diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index 8ed4d3ba9a..a927533d72 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ def get_tags(agentConfig):
             tag_object = connection.get_all_tags({'resource-id': EC2.metadata['instance-id']})
 
             EC2_tags = [u"%s:%s" % (tag.name, tag.value) for tag in tag_object]
+            EC2_tags.append(u"security-group-name:{0}".format(EC2.metadata['security-groups']))
 
         except Exception:
             log.exception("Problem retrieving custom EC2 tags")