diff --git a/addhost.php b/addhost.php
index c69668bc7f..d61cccf3d0 100755
--- a/addhost.php
+++ b/addhost.php
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ if (isset($options['g']) && $options['g'] >= 0) {
     array_shift($argv);
     array_unshift($argv, $cmd);
     $poller_group = $options['g'];
+} elseif ($config['distributed_poller_group'] > 0 && $config['distributed_poller'] === TRUE) {
+    $poller_group = $config['distributed_poller_group'];
 }
+
 if (isset($options['f']) && $options['f'] == 0) {
     $cmd = array_shift($argv);
     array_shift($argv);