diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hostgroups/all.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hostgroups/all.cfg.j2
index 59d27944bf..18bd90707f 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hostgroups/all.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hostgroups/all.cfg.j2
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 ## {{ env }}
 
 {% for key, value in groups.iteritems() %}
+{% if groups[key] != [] %}
 define hostgroup{
        hostgroup_name {{ key }}
        alias          {{ key }}
        members        {% for host in groups[key] %}{{host}}, {% endfor %} 
 
 }
+{% endif %}
 {% endfor %}