diff --git a/app/models/service_ansible_playbook.rb b/app/models/service_ansible_playbook.rb
index 0ca6ec069f7..c5458f552f9 100644
--- a/app/models/service_ansible_playbook.rb
+++ b/app/models/service_ansible_playbook.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def preprocess(action, add_options = {})
 
   def execute(action)
     jt = job_template(action)
-    opts = get_job_options(action).deep_merge(:extra_vars => {'manageiq' => manageiq_extra_vars(action)})
+    opts = get_job_options(action).deep_merge(:extra_vars => {'manageiq' => manageiq_extra_vars(action), 'manageiq_connection' => manageiq_connection_env})
     hosts = opts.delete(:hosts)
 
     _log.info("Launching Ansible Tower job with options:")
@@ -63,15 +63,32 @@ def on_error(action)
 
   def manageiq_extra_vars(action)
     {
-      'api_url'   => MiqRegion.my_region.remote_ws_url,
-      'api_token' => Api::UserTokenService.new.generate_token(evm_owner.userid, 'api'),
-      'service'   => href_slug,
-      'user'      => evm_owner.href_slug,
-      'group'     => miq_group.href_slug,
-      'action'    => action
+      'api_url'     => api_url,
+      'api_token'   => api_token,
+      'service'     => href_slug,
+      'user'        => evm_owner.href_slug,
+      'group'       => miq_group.href_slug,
+      'action'      => action,
+      'X_MIQ_Group' => evm_owner.current_group.description
     }.merge(request_options_extra_vars)
   end
 
+  def manageiq_connection_env
+    {
+      'url'         => api_url,
+      'token'       => api_token,
+      'X_MIQ_Group' => evm_owner.current_group.description
+    }
+  end
+
+  def api_token
+    @api_token ||= Api::UserTokenService.new.generate_token(evm_owner.userid, 'api')
+  end
+
+  def api_url
+    @api_url ||= MiqRegion.my_region.remote_ws_url
+  end
+
   def request_options_extra_vars
     miq_request_task.options.fetch_path(:request_options, :manageiq_extra_vars) || {}
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/service_ansible_playbook_spec.rb b/spec/models/service_ansible_playbook_spec.rb
index c3de9bbd498..46beda5fbf3 100644
--- a/spec/models/service_ansible_playbook_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/service_ansible_playbook_spec.rb
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       FactoryGirl.create(:miq_region, :region => ApplicationRecord.my_region_number)
       miq_request_task = FactoryGirl.create(:miq_request_task)
       miq_request_task.update_attributes(:options => {:request_options => {:manageiq_extra_vars => control_extras}})
-      loaded_service.update_attributes(:evm_owner        => FactoryGirl.create(:user),
+      loaded_service.update_attributes(:evm_owner        => FactoryGirl.create(:user_with_group),
                                        :miq_group        => FactoryGirl.create(:miq_group),
                                        :miq_request_task => miq_request_task)
     end
@@ -151,8 +151,10 @@
     it 'creates an Ansible Tower job' do
       expect(ManageIQ::Providers::EmbeddedAnsible::AutomationManager::Job).to receive(:create_job) do |jobtemp, opts|
         expect(jobtemp).to eq(tower_job_temp)
-        exposed_miq = %w(api_url api_token service user group) + control_extras.keys
+        exposed_miq = %w(api_url api_token service user group X_MIQ_Group) + control_extras.keys
+        exposed_connection = %w(url token X_MIQ_Group)
         expect(opts[:extra_vars].delete('manageiq').keys).to include(*exposed_miq)
+        expect(opts[:extra_vars].delete('manageiq_connection').keys).to include(*exposed_connection)
 
         expected_opts = provision_options[:provision_job_options].except(:hosts)
         expected_opts[:extra_vars]['pswd'] = decrpyted_val