diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/PlayerChooseInitialServerEvent.java b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/PlayerChooseInitialServerEvent.java
index 73d41ecdcd..8a17c2df01 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/PlayerChooseInitialServerEvent.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/PlayerChooseInitialServerEvent.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.server.RegisteredServer;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 /**
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ public class PlayerChooseInitialServerEvent {
 
   private final Player player;
   private @Nullable RegisteredServer initialServer;
+  private @Nullable Component reason;
 
   /**
    * Constructs a PlayerChooseInitialServerEvent.
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ public class PlayerChooseInitialServerEvent {
   public PlayerChooseInitialServerEvent(Player player, @Nullable RegisteredServer initialServer) {
     this.player = Preconditions.checkNotNull(player, "player");
     this.initialServer = initialServer;
+    this.reason = null;
   }
 
   public Player getPlayer() {
@@ -54,6 +57,20 @@ public void setInitialServer(@Nullable RegisteredServer server) {
     this.initialServer = server;
   }
 
+  public Optional<Component> getReason() {
+    return Optional.ofNullable(reason);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets a custom disconnect reason for the player.
+   * Passing {@code null} will show the default reason.
+   *
+   * @param reason the disconnect reason to show to the player
+   */
+  public void setReason(@Nullable Component reason) {
+    this.reason = reason;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return "PlayerChooseInitialServerEvent{"
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/AuthSessionHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/AuthSessionHandler.java
index 0aea8d7786..f1e5ef7c12 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/AuthSessionHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/AuthSessionHandler.java
@@ -262,9 +262,13 @@ private CompletableFuture<Void> connectToInitialServer(ConnectedPlayer player) {
     return server.getEventManager().fire(event).thenRunAsync(() -> {
       Optional<RegisteredServer> toTry = event.getInitialServer();
       if (toTry.isEmpty()) {
-        player.disconnect0(
-            Component.translatable("velocity.error.no-available-servers", NamedTextColor.RED),
-            true);
+        if (event.getReason().isPresent()) {
+          player.disconnect0(event.getReason().get(), true);
+        } else {
+          player.disconnect0(
+                  Component.translatable("velocity.error.no-available-servers", NamedTextColor.RED),
+                  true);
+        }
         return;
       }
       player.createConnectionRequest(toTry.get()).fireAndForget();