diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7452-fix-icinga2_host-requiring-ip-key.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7452-fix-icinga2_host-requiring-ip-key.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5d612033e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/7452-fix-icinga2_host-requiring-ip-key.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - icinga2_host - the ``ip`` option is no longer required, since Icinga 2 allows for an empty address attribute (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7452).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/icinga2_host.py b/plugins/modules/icinga2_host.py
index c7c325ad52..ec04d8df74 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/icinga2_host.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/icinga2_host.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ options:
     type: str
     description:
       - The IP address of the host.
-    required: true
+      - This is no longer required since community.general 8.0.0.
   variables:
     type: dict
     description:
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def main():
         template=dict(default=None),
         check_command=dict(default="hostalive"),
         display_name=dict(default=None),
-        ip=dict(required=True),
+        ip=dict(),
         variables=dict(type='dict', default=None),
     )