diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 454bd25..39e4958 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 #   the Nagios configuration. Default is an empty string, which means no event
 #   broker module will be configured. You can specify a module like 'mod_gearman'
 #   to enable the Gearman event broker module, for example.
+# @param [String] ng_glob_host_evt_handler The global host event handler to be
+#   used in the Nagios configuration. Default is an empty string, which means no
+#   global host event handler will be configured. You can specify a command like
+#   'notify-host-by-email' to set a global host event handler that sends 
+#   email notifications for host events, for example.
 ###############################################################################
 class confdroid_nagios::params (
 
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@ class confdroid_nagios::params (
 
 # nagios_cfg settings
   String $ng_event_broker_module     = '',
+  String $ng_glob_host_evt_handler   = '',
 
 # httpd
   Boolean $ng_use_https       = false,