diff --git a/src/xml/expr_arith.y b/src/xml/expr_arith.y
index b5eb4c0be5..ebd59a4fd5 100644
--- a/src/xml/expr_arith.y
+++ b/src/xml/expr_arith.y
@@ -105,11 +105,13 @@ expr:   STRING              { float val = 0.0;
 
                               ostringstream  xpath_t;
                               ostringstream  xpath_s;
+                              ostringstream  xpath_c;
 
                               vector<string> results;
 
                               xpath_t << "/HOST/TEMPLATE/" << $1;
                               xpath_s << "/HOST/HOST_SHARE/" << $1;
+                              xpath_c << "/HOST/CLUSTER_TEMPLATE/" << $1;
 
                               results = (*oxml)[xpath_t.str().c_str()];
 
@@ -118,6 +120,11 @@ expr:   STRING              { float val = 0.0;
                                   results = (*oxml)[xpath_s.str().c_str()];
                               }
 
+                              if (results.size() == 0)
+                              {
+                                  results = (*oxml)[xpath_c.str().c_str()];
+                              }
+
                               if (results.size() != 0)
                               {
                                   istringstream iss(results[0]);
diff --git a/src/xml/expr_bool.y b/src/xml/expr_bool.y
index 504948b757..46133eea65 100644
--- a/src/xml/expr_bool.y
+++ b/src/xml/expr_bool.y
@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ void get_xml_attribute(ObjectXML * oxml, const char* attr, int& val)
 
             xpath_h << "/HOST/" << attr;
             results = (*oxml)[xpath_h.str().c_str()];
+
+            if (results.size() == 0)
+            {
+                xpath_h.str("");
+
+                xpath_h << "/HOST/CLUSTER_TEMPLATE/" << attr;
+                results = (*oxml)[xpath_h.str().c_str()];
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -248,6 +256,14 @@ void get_xml_attribute(ObjectXML * oxml, const char* attr, float& val)
 
             xpath_h << "/HOST/" << attr;
             results = (*oxml)[xpath_h.str().c_str()];
+
+            if (results.size() == 0)
+            {
+                xpath_h.str("");
+
+                xpath_h << "/HOST/CLUSTER_TEMPLATE/" << attr;
+                results = (*oxml)[xpath_h.str().c_str()];
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -282,6 +298,14 @@ void get_xml_attribute(ObjectXML * oxml, const char* attr, string& val)
 
             xpath_h << "/HOST/" << attr;
             results = (*oxml)[xpath_h.str().c_str()];
+
+            if (results.size() == 0)
+            {
+                xpath_h.str("");
+
+                xpath_h << "/HOST/CLUSTER_TEMPLATE/" << attr;
+                results = (*oxml)[xpath_h.str().c_str()];
+            }
         }
     }