diff --git a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
index f26e1ea1afc..09c99068f8b 100644
--- a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 ### CLI
 * Show a once-per-day notice after a command when a newer CLI release is available, with a link to the release and the upgrade command for the detected install method. Suppressed for non-interactive/CI runs, JSON output, the Databricks Runtime, and development builds, and can be disabled with `DATABRICKS_CLI_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK` ([#5470](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/5470)).
+* `databricks auth login --skip-workspace` (without `--host`) now lands the user on the account selector at `login.databricks.com` instead of the workspace selector, skipping a step that is wasted for account-only logins.
 
 ### Bundles
 * Remove API enum values and types that are still in development from the `databricks-bundles` Python package; these were never accepted by the backend ([#5484](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/5484)).
diff --git a/cmd/auth/login.go b/cmd/auth/login.go
index f9f2531ac74..f4b68929c5c 100644
--- a/cmd/auth/login.go
+++ b/cmd/auth/login.go
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ a new profile is created.
 				profileName:     profileName,
 				timeout:         loginTimeout,
 				scopes:          scopes,
+				skipWorkspace:   skipWorkspace,
 				existingProfile: existingProfile,
 				browserFunc:     getBrowserFunc(cmd),
 				tokenStore:      tokenStore,
@@ -635,6 +636,7 @@ type discoveryLoginInputs struct {
 	profileName     string
 	timeout         time.Duration
 	scopes          string
+	skipWorkspace   bool
 	existingProfile *profile.Profile
 	browserFunc     func(string) error
 	tokenStore      storage.Store
@@ -664,6 +666,12 @@ func discoveryLogin(ctx context.Context, in discoveryLoginInputs) error {
 	if len(scopesList) > 0 {
 		opts = append(opts, u2m.WithScopes(scopesList))
 	}
+	// --skip-workspace lands the user on the account selector at
+	// login.databricks.com instead of the workspace selector, which is a
+	// wasted step for account-only logins.
+	if in.skipWorkspace {
+		opts = append(opts, u2m.WithDiscoveryAccountTarget())
+	}
 	discoveryHost := env.Get(ctx, discoveryHostEnvVar)
 	if discoveryHost != "" {
 		opts = append(opts, u2m.WithDiscoveryHost(discoveryHost))
diff --git a/cmd/auth/login_test.go b/cmd/auth/login_test.go
index a8eafb4be43..732be4d7e91 100644
--- a/cmd/auth/login_test.go
+++ b/cmd/auth/login_test.go
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ type fakeDiscoveryClient struct {
 	introspection     *auth.IntrospectionResult
 	introspectionErr  error
 	// For assertions
-	introspectHost  string
-	introspectToken string
+	introspectHost     string
+	introspectToken    string
+	persistentAuthOpts []u2m.PersistentAuthOption
 }
 
 func (f *fakeDiscoveryClient) NewOAuthArgument(profileName string) (*u2m.BasicDiscoveryOAuthArgument, error) {
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ func (f *fakeDiscoveryClient) NewOAuthArgument(profileName string) (*u2m.BasicDi
 }
 
 func (f *fakeDiscoveryClient) NewPersistentAuth(ctx context.Context, opts ...u2m.PersistentAuthOption) (discoveryPersistentAuth, error) {
+	f.persistentAuthOpts = opts
 	if f.persistentAuthErr != nil {
 		return nil, f.persistentAuthErr
 	}
@@ -1259,6 +1261,52 @@ func TestDiscoveryLogin_OverridesHostFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotContains(t, stderr.String(), "Opening login.databricks.com in your browser...")
 }
 
+func TestDiscoveryLogin_SkipWorkspaceAddsAccountTargetOption(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	configPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, ".databrickscfg")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(configPath, []byte(""), 0o600))
+	t.Setenv("DATABRICKS_CONFIG_FILE", configPath)
+
+	newDiscoveryClient := func(t *testing.T) *fakeDiscoveryClient {
+		oauthArg, err := u2m.NewBasicDiscoveryOAuthArgument("DISCOVERY")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		oauthArg.SetDiscoveredHost("https://workspace.example.com")
+		return &fakeDiscoveryClient{
+			oauthArg: oauthArg,
+			persistentAuth: &fakeDiscoveryPersistentAuth{
+				token: &oauth2.Token{AccessToken: "test-token"},
+			},
+			introspectionErr: errors.New("not asserted here"),
+		}
+	}
+
+	ctx, _ := cmdio.NewTestContextWithStdout(t.Context())
+
+	// Baseline: no --skip-workspace.
+	baselineDC := newDiscoveryClient(t)
+	require.NoError(t, discoveryLogin(ctx, discoveryLoginInputs{
+		dc:          baselineDC,
+		profileName: "DISCOVERY",
+		timeout:     time.Second,
+		browserFunc: func(string) error { return nil },
+		tokenStore:  newTestStore(),
+	}))
+
+	// With --skip-workspace: expect exactly one extra option.
+	skipDC := newDiscoveryClient(t)
+	require.NoError(t, discoveryLogin(ctx, discoveryLoginInputs{
+		dc:            skipDC,
+		profileName:   "DISCOVERY",
+		timeout:       time.Second,
+		skipWorkspace: true,
+		browserFunc:   func(string) error { return nil },
+		tokenStore:    newTestStore(),
+	}))
+
+	assert.Len(t, skipDC.persistentAuthOpts, len(baselineDC.persistentAuthOpts)+1,
+		"--skip-workspace should add exactly one extra PersistentAuthOption (WithDiscoveryAccountTarget)")
+}
+
 func TestLoginRejectsPositionalArgWithHostFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := cmdio.MockDiscard(t.Context())
 	authArgs := &auth.AuthArguments{Host: "https://example.com"}