diff --git a/app/models/host.rb b/app/models/host.rb
index 34dfd10..d77f44a 100644
--- a/app/models/host.rb
+++ b/app/models/host.rb
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ class Host < Puppet::Rails::Host
     param = {}
     # maybe these should be moved to the common parameters, leaving them in for now
     param["puppetmaster"] = puppetmaster
+    param["environment"] = environment.to_s
     param["domainname"] = domain.fullname unless domain.fullname.empty?
     param.update self.params
     return Hash['classes' => self.puppetclasses_names, 'parameters' => param]
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