diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/lists/InventoryGroups.js b/awx/ui/static/js/lists/InventoryGroups.js
index 609323f001..cf8691f1b3 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/js/lists/InventoryGroups.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/lists/InventoryGroups.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ angular.module('InventoryGroupsDefinition', [])
                 label: 'Groups',
                 key: true,
                 ngClick: "showHosts(group.id,group.group_id, false)",
+                columnClick: "showHosts(group.id,group.group_id, false)",
                 ngClass: "group.selected_class",
                 hasChildren: true,
                 columnClass: 'col-lg-9 col-md-9 col-sm-7 col-xs-7',
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/generator-helpers.js b/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/generator-helpers.js
index ccc709e6ce..99c460f0db 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/generator-helpers.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/generator-helpers.js
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ angular.module('GeneratorHelpers', ['GeneratorHelpers'])
                     "(" + list.iterator + ".id)\"" : "";
                 html += (field.columnShow) ? Attr(field, 'columnShow') : "";
                 html += (field.ngBindHtml) ? "ng-bind-html=\"" + field.ngBindHtml + "\" " : "";
+                html += (field.columnClick) ? "ng-click=\"" + field.columnClick + "\" " : "";
                 html += ">\n";
 
                 // Add ngShow