diff --git a/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2 b/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
index f25fda3c9389f6a18c83ad6890165b078d957017..829ffd588b7ec96fc5a35ec33631056b9d6478d6 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 # Global tags can be specified here in key="value" format.
 [tags]
+  hostgroup = "{{ hostgroup | default('undefined') }}"
+  cluster = "{{ clustername | default('undefined') }}"
+  computenodeclass = "{{ computenodeclass | default('undefined') }}"
   # dc = "us-east-1" # will tag all metrics with dc=us-east-1
   # rack = "1a"