diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index 7348769628..6d6d18ebe6 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -1233,10 +1233,11 @@ class JobTemplateSerializer(UnifiedJobTemplateSerializer, JobOptionsSerializer):
 class JobSerializer(UnifiedJobSerializer, JobOptionsSerializer):
 
     passwords_needed_to_start = serializers.Field(source='passwords_needed_to_start')
+    vars_prompt_on_launch = serializers.Field(source='vars_prompt_on_launch')
 
     class Meta:
         model = Job
-        fields = ('*', 'job_template', 'passwords_needed_to_start')
+        fields = ('*', 'job_template', 'passwords_needed_to_start', 'vars_prompt_on_launch')
 
     def get_related(self, obj):
         res = super(JobSerializer, self).get_related(obj)
diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index a2a62b7cb9..cd516e8087 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -1301,6 +1301,7 @@ class JobStart(GenericAPIView):
         )
         if obj.can_start:
             data['passwords_needed_to_start'] = obj.passwords_needed_to_start
+            data['vars_prompt_on_launch'] = obj.vars_prompt_on_launch
         return Response(data)
 
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/awx/main/models/jobs.py b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
index afdfbf658c..063101ada5 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ class Job(UnifiedJob, JobOptions):
             h = hmac.new(settings.SECRET_KEY, self.created.isoformat())
             return '%d-%s' % (self.pk, h.hexdigest())
 
+    @property
+    def vars_prompt_on_launch(self):
+        return self.job_template.vars_prompt_on_launch
+
     @property
     def passwords_needed_to_start(self):
         '''Return list of password field names needed to start the job.'''