diff --git a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Object/Host.php b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Object/Host.php
index 831579a57..fd08f6a20 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Object/Host.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Object/Host.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Host extends MonitoredObject
      */
     protected function getDataView()
     {
-        return $this->backend->select()->from('hostStatus', array(
+        $columns = array(
             'host_name',
             'host_alias',
             'host_address',
@@ -132,7 +132,11 @@ class Host extends MonitoredObject
             'host_problem',
             'host_process_performance_data',
             'process_perfdata' => 'host_process_performance_data'
-        ))
+        );
+        if ($this->backend->getType() === 'livestatus') {
+            $columns[] = 'host_contacts';
+        }
+        return $this->backend->select()->from('hostStatus', $columns)
             ->where('host_name', $this->host);
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Object/MonitoredObject.php b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Object/MonitoredObject.php
index 99e9c0e47..fefcba929 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Object/MonitoredObject.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Object/MonitoredObject.php
@@ -141,7 +141,21 @@ abstract class MonitoredObject
     public function fetch()
     {
         $this->properties = $this->getDataView()->getQuery()->fetchRow();
-        return $this->properties !== false;
+        if ($this->properties === false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (isset($this->properties->host_contacts)) {
+            $this->contacts = array();
+            foreach (preg_split('~,~', $this->properties->host_contacts) as $contact) {
+                $this->contacts[] = (object) array(
+                    'contact_name'  => $contact,
+                    'contact_alias' => $contact,
+                    'contact_email' => null,
+                    'contact_pager' => null,
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**