diff --git a/sos/collector/__init__.py b/sos/collector/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/sos/collector/__init__.py
+++ b/sos/collector/__init__.py
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ class SoSCollector(SoSComponent):
                 self.cluster = self.clusters['jbon']
             else:
                 self.cluster = self.clusters[self.opts.cluster_type]
+                self.cluster_type = self.opts.cluster_type
             self.cluster.master = self.master
 
         else:
[collector] allow overriding plain --cluster-type

In few user scenarios, it is useful to force sos collect to override
cluster type, but let it generate list of nodes by itself. For that,
it is sufficient to set the self.cluster_type accordingly.

Resolves: #<I>