diff --git a/utils/add_to_group b/utils/add_to_group
index b87f4ef0d6962855a11296d3492661a1616eb7dd..67ce9a2dd68746ccca739c672d6281f226e483a5 100755
--- a/utils/add_to_group
+++ b/utils/add_to_group
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ source /etc/environment
 user=$1
 group=$2
 
-curl -X POST --user ${cloud_admin}:${cloud_pass} https://${cloud_hostname}/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/${1}/groups -d groupid="${2}"
+curl -X POST -H "OCS-APIRequest:true" --user ${cloud_admin}:${cloud_pass} https://${cloud_hostname}/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/${1}/groups -d groupid="${2}"