diff --git a/.changelog/25903.txt b/.changelog/25903.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c776d5e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/25903.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+client: Add gc_volumes_on_node_gc configuration to delete host volumes when nodes are garbage collected
+```
diff --git a/api/nodes.go b/api/nodes.go
index 75df0957c..9f3574d34 100644
--- a/api/nodes.go
+++ b/api/nodes.go
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ type Node struct {
 	Events                []*NodeEvent
 	Drivers               map[string]*DriverInfo
 	HostVolumes           map[string]*HostVolumeInfo
+	GCVolumesOnNodeGC     bool
 	HostNetworks          map[string]*HostNetworkInfo
 	CSIControllerPlugins  map[string]*CSIInfo
 	CSINodePlugins        map[string]*CSIInfo
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index e3f02e03c..d993903c2 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -1595,6 +1595,8 @@ func (c *Client) setupNode() error {
 			node.HostVolumes[k] = v.Copy()
 		}
 	}
+	node.GCVolumesOnNodeGC = newConfig.GCVolumesOnNodeGC
+
 	if node.HostNetworks == nil {
 		if l := len(newConfig.HostNetworks); l != 0 {
 			node.HostNetworks = make(map[string]*structs.ClientHostNetworkConfig, l)
diff --git a/client/config/config.go b/client/config/config.go
index b32956929..ebefd532a 100644
--- a/client/config/config.go
+++ b/client/config/config.go
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	// before garbage collection is triggered.
 	GCMaxAllocs int
 
+	// GCVolumesOnNodeGC indicates that the server should GC any dynamic host
+	// volumes on this node when the node is GC'd. This should only be set if
+	// you know that a GC'd node can never come back
+	GCVolumesOnNodeGC bool
+
 	// NoHostUUID disables using the host's UUID and will force generation of a
 	// random UUID.
 	NoHostUUID bool
diff --git a/command/agent/agent.go b/command/agent/agent.go
index 23b83214a..5760b3747 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent.go
@@ -947,6 +947,8 @@ func convertClientConfig(agentConfig *Config) (*clientconfig.Config, error) {
 	conf.GCDiskUsageThreshold = agentConfig.Client.GCDiskUsageThreshold
 	conf.GCInodeUsageThreshold = agentConfig.Client.GCInodeUsageThreshold
 	conf.GCMaxAllocs = agentConfig.Client.GCMaxAllocs
+	conf.GCVolumesOnNodeGC = agentConfig.Client.GCVolumesOnNodeGC
+
 	if agentConfig.Client.NoHostUUID != nil {
 		conf.NoHostUUID = *agentConfig.Client.NoHostUUID
 	} else {
diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index 8b67fda80..dfe49aabe 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -342,6 +342,11 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 	// before garbage collection is triggered.
 	GCMaxAllocs int `hcl:"gc_max_allocs"`
 
+	// GCVolumesOnNodeGC indicates that the server should GC any dynamic host
+	// volumes on this node when the node is GC'd. This should only be set if
+	// you know that a GC'd node can never come back
+	GCVolumesOnNodeGC bool `hcl:"gc_volumes_on_node_gc"`
+
 	// NoHostUUID disables using the host's UUID and will force generation of a
 	// random UUID.
 	NoHostUUID *bool `hcl:"no_host_uuid"`
@@ -2563,6 +2568,9 @@ func (a *ClientConfig) Merge(b *ClientConfig) *ClientConfig {
 	if b.GCMaxAllocs != 0 {
 		result.GCMaxAllocs = b.GCMaxAllocs
 	}
+	if b.GCVolumesOnNodeGC {
+		result.GCVolumesOnNodeGC = b.GCVolumesOnNodeGC
+	}
 	// NoHostUUID defaults to true, merge if false
 	if b.NoHostUUID != nil {
 		result.NoHostUUID = b.NoHostUUID
diff --git a/command/agent/config_parse_test.go b/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
index d7d8b13fc..9212f0c4a 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ var basicConfig = &Config{
 		GCDiskUsageThreshold:  82,
 		GCInodeUsageThreshold: 91,
 		GCMaxAllocs:           50,
+		GCVolumesOnNodeGC:     true,
 		NoHostUUID:            pointer.Of(false),
 		DisableRemoteExec:     true,
 		HostVolumes: []*structs.ClientHostVolumeConfig{
diff --git a/command/agent/host_volume_endpoint.go b/command/agent/host_volume_endpoint.go
index a3791dee6..9d740fad0 100644
--- a/command/agent/host_volume_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/host_volume_endpoint.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package agent
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
@@ -132,6 +133,17 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) hostVolumeDelete(id string, resp http.ResponseWriter, req *
 	args := structs.HostVolumeDeleteRequest{VolumeID: id}
 	s.parseWriteRequest(req, &args.WriteRequest)
 
+	raw := req.URL.Query().Get("force")
+	var force bool
+	if raw != "" {
+		var err error
+		force, err = strconv.ParseBool(raw)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, CodedError(400, "invalid force value")
+		}
+	}
+	args.Force = force
+
 	var out structs.HostVolumeDeleteResponse
 	if err := s.agent.RPC("HostVolume.Delete", &args, &out); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/command/agent/testdata/basic.hcl b/command/agent/testdata/basic.hcl
index d0e20d0bd..db0b1b6dd 100644
--- a/command/agent/testdata/basic.hcl
+++ b/command/agent/testdata/basic.hcl
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ client {
   gc_disk_usage_threshold  = 82
   gc_inode_usage_threshold = 91
   gc_max_allocs            = 50
+  gc_volumes_on_node_gc    = true
   no_host_uuid             = false
   disable_remote_exec      = true
 
diff --git a/command/agent/testdata/basic.json b/command/agent/testdata/basic.json
index 7394e7b05..15c09e925 100644
--- a/command/agent/testdata/basic.json
+++ b/command/agent/testdata/basic.json
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
       "gc_interval": "6s",
       "gc_max_allocs": 50,
       "gc_parallel_destroys": 6,
+      "gc_volumes_on_node_gc": true,
       "host_volume": [
         {
           "tmp": [
diff --git a/nomad/host_volume_endpoint.go b/nomad/host_volume_endpoint.go
index bcfebe54c..4cc49d5a0 100644
--- a/nomad/host_volume_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/host_volume_endpoint.go
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ func (v *HostVolume) Delete(args *structs.HostVolumeDeleteRequest, reply *struct
 	// serialize client RPC and raft write per volume ID
 	index, err := v.serializeCall(vol.ID, "delete", func() (uint64, error) {
 		if err := v.deleteVolume(vol); err != nil {
-			if structs.IsErrUnknownNode(err) {
+			if structs.IsErrUnknownNode(err) || structs.IsErrNoNodeConn(err) {
 				if !args.Force {
 					return 0, fmt.Errorf(
 						"volume cannot be removed from unknown node without force=true")
diff --git a/nomad/state/events_test.go b/nomad/state/events_test.go
index 6aca0d844..a9dc877bb 100644
--- a/nomad/state/events_test.go
+++ b/nomad/state/events_test.go
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ func TestNodeEventsFromChanges(t *testing.T) {
 				return upsertNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, testNode())
 			},
 			Mutate: func(s *StateStore, tx *txn) error {
-				return deleteNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, []string{testNodeID()})
+				return s.deleteNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, []string{testNodeID()})
 			},
 			WantEvents: []structs.Event{{
 				Topic: structs.TopicNode,
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ func TestNodeEventsFromChanges(t *testing.T) {
 				return upsertNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, testNode(nodeIDTwo))
 			},
 			Mutate: func(s *StateStore, tx *txn) error {
-				return deleteNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, []string{testNodeID(), testNodeIDTwo()})
+				return s.deleteNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, []string{testNodeID(), testNodeIDTwo()})
 			},
 			WantEvents: []structs.Event{
 				{
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store.go b/nomad/state/state_store.go
index a00656f65..a63e56795 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store.go
@@ -1052,14 +1052,14 @@ func (s *StateStore) DeleteNode(msgType structs.MessageType, index uint64, nodes
 	txn := s.db.WriteTxn(index)
 	defer txn.Abort()
 
-	err := deleteNodeTxn(txn, index, nodes)
+	err := s.deleteNodeTxn(txn, index, nodes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 	return txn.Commit()
 }
 
-func deleteNodeTxn(txn *txn, index uint64, nodes []string) error {
+func (s *StateStore) deleteNodeTxn(txn *txn, index uint64, nodes []string) error {
 	if len(nodes) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("node ids missing")
 	}
@@ -1082,6 +1082,11 @@ func deleteNodeTxn(txn *txn, index uint64, nodes []string) error {
 		if err := deleteNodeCSIPlugins(txn, node, index); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("csi plugin delete failed: %v", err)
 		}
+		if node.GCVolumesOnNodeGC {
+			if err := s.deleteHostVolumesOnNode(txn, index, node.ID); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("dynamic host volume delete failed: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := txn.Insert("index", &IndexEntry{"nodes", index}); err != nil {
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes.go b/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes.go
index 33117540b..0cb167c32 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes.go
@@ -122,6 +122,20 @@ func (s *StateStore) DeleteHostVolume(index uint64, ns string, id string) error
 	txn := s.db.WriteTxnMsgT(structs.HostVolumeDeleteRequestType, index)
 	defer txn.Abort()
 
+	if err := s.deleteHostVolumeTxn(txn, index, ns, id); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := txn.Insert(tableIndex, &IndexEntry{TableHostVolumes, index}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("index update failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return txn.Commit()
+}
+
+// deleteHostVolumeTxn implements a single dynamic host volume delete. The
+// caller is responsible for updating the index and committing the transaction.
+func (s *StateStore) deleteHostVolumeTxn(txn *txn, index uint64, ns string, id string) error {
 	obj, err := txn.First(TableHostVolumes, indexID, ns, id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -153,12 +167,35 @@ func (s *StateStore) DeleteHostVolume(index uint64, ns string, id string) error
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := txn.Insert(tableIndex, &IndexEntry{TableHostVolumes, index}); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("index update failed: %w", err)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *StateStore) deleteHostVolumesOnNode(txn *txn, index uint64, nodeID string) error {
+	iter, err := s.HostVolumesByNodeID(nil, nodeID, SortDefault)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
-	return txn.Commit()
+	deleted := false // only update index if there was a volume to delete
+	for {
+		raw := iter.Next()
+		if raw == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		vol := raw.(*structs.HostVolume)
+		err := s.deleteHostVolumeTxn(txn, index, vol.Namespace, vol.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		deleted = true
+	}
+	if deleted {
+		if err := txn.Insert(tableIndex, &IndexEntry{TableHostVolumes, index}); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("index update failed: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
 
+	return nil
 }
 
 // HostVolumes queries all the host volumes and is mostly used for
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes_test.go b/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes_test.go
index 0d0b4746c..8da48a6ad 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes_test.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes_test.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func TestStateStore_HostVolumes_CRUD(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// simulate a node registering one of the volumes
 	nodes[2] = nodes[2].Copy()
+	nodes[2].GCVolumesOnNodeGC = true
 	nodes[2].HostVolumes = map[string]*structs.ClientHostVolumeConfig{"example": {
 		Name: vols[2].Name,
 		Path: vols[2].HostPath,
@@ -180,6 +181,13 @@ func TestStateStore_HostVolumes_CRUD(t *testing.T) {
 	index++
 	must.NoError(t, store.UpdateAllocsFromClient(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup,
 		index, []*structs.Allocation{alloc}))
+
+	index++
+	must.NoError(t, store.DeleteNode(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, index, []string{vol2.NodeID}))
+	iter, err = store.HostVolumesByNodeID(nil, vol2.NodeID, SortDefault)
+	must.NoError(t, err)
+	must.Nil(t, iter.Next(), must.Sprint("expected volume to be GC'd with node"))
+
 	for _, v := range vols {
 		index++
 		must.NoError(t, store.DeleteHostVolume(index, v.Namespace, v.ID))
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index a872927b0..68398f62a 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -2157,6 +2157,11 @@ type Node struct {
 	// HostVolumes is a map of host volume names to their configuration
 	HostVolumes map[string]*ClientHostVolumeConfig
 
+	// GCVolumesOnNodeGC indicates that the server should GC any dynamic host
+	// volumes on this node when the node is GC'd. This should only be set if
+	// you know that a GC'd node can never come back
+	GCVolumesOnNodeGC bool
+
 	// HostNetworks is a map of host host_network names to their configuration
 	HostNetworks map[string]*ClientHostNetworkConfig
 
diff --git a/website/content/docs/configuration/client.mdx b/website/content/docs/configuration/client.mdx
index 23e586cfc..73784f7a0 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/configuration/client.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/configuration/client.mdx
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ client {
   parallel destroys allowed by the garbage collector. This value should be
   relatively low to avoid high resource usage during garbage collections.
 
+- `gc_volumes_on_node_gc` `(bool: false)` - Specifies that the server should
+  delete any dynamic host volumes on this node when the node is garbage
+  collected. You should only set this to `true` if you know that garbage
+  collected nodes will never rejoin the cluster, such as with ephemeral cloud
+  hosts.
+
 - `no_host_uuid` `(bool: true)` - By default a random node UUID will be
   generated, but setting this to `false` will use the system's UUID.