diff --git a/director-cli.sh b/director-cli.sh
index 584b6f3060ef3e1abfbd00054934a5e7beacfa84..1a30e7cb1f685aea071bc4e28882ad58fb7452dc 100755
--- a/director-cli.sh
+++ b/director-cli.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ typeset cfg_dryrun=false
     if [ -z "$loadfile" ]; then
       MY_NAME=`hostname -f`
       MY_IP=`_getIpFrontend | head -1`
+      MY_ZONE=
     fi
     IDC_host__cachefile="${dir_data}/${MY_NAME}__host_at-director.txt"
     IDC_service__cachefile="${dir_data}/${MY_NAME}__all_defined_services__at-director.txt"
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ typeset cfg_dryrun=false
       $ch --set  object_type     '"object"'
       $ch --set  address         \"$MY_IP\"
       $ch --set  display_name    \"$MY_NAME\"
+      $ch --set  zone            \"$MY_ZONE\"
 
       $ch --set  icon_image      \"/images/os/${MY_OSName}.png\"
       $ch --set  icon_image_alt  \"${MY_Platform}\:\ ${MY_OSName}\ ${MY_OSMajorVersion}\"