diff --git a/server/core/config_runtime.cc b/server/core/config_runtime.cc
index 2606a0afb..3bb8b0341 100644
--- a/server/core/config_runtime.cc
+++ b/server/core/config_runtime.cc
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ bool runtime_create_server(const char* name,
                            const char* address,
                            const char* port,
                            const char* protocol,
-                           const char* authenticator)
+                           const char* authenticator,
+                           bool        serialize)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(crt_lock);
     bool rval = false;
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ bool runtime_create_server(const char* name,
 
             Server* server = Server::server_alloc(name, ctx.parameters);
 
-            if (server && server->serialize())
+            if (server && (!serialize || server->serialize()))
             {
                 rval = true;
                 MXS_NOTICE("Created server '%s' at %s:%u",
diff --git a/server/core/internal/config_runtime.hh b/server/core/internal/config_runtime.hh
index 908bd6afe..dfcbbe0b6 100644
--- a/server/core/internal/config_runtime.hh
+++ b/server/core/internal/config_runtime.hh
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ bool runtime_create_server(const char* name,
                            const char* address,
                            const char* port,
                            const char* protocol,
-                           const char* authenticator);
+                           const char* authenticator,
+                           bool        serialize = true);
 
 /**
  * @brief Destroy a server
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc
index a87a05e2a..fb784a102 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "clustrixmonitor.hh"
 #include <algorithm>
+#include "../../../core/internal/config_runtime.hh"
 
 namespace http = mxb::http;
 using namespace std;
@@ -149,10 +150,26 @@ void ClustrixMonitor::fetch_cluster_nodes_from(MXS_MONITORED_SERVER& ms)
                     int health_port = row[3] ? atoi(row[3]) : DEFAULT_HEALTH_PORT;
                     int health_check_threshold = m_config.health_check_threshold();
 
-                    node_infos.emplace_back(id, ip, mysql_port, health_port, health_check_threshold);
+                    string name = "Clustrix-Server-" + std::to_string(id);
 
-                    string health_url = "http://" + ip + ":" + std::to_string(health_port);
-                    health_urls.push_back(health_url);
+                    if (SERVER::find_by_unique_name(name) ||
+			runtime_create_server(name.c_str(),
+                                              ip.c_str(),
+                                              std::to_string(mysql_port).c_str(),
+                                              "mariadbbackend",
+                                              "mysqlbackendauth",
+                                              false))
+		      {
+                        node_infos.emplace_back(id, ip, mysql_port, health_port, health_check_threshold);
+
+                        string health_url = "http://" + ip + ":" + std::to_string(health_port);
+                        health_urls.push_back(health_url);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        MXS_ERROR("Could not create server %s at %s:%d.",
+                                  name.c_str(), ip.c_str(), mysql_port);
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {