diff --git a/ui/scripts/instanceWizard.js b/ui/scripts/instanceWizard.js
index 4a740c6685e..47088665a01 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/instanceWizard.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/instanceWizard.js
@@ -813,6 +813,9 @@
             	});
             }
 
+            if (g_hostid != null)
+                array1.push("&hostid=" + g_hostid);
+
             $.ajax({
                 url: createURL('deployVirtualMachine'),
                 data: deployVmData,
diff --git a/ui/scripts/instances.js b/ui/scripts/instances.js
index 896b5357ff5..dd336726e41 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/instances.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/instances.js
@@ -308,9 +308,12 @@
                 }
 
                 if ("hosts" in args.context) {
+                    g_hostid = args.context.hosts[0].id;
                     $.extend(data, {
                         hostid: args.context.hosts[0].id
                     });
+                } else {
+                    g_hostid = null;
                 }
 
                 if ("affinityGroups" in args.context) {
diff --git a/ui/scripts/sharedFunctions.js b/ui/scripts/sharedFunctions.js
index 9fa70e3bda4..86a4a926670 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/sharedFunctions.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/sharedFunctions.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var g_role = null; // roles - root, domain-admin, ro-admin, user
 var g_username = null;
 var g_account = null;
 var g_domainid = null;
+var g_hostid = null;
 var g_loginCmdText = null;
 var g_enableLogging = false;
 var g_timezoneoffset = null;