diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index 7a36209fc6..416a7fc925 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -2584,7 +2584,7 @@ class V2CredentialFields(BaseSerializer, metaclass=BaseSerializerMetaclass):
 
 
 class CredentialSerializer(BaseSerializer):
-    show_capabilities = ['edit', 'delete', 'copy']
+    show_capabilities = ['edit', 'delete', 'copy', 'use']
     capabilities_prefetch = ['admin', 'use']
 
     class Meta:
diff --git a/awx/main/access.py b/awx/main/access.py
index 753d436b3d..a211622357 100644
--- a/awx/main/access.py
+++ b/awx/main/access.py
@@ -1162,6 +1162,11 @@ class CredentialAccess(BaseAccess):
         #    return True
         return self.can_change(obj, None)
 
+    def get_user_capabilities(self, obj, **kwargs):
+        user_capabilities = super(CredentialAccess, self).get_user_capabilities(obj, **kwargs)
+        user_capabilities['use'] = self.can_use(obj)
+        return user_capabilities
+
 
 class CredentialInputSourceAccess(BaseAccess):
     '''