diff --git a/api/nodes.go b/api/nodes.go
index 4868fef7c..94fc206ce 100644
--- a/api/nodes.go
+++ b/api/nodes.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
 )
 
 // Nodes is used to query node-related API endpoints
@@ -65,6 +67,32 @@ func (n *Nodes) UpdateDrain(nodeID string, spec *DrainSpec, q *WriteOptions) (*W
 	return wm, nil
 }
 
+// NodeUpdateEligibilityRequest is used to update the drain specification for a node.
+type NodeUpdateEligibilityRequest struct {
+	// NodeID is the node to update the drain specification for.
+	NodeID      string
+	Eligibility string
+}
+
+// ToggleEligibility is used to update the scheduling eligibility of the node
+func (n *Nodes) ToggleEligibility(nodeID string, eligible bool, q *WriteOptions) (*WriteMeta, error) {
+	e := structs.NodeSchedulingEligible
+	if !eligible {
+		e = structs.NodeSchedulingIneligible
+	}
+
+	req := &NodeUpdateEligibilityRequest{
+		NodeID:      nodeID,
+		Eligibility: e,
+	}
+
+	wm, err := n.client.write("/v1/node/"+nodeID+"/eligibility", req, nil, q)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return wm, nil
+}
+
 // Allocations is used to return the allocations associated with a node.
 func (n *Nodes) Allocations(nodeID string, q *QueryOptions) ([]*Allocation, *QueryMeta, error) {
 	var resp []*Allocation
diff --git a/api/nodes_test.go b/api/nodes_test.go
index e2c0a3c78..22d61c401 100644
--- a/api/nodes_test.go
+++ b/api/nodes_test.go
@@ -212,6 +212,72 @@ func TestNodes_ToggleDrain(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNodes_ToggleEligibility(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	c, s := makeClient(t, nil, func(c *testutil.TestServerConfig) {
+		c.DevMode = true
+	})
+	defer s.Stop()
+	nodes := c.Nodes()
+
+	// Wait for node registration and get the ID
+	var nodeID string
+	testutil.WaitForResult(func() (bool, error) {
+		out, _, err := nodes.List(nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if n := len(out); n != 1 {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("expected 1 node, got: %d", n)
+		}
+		nodeID = out[0].ID
+		return true, nil
+	}, func(err error) {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	})
+
+	// Check for eligibility
+	out, _, err := nodes.Info(nodeID, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if out.SchedulingEligibility != structs.NodeSchedulingEligible {
+		t.Fatalf("node should be eligible")
+	}
+
+	// Toggle it off
+	wm, err := nodes.ToggleEligibility(nodeID, false, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	assertWriteMeta(t, wm)
+
+	// Check again
+	out, _, err = nodes.Info(nodeID, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if out.SchedulingEligibility != structs.NodeSchedulingIneligible {
+		t.Fatalf("bad eligibility: %v vs %v", out.SchedulingEligibility, structs.NodeSchedulingIneligible)
+	}
+
+	// Toggle on
+	wm, err = nodes.ToggleEligibility(nodeID, true, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	assertWriteMeta(t, wm)
+
+	// Check again
+	out, _, err = nodes.Info(nodeID, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if out.SchedulingEligibility != structs.NodeSchedulingEligible {
+		t.Fatalf("bad eligibility: %v vs %v", out.SchedulingEligibility, structs.NodeSchedulingEligible)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNodes_Allocations(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	c, s := makeClient(t, nil, nil)
diff --git a/command/agent/node_endpoint.go b/command/agent/node_endpoint.go
index 1a937447e..a86df751c 100644
--- a/command/agent/node_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/node_endpoint.go
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) NodeSpecificRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Req
 	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/drain"):
 		nodeName := strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/drain")
 		return s.nodeToggleDrain(resp, req, nodeName)
+	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/eligibility"):
+		nodeName := strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/eligibility")
+		return s.nodeToggleEligibility(resp, req, nodeName)
 	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/purge"):
 		nodeName := strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/purge")
 		return s.nodePurge(resp, req, nodeName)
@@ -149,6 +152,26 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) nodeToggleDrain(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+func (s *HTTPServer) nodeToggleEligibility(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request,
+	nodeID string) (interface{}, error) {
+	if req.Method != "PUT" && req.Method != "POST" {
+		return nil, CodedError(405, ErrInvalidMethod)
+	}
+
+	var drainRequest structs.NodeUpdateEligibilityRequest
+	if err := decodeBody(req, &drainRequest); err != nil {
+		return nil, CodedError(400, err.Error())
+	}
+	s.parseWriteRequest(req, &drainRequest.WriteRequest)
+
+	var out structs.GenericResponse
+	if err := s.agent.RPC("Node.UpdateEligibility", &drainRequest, &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	setIndex(resp, out.Index)
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 func (s *HTTPServer) nodeQuery(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request,
 	nodeID string) (interface{}, error) {
 	if req.Method != "GET" {
diff --git a/command/agent/node_endpoint_test.go b/command/agent/node_endpoint_test.go
index ac1bd00b7..e208f59b7 100644
--- a/command/agent/node_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/node_endpoint_test.go
@@ -302,6 +302,57 @@ func TestHTTP_NodeDrain(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestHTTP_NodeEligble(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	require := require.New(t)
+	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestAgent) {
+		// Create the node
+		node := mock.Node()
+		args := structs.NodeRegisterRequest{
+			Node:         node,
+			WriteRequest: structs.WriteRequest{Region: "global"},
+		}
+		var resp structs.NodeUpdateResponse
+		require.Nil(s.Agent.RPC("Node.Register", &args, &resp))
+
+		drainReq := api.NodeUpdateEligibilityRequest{
+			NodeID:      node.ID,
+			Eligibility: structs.NodeSchedulingIneligible,
+		}
+
+		// Make the HTTP request
+		buf := encodeReq(drainReq)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/node/"+node.ID+"/eligibility", buf)
+		require.Nil(err)
+		respW := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+		// Make the request
+		_, err = s.Server.NodeSpecificRequest(respW, req)
+		require.Nil(err)
+
+		// Check for the index
+		require.NotZero(respW.HeaderMap.Get("X-Nomad-Index"))
+
+		// Check that the node has been updated
+		state := s.Agent.server.State()
+		out, err := state.NodeByID(nil, node.ID)
+		require.Nil(err)
+		require.Equal(structs.NodeSchedulingIneligible, out.SchedulingEligibility)
+
+		// Make the HTTP request to set something invalid
+		drainReq.Eligibility = "foo"
+		buf = encodeReq(drainReq)
+		req, err = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/node/"+node.ID+"/eligibility", buf)
+		require.Nil(err)
+		respW = httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+		// Make the request
+		_, err = s.Server.NodeSpecificRequest(respW, req)
+		require.NotNil(err)
+		require.Contains(err.Error(), "invalid")
+	})
+}
+
 func TestHTTP_NodePurge(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestAgent) {
diff --git a/nomad/node_endpoint.go b/nomad/node_endpoint.go
index f46de1661..5cf5aa587 100644
--- a/nomad/node_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/node_endpoint.go
@@ -494,6 +494,12 @@ func (n *Node) UpdateEligibility(args *structs.NodeUpdateEligibilityRequest,
 		return fmt.Errorf("can not set node's scheduling eligibility to eligible while it is draining")
 	}
 
+	switch args.Eligibility {
+	case structs.NodeSchedulingEligible, structs.NodeSchedulingIneligible:
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid scheduling eligibility %q", args.Eligibility)
+	}
+
 	// Commit this update via Raft
 	outErr, index, err := n.srv.raftApply(structs.NodeUpdateEligibilityRequestType, args)
 	if err != nil {