diff --git a/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/DB/JobDBUtils.py b/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/DB/JobDBUtils.py
index 5214d83d761..8148f0a8606 100644
--- a/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/DB/JobDBUtils.py
+++ b/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/DB/JobDBUtils.py
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ def checkAndPrepareJob(jobID, classAdJob, classAdReq, owner, ownerGroup, jobAttr
     if inputDataPolicy and not classAdJob.lookupAttribute("InputDataModule"):
         classAdJob.insertAttributeString("InputDataModule", inputDataPolicy)
 
+    softwareDistModule = Operations(vo=vo).getValue("SoftwareDistModule")
+    if softwareDistModule and not classAdJob.lookupAttribute("SoftwareDistModule"):
+        classAdJob.insertAttributeString("SoftwareDistModule", softwareDistModule)
+
     # priority
     priority = classAdJob.getAttributeInt("Priority")
     if priority is None: