diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8532-expand-opennuebula-inventory-data.yml b/changelogs/fragments/8532-expand-opennuebula-inventory-data.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1b0ffe2c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/8532-expand-opennuebula-inventory-data.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - opennebula.py - add VM ``id`` and VM ``host`` to inventory host data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8532).
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/opennebula.py b/plugins/inventory/opennebula.py
index bf81758ef1..077d3da5a3 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/opennebula.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/opennebula.py
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
                     continue
 
             server['name'] = vm.NAME
+            server['id'] = vm.ID
+            if hasattr(vm.HISTORY_RECORDS, 'HISTORY') and vm.HISTORY_RECORDS.HISTORY:
+                server['host'] = vm.HISTORY_RECORDS.HISTORY[-1].HOSTNAME
             server['LABELS'] = labels
             server['v4_first_ip'] = self._get_vm_ipv4(vm)
             server['v6_first_ip'] = self._get_vm_ipv6(vm)
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/inventory/test_opennebula.py b/tests/unit/plugins/inventory/test_opennebula.py
index bbc2fe699a..52ea934043 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/inventory/test_opennebula.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/inventory/test_opennebula.py
@@ -21,6 +21,23 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.inventory.opennebula import I
 from ansible_collections.community.general.tests.unit.compat.mock import create_autospec
 
 
+class HistoryEntry(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.SEQ = '384'
+        self.HOSTNAME = 'sam-691-sam'
+        self.HID = '10'
+        self.CID = '0'
+        self.DS_ID = '100'
+        self.VM_MAD = 'kvm'
+        self.TM_MAD = '3par'
+        self.ACTION = '0'
+
+
+class HistoryRecords(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.HISTORY = [HistoryEntry()]
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def inventory():
     r = InventoryModule()
@@ -58,7 +75,7 @@ def get_vm_pool():
         'ETIME': 0,
         'GID': 132,
         'GNAME': 'CSApparelVDC',
-        'HISTORY_RECORDS': {},
+        'HISTORY_RECORDS': HistoryRecords(),
         'ID': 7157,
         'LAST_POLL': 1632762935,
         'LCM_STATE': 3,
@@ -104,7 +121,7 @@ def get_vm_pool():
         'ETIME': 0,
         'GID': 0,
         'GNAME': 'oneadmin',
-        'HISTORY_RECORDS': {},
+        'HISTORY_RECORDS': [],
         'ID': 327,
         'LAST_POLL': 1632763543,
         'LCM_STATE': 3,
@@ -167,7 +184,7 @@ def get_vm_pool():
         'ETIME': 0,
         'GID': 0,
         'GNAME': 'oneadmin',
-        'HISTORY_RECORDS': {},
+        'HISTORY_RECORDS': [],
         'ID': 107,
         'LAST_POLL': 1632764186,
         'LCM_STATE': 3,