diff --git a/protos/PublicDefs.proto b/protos/PublicDefs.proto
index 8c328d86..ef9fb896 100644
--- a/protos/PublicDefs.proto
+++ b/protos/PublicDefs.proto
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ message TaskToCtld {
 
   string excludes = 34;
   string nodelist = 35;
+  uint32 gid = 36;
 }
 
 message TaskInEmbeddedDb {
diff --git a/src/CraneCtld/CtldPublicDefs.h b/src/CraneCtld/CtldPublicDefs.h
index 6b321306..d943b2cb 100644
--- a/src/CraneCtld/CtldPublicDefs.h
+++ b/src/CraneCtld/CtldPublicDefs.h
@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ struct TaskInCtld {
 
     uid = val.uid();
     password_entry = std::make_unique<PasswordEntry>(uid);
+    gid = val.gid();
+    runtime_attr.set_gid(gid);
     account = val.account();
     name = val.name();
     qos = val.qos();