diff --git a/citrix_hypervisor/changelog.d/24909.fixed b/citrix_hypervisor/changelog.d/24909.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0dcffb64be43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/citrix_hypervisor/changelog.d/24909.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Apply ``tls_verify`` to the XML-RPC session login, previously only applied to the RRD metrics HTTP client.
diff --git a/citrix_hypervisor/datadog_checks/citrix_hypervisor/check.py b/citrix_hypervisor/datadog_checks/citrix_hypervisor/check.py
index 17f269fb9961c..bfd9c74347616 100644
--- a/citrix_hypervisor/datadog_checks/citrix_hypervisor/check.py
+++ b/citrix_hypervisor/datadog_checks/citrix_hypervisor/check.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def _get_master_session(self, session):
     def open_session(self):
         # type: () -> Dict[str, str]
         try:
-            self.xenserver = ServerProxy(self._base_url)
+            self.xenserver = ServerProxy(self._base_url, context=self.get_tls_context())
         except Exception as e:
             self.log.warning(str(e))
             return {}
diff --git a/citrix_hypervisor/tests/conftest.py b/citrix_hypervisor/tests/conftest.py
index 9670622329d2e..df783ea211570 100644
--- a/citrix_hypervisor/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/citrix_hypervisor/tests/conftest.py
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 # All rights reserved
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
 import os
+import ssl
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import threading
+from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCServer
 
 import mock
 import pytest
 
 from datadog_checks.dev import docker_run
 from datadog_checks.dev.http import MockResponse
+from datadog_checks.dev.utils import find_free_port
 
 from . import common
 
@@ -52,3 +58,50 @@ def mock_requests_get(url, *args, **kwargs):
 def mock_responses():
     with mock.patch('requests.Session.get', side_effect=mock_requests_get):
         yield
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tls_xenserver():
+    """Real HTTPS XML-RPC server backed by a fresh self-signed cert, for TLS behavior tests."""
+    cert_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix='.crt')
+    key_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix='.key')
+    cert_file.close()
+    key_file.close()
+    subprocess.run(
+        [
+            'openssl',
+            'req',
+            '-x509',
+            '-newkey',
+            'rsa:2048',
+            '-keyout',
+            key_file.name,
+            '-out',
+            cert_file.name,
+            '-days',
+            '1',
+            '-nodes',
+            '-subj',
+            '/CN=localhost',
+        ],
+        check=True,
+    )
+
+    port = find_free_port('127.0.0.1')
+    server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(('127.0.0.1', port), logRequests=False)
+    server.register_function(lambda username, password: common.SESSION_MASTER, 'session.login_with_password')
+
+    context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
+    context.load_cert_chain(certfile=cert_file.name, keyfile=key_file.name)
+    server.socket = context.wrap_socket(server.socket, server_side=True)
+
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+
+    yield 'https://localhost:{}'.format(port)
+
+    server.shutdown()
+    server.server_close()
+    thread.join()
+    os.unlink(cert_file.name)
+    os.unlink(key_file.name)
diff --git a/citrix_hypervisor/tests/test_citrix_hypervisor.py b/citrix_hypervisor/tests/test_citrix_hypervisor.py
index d5782f74fd280..a062d1e505e31 100644
--- a/citrix_hypervisor/tests/test_citrix_hypervisor.py
+++ b/citrix_hypervisor/tests/test_citrix_hypervisor.py
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ def test_open_session(instance, side_effect, expected_session, tag):
         assert tag == check._additional_tags
 
 
+def test_open_session_fails_on_self_signed_cert_by_default(tls_xenserver):
+    # Regression test: the XML-RPC login used to ignore `tls_verify`, always using Python's
+    # default verifying SSL context regardless of instance config.
+    check = CitrixHypervisorCheck('citrix_hypervisor', {}, [{'url': tls_xenserver}])
+
+    assert check.open_session() == {}
+
+
+def test_open_session_succeeds_with_tls_verify_false(tls_xenserver):
+    check = CitrixHypervisorCheck('citrix_hypervisor', {}, [{'url': tls_xenserver, 'tls_verify': False}])
+
+    assert check.open_session() == SESSION_MASTER
+
+
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('mock_responses')
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('server_type', [pytest.param('master'), pytest.param('slave')])
 def test_check(aggregator, dd_run_check, instance, server_type):