diff --git a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/ibc_module.go b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/ibc_module.go
index 622bf284bd9..81dbb148679 100644
--- a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/ibc_module.go
+++ b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/ibc_module.go
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ func (im IBCModule) OnRecvPacket(
 	logger := im.keeper.Logger(ctx)
 	if !im.keeper.GetParams(ctx).HostEnabled {
 		logger.Info("host submodule is disabled")
+		keeper.EmitHostDisabledEvent(ctx, packet)
 		return channeltypes.NewErrorAcknowledgement(types.ErrHostSubModuleDisabled)
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/events.go b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/events.go
index 3bfe7759670..77b5cf5a75b 100644
--- a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/events.go
+++ b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/events.go
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import (
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 
+	"github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/types"
 	icatypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types"
+	channeltypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/core/04-channel/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/core/exported"
 )
 
@@ -29,3 +31,16 @@ func EmitAcknowledgementEvent(ctx sdk.Context, packet exported.PacketI, ack expo
 		),
 	)
 }
+
+// EmitHostDisabledEvent emits an event signalling that the host submodule is disabled.
+func EmitHostDisabledEvent(ctx sdk.Context, packet channeltypes.Packet) {
+	ctx.EventManager().EmitEvent(
+		sdk.NewEvent(
+			icatypes.EventTypePacket,
+			sdk.NewAttribute(sdk.AttributeKeyModule, icatypes.ModuleName),
+			sdk.NewAttribute(icatypes.AttributeKeyHostChannelID, packet.GetDestChannel()),
+			sdk.NewAttribute(icatypes.AttributeKeyAckError, types.ErrHostSubModuleDisabled.Error()),
+			sdk.NewAttribute(icatypes.AttributeKeyAckSuccess, "false"),
+		),
+	)
+}