("TritonClientBackend::Create with GRPC and SSL target name override")
+{
+  using triton::perfanalyzer::clientbackend::Error;
+  using triton::perfanalyzer::clientbackend::SslOptionsBase;
+  using triton::perfanalyzer::clientbackend::ClientBackend;
+  using triton::perfanalyzer::clientbackend::tritonremote::TritonClientBackend;
+
+  const std::string url{"localhost:8001"};
+  const bool verbose{false};
+  const std::string metrics_url{};
+  const auto protocol = cb::ProtocolType::GRPC;
+  const auto input_tensor_format = cb::TensorFormat::BINARY;
+  const auto output_tensor_format = cb::TensorFormat::BINARY;
+  const grpc_compression_algorithm compression = GRPC_COMPRESS_NONE;
+  std::shared_ptr<tc::Headers> headers = std::make_shared<tc::Headers>();
+  std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>> trace_options{};
+
+  SUBCASE("override set")
+  {
+    SslOptionsBase ssl{};
+    ssl.ssl_grpc_target_name_override = "my.host.name";
+
+    std::unique_ptr<ClientBackend> backend;
+    Error err = TritonClientBackend::Create(
+        url, protocol, ssl, trace_options, compression, headers, verbose,
+        metrics_url, input_tensor_format, output_tensor_format, &backend);
+    CHECK(err.IsOk());
+    CHECK(backend != nullptr);
+  }
+
+  SUBCASE("override empty")
+  {
+    SslOptionsBase ssl{};
+
+    std::unique_ptr<ClientBackend> backend;
+    Error err = TritonClientBackend::Create(
+        url, protocol, ssl, trace_options, compression, headers, verbose,
+        metrics_url, input_tensor_format, output_tensor_format, &backend);
+    CHECK(err.IsOk());
+    CHECK(backend != nullptr);
+  }
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("testing the ParseAndStoreMetric function")
 {
   TestTritonClientBackend ttcb{};
diff --git a/src/client_backend/triton/triton_client_backend.cc b/src/client_backend/triton/triton_client_backend.cc
index 40ce3489..f7945010 100644
--- a/src/client_backend/triton/triton_client_backend.cc
+++ b/src/client_backend/triton/triton_client_backend.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "triton_client_backend.h"
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <grpc++/grpc++.h>
 
 #include <regex>
 #include <stdexcept>
@@ -124,9 +125,17 @@ TritonClientBackend::Create(
         ParseGrpcSslOptions(ssl_options);
     bool use_ssl = grpc_ssl_options_pair.first;
     triton::client::SslOptions grpc_ssl_options = grpc_ssl_options_pair.second;
+
+    grpc::ChannelArguments channel_args;
+    channel_args.SetMaxSendMessageSize(tc::MAX_GRPC_MESSAGE_SIZE);
+    channel_args.SetMaxReceiveMessageSize(tc::MAX_GRPC_MESSAGE_SIZE);
+    if (!ssl_options.ssl_grpc_target_name_override.empty()) {
+      channel_args.SetSslTargetNameOverride(
+          ssl_options.ssl_grpc_target_name_override);
+    }
     RETURN_IF_TRITON_ERROR(tc::InferenceServerGrpcClient::Create(
-        &(triton_client_backend->client_.grpc_client_), url, verbose, use_ssl,
-        grpc_ssl_options));
+        &(triton_client_backend->client_.grpc_client_), url, channel_args,
+        verbose, use_ssl, grpc_ssl_options, true /*use_cached_channel*/));
     if (!trace_options.empty()) {
       inference::TraceSettingResponse response;
       RETURN_IF_TRITON_ERROR(
diff --git a/src/command_line_parser.cc b/src/command_line_parser.cc
index 2a12b49b..4819b4dc 100644
--- a/src/command_line_parser.cc
+++ b/src/command_line_parser.cc
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ CLParser::Usage(const std::string& msg)
   std::cerr << "\t--ssl-grpc-root-certifications-file <path>" << std::endl;
   std::cerr << "\t--ssl-grpc-private-key-file <path>" << std::endl;
   std::cerr << "\t--ssl-grpc-certificate-chain-file <path>" << std::endl;
+  std::cerr << "\t--ssl-grpc-target-name-override <string>" << std::endl;
   std::cerr << "\t--ssl-https-verify-peer <number>" << std::endl;
   std::cerr << "\t--ssl-https-verify-host <number>" << std::endl;
   std::cerr << "\t--ssl-https-ca-certificates-file <path>" << std::endl;
@@ -670,6 +671,14 @@ CLParser::Usage(const std::string& msg)
                    "PEM encoding of the client's certificate chain.",
                    38)
             << std::endl;
+  std::cerr << std::setw(38) << std::left
+            << " --ssl-grpc-target-name-override: "
+            << FormatMessage(
+                   "Override the target name used for TLS hostname verification "
+                   "on the gRPC channel. Useful when connecting to an IP with "
+                   "a certificate issued for a hostname.",
+                   38)
+            << std::endl;
   std::cerr << std::setw(38) << std::left << " --ssl-https-verify-peer: "
             << FormatMessage(
                    "Number (0|1) to verify the "
@@ -925,6 +934,8 @@ CLParser::ParseCommandLine(int argc, char** argv)
        long_option_idx_base + 40},
       {"ssl-https-private-key-type", required_argument, 0,
        long_option_idx_base + 41},
+      {"ssl-grpc-target-name-override", required_argument, 0,
+       long_option_idx_base + 67},
       {"verbose-csv", no_argument, 0, long_option_idx_base + 42},
       {"enable-mpi", no_argument, 0, long_option_idx_base + 43},
       {"trace-level", required_argument, 0, long_option_idx_base + 44},
@@ -1420,6 +1431,10 @@ CLParser::ParseCommandLine(int argc, char** argv)
           }
           break;
         }
+        case long_option_idx_base + 67: {
+          params_->ssl_options.ssl_grpc_target_name_override = optarg;
+          break;
+        }
         case long_option_idx_base + 35: {
           if (std::atol(optarg) == 0 || std::atol(optarg) == 1) {
             params_->ssl_options.ssl_https_verify_peer = std::atol(optarg);
diff --git a/src/test_command_line_parser.cc b/src/test_command_line_parser.cc
index a7bba7c3..47e3c36a 100644
--- a/src/test_command_line_parser.cc
+++ b/src/test_command_line_parser.cc
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ CHECK_PARAMS(PAParamsPtr act, PAParamsPtr exp)
   for (size_t i = 0; i < act->user_data.size(); i++) {
     CHECK_STRING(act->user_data[i], exp->user_data[i]);
   }
+
   CHECK(act->input_shapes.size() == exp->input_shapes.size());
   for (auto act_shape : act->input_shapes) {
     auto exp_shape = exp->input_shapes.find(act_shape.first);
@@ -156,6 +157,9 @@ CHECK_PARAMS(PAParamsPtr act, PAParamsPtr exp)
   CHECK(
       act->ssl_options.ssl_https_verify_peer ==
       exp->ssl_options.ssl_https_verify_peer);
+  CHECK_STRING(
+      act->ssl_options.ssl_grpc_target_name_override,
+      exp->ssl_options.ssl_grpc_target_name_override);
   CHECK(act->verbose_csv == exp->verbose_csv);
   CHECK(act->enable_mpi == exp->enable_mpi);
   CHECK(act->trace_options.size() == exp->trace_options.size());
@@ -307,6 +311,9 @@ TEST_CASE("Testing PerfAnalyzerParameters")
       "ssl_grpc_root_certifications_file",
       params->ssl_options.ssl_grpc_root_certifications_file, "");
   CHECK(params->ssl_options.ssl_grpc_use_ssl == false);
+  CHECK_STRING(
+      "ssl_grpc_target_name_override",
+      params->ssl_options.ssl_grpc_target_name_override, "");
   CHECK_STRING(
       "ssl_https_ca_certificates_file",
       params->ssl_options.ssl_https_ca_certificates_file, "");
@@ -622,6 +629,12 @@ TEST_CASE("Testing Command Line Parser")
 
       exp->max_threads = 1;
       exp->max_threads_specified = true;
+
+      REQUIRE(act->user_data.size() == exp->user_data.size());
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < act->user_data.size(); i++) {
+        CHECK_STRING(act->user_data[i], exp->user_data[i]);
+      }
+      CHECK(act->input_shapes.size() == exp->input_shapes.size());
     }
 
     SUBCASE("set to max")
@@ -651,7 +664,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Testing Command Line Parser")
 
     SUBCASE("bad value")
     {
-      int argc = 4;
+      int argc = 5;
       char* argv[argc] = {app_name, "-m", model_name, "--max-threads", "bad"};
 
       CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(
@@ -1983,6 +1996,35 @@ TEST_CASE("Testing Command Line Parser")
     }
   }
 
+  SUBCASE("Option : --ssl-grpc-target-name-override")
+  {
+    SUBCASE("set to my.host.name")
+    {
+      int argc = 5;
+      char* argv[argc] = {app_name, "-m", model_name,
+                          "--ssl-grpc-target-name-override", "my.host.name"};
+
+      REQUIRE_NOTHROW(act = parser.Parse(argc, argv));
+      CHECK(!parser.UsageCalled());
+
+      exp->ssl_options.ssl_grpc_target_name_override = "my.host.name";
+    }
+
+    SUBCASE("missing value")
+    {
+      int argc = 4;
+      char* argv[argc] = {
+          app_name, "-m", model_name, "--ssl-grpc-target-name-override"};
+
+      CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(
+          act = parser.Parse(argc, argv),
+          "Error: Missing value for option '--ssl-grpc-target-name-override'",
+          PerfAnalyzerException);
+
+      check_params = false;
+    }
+  }
+
   if (check_params) {
     if (act == nullptr) {
       std::cerr