diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_host_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_host_facts.py
index 92e120efb33..a8b0184a462 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_host_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_host_facts.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Host(object):
         search_key = 'search'
         if exact_match:
             search_key = 'filter'
-        host_list = self._zapi.host.get({'output': 'extend', search_key: {'host': [host_name]}})
+        host_list = self._zapi.host.get({'output': 'extend', 'selectParentTemplates': ['name'], search_key: {'host': [host_name]}})
         if len(host_list) < 1:
             self._module.fail_json(msg="Host not found: %s" % host_name)
         else:
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class Host(object):
             host = self._zapi.host.get({
                 'output': 'extend',
                 'selectGroups': 'extend',
+                'selectParentTemplates': ['name'],
                 'hostids': hostinterface['hostid']
             })
             host[0]['hostinterfaces'] = hostinterface