The invention relates to a carrier housing (1) for an internal combustion engine (1000) having an engine block (200) having a V arrangement of cylinders and having a charging group (100), designed for two-stage charging having a low-pressure stage and a high-pressure stage and exhaust gas recirculation, the carrier housing (1) being designed to bear at least a number of components of the charging group (100), characterized in that the carrier housing (1) is designed to be arranged on the upper face of the engine block (200) in the intermediate space of the V arrangement, in particular as a single and in particular as an integral carrier housing (1), and having: bottom fastening means (710) for attaching the carrier housing (1) to the upper face of the engine block (200), a charge air channel (5) formed in the interior of the carrier housing (1) for conducting the charge air (LL) of the high-pressure and/or low-pressure stage of the charging group (100), a cooling fluid channel (6) formed in the interior of the carrier housing (1) for conducting the cooling fluid (KF) of the exhaust gas recirculation of the charging group (100), a channel (7) for coolant and a channel (8) for lubricant formed in the interior of the carrier housing (1) for the high-pressure and/or low-pressure stage of the charging group (100), and upper carrying elements (530, 730) for components of at least the high-pressure and/or low-pressure stage of the charging group (100).