diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b693dce0e..7c25fb2a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - [#1980](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/1980): Fix discovery service lost config, thanks @flisky!
 - [#2335](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/2335): Fix panic when setting a zero interval for ticker, this affected deadman and stats nodes.
 - [#2340](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/2340): Fix a panic on int div-by-zero, instead return an error.
+- [#2358](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/2360): Fix Kapacitor ignoring the pushover().userKey('') TICKScript operation
 
 ## v1.5.5 [2020-04-20]
 
diff --git a/alert.go b/alert.go
index dfd2fe426..0ca7fec70 100644
--- a/alert.go
+++ b/alert.go
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ func newAlertNode(et *ExecutingTask, n *pipeline.AlertNode, d NodeDiagnostic) (a
 		if p.Sound != "" {
 			c.Sound = p.Sound
 		}
+		if p.UserKey != "" {
+			c.UserKey = p.UserKey
+		}
 		h := et.tm.PushoverService.Handler(c, ctx...)
 		an.handlers = append(an.handlers, h)
 	}
diff --git a/pipeline/alert.go b/pipeline/alert.go
index 5f46a1f5a..0149dc7bf 100644
--- a/pipeline/alert.go
+++ b/pipeline/alert.go
@@ -1383,19 +1383,21 @@ func (s *SensuHandler) Metadata(key string, value interface{}) *SensuHandler {
 //    [pushover]
 //      enabled = true
 //      token = "9hiWoDOZ9IbmHsOTeST123ABciWTIqXQVFDo63h9"
-//      user_key = "Pushover"
+//      user-key = "Pushover"
 //
 // Example:
 //    stream
 //         |alert()
 //             .pushover()
 //              .sound('siren')
-//              .user_key('other user')
+//              .userKey('other user key or delivery group key')
 //              .device('mydev')
 //              .title('mytitle')
 //              .URL('myurl')
 //              .URLTitle('mytitle')
 //
+// If the userKey() is omitted from above, the default userKey is used from the global pushover configuration
+//
 // Send alerts to Pushover.
 //
 // tick:property
diff --git a/services/pushover/service.go b/services/pushover/service.go
index e9ad87dc8..02eb467f1 100644
--- a/services/pushover/service.go
+++ b/services/pushover/service.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func (s *Service) Test(options interface{}) error {
 		o.URL,
 		o.URLTitle,
 		o.Sound,
+		o.UserKey,
 		o.Level,
 	)
 }
@@ -95,8 +96,8 @@ func (s *Service) config() Config {
 	return s.configValue.Load().(Config)
 }
 
-func (s *Service) Alert(message, device, title, URL, URLTitle, sound string, level alert.Level) error {
-	url, post, err := s.preparePost(message, device, title, URL, URLTitle, sound, level)
+func (s *Service) Alert(message, device, title, URL, URLTitle, sound string, userKey string, level alert.Level) error {
+	url, post, err := s.preparePost(message, device, title, URL, URLTitle, sound, userKey, level)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -166,7 +167,6 @@ type postData struct {
 
 func (p *postData) Values() url.Values {
 	v := url.Values{}
-
 	v.Set("token", p.Token)
 	v.Set("user", p.UserKey)
 	v.Set("message", p.Message)
@@ -196,16 +196,20 @@ func (p *postData) Values() url.Values {
 
 }
 
-func (s *Service) preparePost(message, device, title, URL, URLTitle, sound string, level alert.Level) (string, url.Values, error) {
+func (s *Service) preparePost(message, device, title, URL, URLTitle, sound string, userKey string, level alert.Level) (string, url.Values, error) {
 	c := s.config()
 
 	if !c.Enabled {
 		return "", nil, errors.New("service is not enabled")
 	}
 
+	if userKey == "" {
+		userKey = c.UserKey
+	}
+
 	p := postData{
 		Token:   c.Token,
-		UserKey: c.UserKey,
+		UserKey: userKey,
 		Message: message,
 	}
 
@@ -237,6 +241,9 @@ type HandlerConfig struct {
 	// The name of one of the sounds supported by the device clients to override
 	// the user's default sound choice
 	Sound string `mapstructure:"sound"`
+
+	// The User Key or Delivery Group key
+	UserKey string `mapstructure:"user-key"`
 }
 
 type handler struct {
@@ -261,6 +268,7 @@ func (h *handler) Handle(event alert.Event) {
 		h.c.URL,
 		h.c.URLTitle,
 		h.c.Sound,
+		h.c.UserKey,
 		event.State.Level,
 	); err != nil {
 		h.diag.Error("failed to send event to Pushover", err)