diff --git a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
index 7b7310b02..c97d9118a 100755
--- a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 ### Internal Changes
 * Replace the async-disabling mechanism on token refresh failure with a 1-minute retry backoff. Previously, a single failed async refresh would disable proactive token renewal until the token expired. Now, the SDK waits a short cooldown period and retries, improving resilience to transient errors.
 * Extract `_resolve_profile` to simplify config file loading and improve `__settings__` error messages.
+* Add `host_type` to `HostMetadata` and `HostType.from_api_value()` for normalizing host type strings from the discovery endpoint.
 
 ### API Changes
 * Add `create_catalog()`, `create_synced_table()`, `delete_catalog()`, `delete_synced_table()`, `get_catalog()` and `get_synced_table()` methods for [w.postgres](https://databricks-sdk-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/workspace/postgres/postgres.html) workspace-level service.
diff --git a/databricks/sdk/client_types.py b/databricks/sdk/client_types.py
index 3937cdde0..729a454af 100644
--- a/databricks/sdk/client_types.py
+++ b/databricks/sdk/client_types.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from enum import Enum
+from typing import Optional
 
 
 class HostType(Enum):
@@ -8,6 +9,24 @@ class HostType(Enum):
     WORKSPACE = "workspace"
     UNIFIED = "unified"
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_api_value(value: str) -> Optional["HostType"]:
+        """Normalize a host_type string from the API to a HostType enum value.
+
+        Maps "workspace" -> WORKSPACE, "account" -> ACCOUNTS, "unified" -> UNIFIED.
+        Returns None for unrecognized or empty values.
+        """
+        if not value:
+            return None
+        normalized = value.lower()
+        if normalized == "workspace":
+            return HostType.WORKSPACE
+        if normalized == "account":
+            return HostType.ACCOUNTS
+        if normalized == "unified":
+            return HostType.UNIFIED
+        return None
+
 
 class ClientType(Enum):
     """Enum representing the type of client configuration."""
diff --git a/databricks/sdk/config.py b/databricks/sdk/config.py
index 599dc0efe..cc34d2dbe 100644
--- a/databricks/sdk/config.py
+++ b/databricks/sdk/config.py
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._header_factory = None
         self._inner = {}
         self._user_agent_other_info = []
+        self._resolved_host_type = None
         self._custom_headers = custom_headers or {}
         if credentials_strategy and credentials_provider:
             raise ValueError("When providing `credentials_strategy` field, `credential_provider` cannot be specified.")
@@ -655,6 +656,11 @@ def _resolve_host_metadata(self) -> None:
         if not self.cloud and meta.cloud:
             logger.debug(f"Resolved cloud from host metadata: {meta.cloud.value}")
             self.cloud = meta.cloud
+        if self._resolved_host_type is None and meta.host_type:
+            resolved = HostType.from_api_value(meta.host_type)
+            if resolved is not None:
+                logger.debug(f"Resolved host_type from host metadata: {meta.host_type}")
+                self._resolved_host_type = resolved
         # Account hosts use account_id as the OIDC token audience instead of the token endpoint.
         # This is a special case: when the metadata has no workspace_id, the host is acting as an
         # account-level endpoint and the audience must be scoped to the account.
diff --git a/databricks/sdk/oauth.py b/databricks/sdk/oauth.py
index 9f3656fda..85ac05b2a 100644
--- a/databricks/sdk/oauth.py
+++ b/databricks/sdk/oauth.py
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ class HostMetadata:
     account_id: Optional[str] = None
     workspace_id: Optional[str] = None
     cloud: Optional[Cloud] = None
+    host_type: Optional[str] = None
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_dict(d: dict) -> "HostMetadata":
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ def from_dict(d: dict) -> "HostMetadata":
             account_id=d.get("account_id"),
             workspace_id=d.get("workspace_id"),
             cloud=Cloud.parse(d.get("cloud", "")),
+            host_type=d.get("host_type"),
         )
 
     def as_dict(self) -> dict:
@@ -464,6 +466,7 @@ def as_dict(self) -> dict:
             "account_id": self.account_id,
             "workspace_id": self.workspace_id,
             "cloud": self.cloud.value if self.cloud else None,
+            "host_type": self.host_type,
         }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 0130fab88..d6e0cd4e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -973,3 +973,119 @@ def test_resolve_host_metadata_does_not_overwrite_token_audience(mocker):
         token_audience="custom-audience",
     )
     assert config.token_audience == "custom-audience"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# HostType.from_api_value tests
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "api_value,expected",
+    [
+        ("workspace", HostType.WORKSPACE),
+        ("Workspace", HostType.WORKSPACE),
+        ("WORKSPACE", HostType.WORKSPACE),
+        ("account", HostType.ACCOUNTS),
+        ("Account", HostType.ACCOUNTS),
+        ("ACCOUNT", HostType.ACCOUNTS),
+        ("unified", HostType.UNIFIED),
+        ("Unified", HostType.UNIFIED),
+        ("UNIFIED", HostType.UNIFIED),
+        ("unknown", None),
+        ("", None),
+        (None, None),
+    ],
+)
+def test_host_type_from_api_value(api_value, expected):
+    assert HostType.from_api_value(api_value) == expected
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# HostMetadata.from_dict with host_type field
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_host_metadata_from_dict_with_host_type():
+    """HostMetadata.from_dict parses the host_type field."""
+    d = {
+        "oidc_endpoint": "https://host/oidc",
+        "account_id": "acc-1",
+        "host_type": "workspace",
+    }
+    meta = HostMetadata.from_dict(d)
+    assert meta.host_type == "workspace"
+
+
+def test_host_metadata_from_dict_without_host_type():
+    """HostMetadata.from_dict returns None for missing host_type."""
+    d = {"oidc_endpoint": "https://host/oidc"}
+    meta = HostMetadata.from_dict(d)
+    assert meta.host_type is None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# _resolve_host_metadata populates _resolved_host_type
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_resolve_host_metadata_populates_resolved_host_type(mocker):
+    """_resolved_host_type is populated from metadata host_type."""
+    mocker.patch(
+        "databricks.sdk.config.get_host_metadata",
+        return_value=HostMetadata.from_dict(
+            {
+                "oidc_endpoint": f"{_DUMMY_WS_HOST}/oidc",
+                "host_type": "unified",
+            }
+        ),
+    )
+    config = Config(host=_DUMMY_WS_HOST, token="t")
+    assert config._resolved_host_type == HostType.UNIFIED
+
+
+def test_resolve_host_metadata_does_not_overwrite_existing_resolved_host_type(mocker):
+    """An already-set _resolved_host_type is not overwritten by metadata."""
+    mocker.patch(
+        "databricks.sdk.config.get_host_metadata",
+        return_value=HostMetadata.from_dict(
+            {
+                "oidc_endpoint": f"{_DUMMY_WS_HOST}/oidc",
+                "host_type": "account",
+            }
+        ),
+    )
+    config = Config(host=_DUMMY_WS_HOST, token="t")
+    # Manually set resolved host type then re-resolve
+    config._resolved_host_type = HostType.UNIFIED
+    config._resolve_host_metadata()
+    assert config._resolved_host_type == HostType.UNIFIED
+
+
+def test_resolve_host_metadata_resolved_host_type_none_when_missing(mocker):
+    """_resolved_host_type stays None when metadata has no host_type."""
+    mocker.patch(
+        "databricks.sdk.config.get_host_metadata",
+        return_value=HostMetadata.from_dict(
+            {
+                "oidc_endpoint": f"{_DUMMY_WS_HOST}/oidc",
+            }
+        ),
+    )
+    config = Config(host=_DUMMY_WS_HOST, token="t")
+    assert config._resolved_host_type is None
+
+
+def test_resolve_host_metadata_resolved_host_type_unknown_string(mocker):
+    """_resolved_host_type stays None for unrecognized host_type strings."""
+    mocker.patch(
+        "databricks.sdk.config.get_host_metadata",
+        return_value=HostMetadata.from_dict(
+            {
+                "oidc_endpoint": f"{_DUMMY_WS_HOST}/oidc",
+                "host_type": "some_future_type",
+            }
+        ),
+    )
+    config = Config(host=_DUMMY_WS_HOST, token="t")
+    assert config._resolved_host_type is None