diff --git a/ui/apps/pmm/src/pages/rta/overview/table/OverviewTable.constants.tsx b/ui/apps/pmm/src/pages/rta/overview/table/OverviewTable.constants.tsx
index 4065b474244..a1fa5f7cac4 100644
--- a/ui/apps/pmm/src/pages/rta/overview/table/OverviewTable.constants.tsx
+++ b/ui/apps/pmm/src/pages/rta/overview/table/OverviewTable.constants.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export const OVERVIEW_TABLE_COLUMNS: MRT_ColumnDef<QueryData>[] = [
   {
     header: Messages.columns.host,
     accessorKey: 'serviceName',
+    // without this the column falls back to MRT's 'fuzzy' default, which
+    // matches any host containing the typed characters in order
+    filterFn: 'contains',
     // @ts-expect-error - muiTableBodyCellProps is not typed correctly
     muiTableBodyCellProps: ({ row }) => ({
       'data-testid': `query-${row.original.queryId}-host-cell`,
diff --git a/ui/apps/pmm/src/pages/rta/overview/table/OverviewTable.test.tsx b/ui/apps/pmm/src/pages/rta/overview/table/OverviewTable.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a29096e952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/apps/pmm/src/pages/rta/overview/table/OverviewTable.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { TestWrapper } from 'utils/testWrapper';
+import { TEST_MONGO_DB_QUERY_DATA } from 'utils/testStubs';
+import type { QueryData } from 'types/rta.types';
+import OverviewTable from './OverviewTable';
+
+const createQuery = (overrides: Partial<QueryData>): QueryData => ({
+  ...TEST_MONGO_DB_QUERY_DATA,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+// 's1' is a substring of 'mongodb-rs101' only, but appears as a subsequence in
+// all three hosts, so a fuzzy match would leave every row visible.
+const TEST_QUERIES: QueryData[] = [
+  createQuery({ queryId: 'query-1', serviceName: 'mongodb-rs101' }),
+  createQuery({ queryId: 'query-2', serviceName: 'mongodb-rs201' }),
+  createQuery({ queryId: 'query-3', serviceName: 'postgres-1' }),
+];
+
+const renderTable = () =>
+  render(
+    <TestWrapper>
+      <OverviewTable
+        queries={TEST_QUERIES}
+        onQuerySelected={vi.fn()}
+        onNavigableQueriesChange={vi.fn()}
+      />
+    </TestWrapper>
+  );
+
+const showFilters = () =>
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /show\/hide filters/i }));
+
+const filterByHost = (value: string) =>
+  fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(/filter by host/i), {
+    target: { value },
+  });
+
+describe('OverviewTable Host filter', () => {
+  it('keeps only the rows whose host contains the filter value', async () => {
+    renderTable();
+    showFilters();
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('query-query-1-row')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('query-query-2-row')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('query-query-3-row')).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    filterByHost('s1');
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(screen.queryByTestId('query-query-2-row')).toBeNull()
+    );
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('query-query-3-row')).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('query-query-1-row')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('matches the host case-insensitively', async () => {
+    renderTable();
+    showFilters();
+
+    filterByHost('MONGODB-RS101');
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(screen.queryByTestId('query-query-2-row')).toBeNull()
+    );
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('query-query-3-row')).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('query-query-1-row')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});