diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
index f9b5cbf0491..9ec1aedfa6d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
@@ -82,15 +82,20 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                 for varname in query:
                     hostvars[host][varname] = self._query_vbox_data(host, query[varname])
 
+            strict = self._options.get('strict', False)
+
             # create composite vars
-            self._set_composite_vars(self.get_option('compose'), hostvars, host)
+            self._set_composite_vars(self.get_option('compose'), hostvars[host], host, strict=strict)
 
             # actually update inventory
             for key in hostvars[host]:
                 self.inventory.set_variable(host, key, hostvars[host][key])
 
             # constructed groups based on conditionals
-            self._add_host_to_composed_groups(self.get_option('groups'), hostvars, host)
+            self._add_host_to_composed_groups(self.get_option('groups'), hostvars[host], host, strict=strict)
+
+            # constructed keyed_groups
+            self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(self.get_option('keyed_groups'), hostvars[host], host, strict=strict)
 
     def _populate_from_cache(self, source_data):
         hostvars = source_data.pop('_meta', {}).get('hostvars', {})