diff --git a/src/registrar/admin.py b/src/registrar/admin.py
index 18eb4119c..8d3b1d29f 100644
--- a/src/registrar/admin.py
+++ b/src/registrar/admin.py
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ class HostIPInline(admin.StackedInline):
 class MyHostAdmin(AuditedAdmin):
     """Custom host admin class to use our inlines."""
 
+    search_fields = ["name", "domain__name"]
+    search_help_text = "Search by domain or hostname."
     inlines = [HostIPInline]
 
 
@@ -1252,7 +1254,7 @@ admin.site.register(models.Domain, DomainAdmin)
 admin.site.register(models.DraftDomain, DraftDomainAdmin)
 # Host and HostIP removed from django admin because changes in admin
 # do not propagate to registry and logic not applied
-# admin.site.register(models.Host, MyHostAdmin)
+admin.site.register(models.Host, MyHostAdmin)
 admin.site.register(models.Website, WebsiteAdmin)
 admin.site.register(models.PublicContact, AuditedAdmin)
 admin.site.register(models.DomainApplication, DomainApplicationAdmin)
diff --git a/src/registrar/migrations/0062_alter_host_name.py b/src/registrar/migrations/0062_alter_host_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bdb72209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/registrar/migrations/0062_alter_host_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.7 on 2024-01-09 02:32
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("registrar", "0061_domain_security_contact_registry_id"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="host",
+            name="name",
+            field=models.CharField(default=None, help_text="Fully qualified domain name", max_length=253),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/host.py b/src/registrar/models/host.py
index 2d756111e..3b966832f 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/host.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/host.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Host(TimeStampedModel):
         null=False,
         blank=False,
         default=None,  # prevent saving without a value
-        unique=True,
+        unique=False,
         help_text="Fully qualified domain name",
     )
 
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ class Host(TimeStampedModel):
         related_name="host",  # access this Host via the Domain as `domain.host`
         help_text="Domain to which this host belongs",
     )
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"{self.domain.name} {self.name}"