diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3826ce3cd..462c9edb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Ensure that new kb taken by the scanner are always clean. [#469](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/469)
 - Validate for max_scan_hosts scanner preference.  [#482](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/482)
 - Possibility to use lcrypt with `$6$` (sha512) for authentication [484](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/484)
+- Add function to find and return a host from a host list. Backport of [PR 490](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/490). [494](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/494).
 
 ### Changed
 Use a char pointer instead of an zero-lenght array as kb_redis struct member. [443](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/443)
diff --git a/base/hosts.c b/base/hosts.c
index 502e4a2d0..aae2e43fd 100644
--- a/base/hosts.c
+++ b/base/hosts.c
@@ -1899,26 +1899,24 @@ gvm_hosts_duplicated (const gvm_hosts_t *hosts)
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief Returns whether a host has an equal host in a hosts collection.
- * eg. 192.168.10.1 has an equal in list created from
- * "192.168.10.1-5, 192.168.10.10-20" string while 192.168.10.7 doesn't.
+ * @brief  Find the gvm_host_t from a gvm_hosts_t structure.
  *
  * @param[in] host  The host object.
  * @param[in] addr  Optional pointer to ip address. Could be used so that host
  *                  isn't resolved multiple times when type is HOST_TYPE_NAME.
  * @param[in] hosts Hosts collection.
  *
- * @return 1 if host has equal in hosts, 0 otherwise.
+ * @return Pointer to host if found. NULL if error or host not found
  */
-int
-gvm_host_in_hosts (const gvm_host_t *host, const struct in6_addr *addr,
-                   const gvm_hosts_t *hosts)
+gvm_host_t *
+gvm_host_find_in_hosts (const gvm_host_t *host, const struct in6_addr *addr,
+                        const gvm_hosts_t *hosts)
 {
   char *host_str;
   size_t i;
 
   if (host == NULL || hosts == NULL)
-    return 0;
+    return NULL;
 
   host_str = gvm_host_value_str (host);
 
@@ -1931,7 +1929,7 @@ gvm_host_in_hosts (const gvm_host_t *host, const struct in6_addr *addr,
         {
           g_free (host_str);
           g_free (tmp);
-          return 1;
+          return current_host;
         }
       g_free (tmp);
 
@@ -1944,12 +1942,34 @@ gvm_host_in_hosts (const gvm_host_t *host, const struct in6_addr *addr,
           if (memcmp (addr->s6_addr, &tmpaddr.s6_addr, 16) == 0)
             {
               g_free (host_str);
-              return 1;
+              return current_host;
             }
         }
     }
 
   g_free (host_str);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns whether a host has an equal host in a hosts collection.
+ * eg. 192.168.10.1 has an equal in list created from
+ * "192.168.10.1-5, 192.168.10.10-20" string while 192.168.10.7 doesn't.
+ *
+ * @param[in] host  The host object.
+ * @param[in] addr  Optional pointer to ip address. Could be used so that host
+ *                  isn't resolved multiple times when type is HOST_TYPE_NAME.
+ * @param[in] hosts Hosts collection.
+ *
+ * @return 1 if host has equal in hosts, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int
+gvm_host_in_hosts (const gvm_host_t *host, const struct in6_addr *addr,
+                   const gvm_hosts_t *hosts)
+{
+  if (gvm_host_find_in_hosts (host, addr, hosts))
+    return 1;
+
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/base/hosts.h b/base/hosts.h
index d6859f9af..91b19337f 100644
--- a/base/hosts.h
+++ b/base/hosts.h
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ int
 gvm_host_in_hosts (const gvm_host_t *, const struct in6_addr *,
                    const gvm_hosts_t *);
 
+gvm_host_t *
+gvm_host_find_in_hosts (const gvm_host_t *, const struct in6_addr *,
+                        const gvm_hosts_t *);
+
 gchar *
 gvm_host_type_str (const gvm_host_t *);