diff --git a/awx/api/generics.py b/awx/api/generics.py
index 51598979d8..1a3e5e2910 100644
--- a/awx/api/generics.py
+++ b/awx/api/generics.py
@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ class ListAPIView(generics.ListAPIView, GenericAPIView):
     def get_queryset(self):
         return self.request.user.get_queryset(self.model)
 
+    def paginate_queryset(self, queryset):
+        page = super(ListAPIView, self).paginate_queryset(queryset)
+        # Queries RBAC info & stores into list objects
+        if hasattr(self, 'capabilities_prefetch') and page is not None:
+            cache_list_capabilities(page, self.capabilities_prefetch, self.model, self.request.user)
+        return page
+
     def get_description_context(self):
         opts = self.model._meta
         if 'username' in opts.get_all_field_names():
diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index d7a2291ec9..dc9d411086 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ class ProjectList(ListCreateAPIView):
 
     model = Project
     serializer_class = ProjectSerializer
+    capabilities_prefetch = ['admin', 'update']
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         projects_qs = Project.accessible_objects(self.request.user, 'read_role')
@@ -1156,6 +1157,7 @@ class UserList(ListCreateAPIView):
 
     model = User
     serializer_class = UserSerializer
+    capabilities_prefetch = ['admin']
 
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         ret = super(UserList, self).post( request, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -1522,28 +1524,6 @@ class InventoryList(ListCreateAPIView):
         qs = qs.select_related('admin_role', 'read_role', 'update_role', 'use_role', 'adhoc_role')
         return qs
 
-    def list(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        if not hasattr(self, 'capabilities_prefetch'):
-            return super(ListCreateAPIView, self).list(request, *args, **kwargs)
-        queryset = self.filter_queryset(self.get_queryset())
-
-        page = self.paginate_queryset(queryset)
-        readable_ids = [obj.id for obj in page]
-        editable_ids = Inventory.accessible_objects(request.user, 'admin_role').filter(pk__in=readable_ids).values_list('pk', flat=True)
-        adhoc_ids = Inventory.accessible_objects(request.user, 'adhoc_role').filter(pk__in=readable_ids).values_list('pk', flat=True)
-        for obj in page:
-            obj.capabilities_cache = {'edit': False, 'adhoc': False}
-            if obj.pk in editable_ids:
-                obj.capabilities_cache['edit'] = True
-            if obj.pk in adhoc_ids:
-                obj.capabilities_cache['adhoc'] = True
-        if page is not None:
-            serializer = self.get_serializer(page, many=True)
-            return self.get_paginated_response(serializer.data)
-
-        serializer = self.get_serializer(queryset, many=True)
-        return Response(serializer.data)
-
 class InventoryDetail(RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
 
     model = Inventory
@@ -2224,6 +2204,7 @@ class JobTemplateList(ListCreateAPIView):
     model = JobTemplate
     serializer_class = JobTemplateSerializer
     always_allow_superuser = False
+    capabilities_prefetch = ['admin', 'execute']
 
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         ret = super(JobTemplateList, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/awx/main/utils.py b/awx/main/utils.py
index 63235ffca3..f65698f052 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.utils')
 
 __all__ = ['get_object_or_400', 'get_object_or_403', 'camelcase_to_underscore', 'memoize',
            'get_ansible_version', 'get_ssh_version', 'get_awx_version', 'update_scm_url',
-           'get_type_for_model', 'get_model_for_type', 'to_python_boolean',
+           'get_type_for_model', 'get_model_for_type', 'cache_list_capabilities', 'to_python_boolean',
            'ignore_inventory_computed_fields', 'ignore_inventory_group_removal',
            '_inventory_updates', 'get_pk_from_dict', 'getattrd', 'NoDefaultProvided',
            'get_current_apps', 'set_current_apps']
@@ -409,6 +409,31 @@ def get_model_for_type(type):
             return ct_model
 
 
+def cache_list_capabilities(page, role_types, model, user):
+    '''
+    Given a `page` list of objects, the specified roles for the specified user
+    are save on each object in the list, using 1 query for each role type
+    '''
+    page_ids = [obj.id for obj in page]
+    id_lists = {}
+    for role_type in role_types:
+        # Role name translation to UI names for methods
+        display_method = role_type
+        if role_type == 'admin':
+            display_method = 'edit'
+        elif role_type in ['execute', 'update']:
+            display_method = 'start'
+        # Query for union of page objects & role accessible_objects
+        id_lists[display_method] = model.accessible_objects(
+            user, '%s_role' % role_type).filter(pk__in=page_ids).values_list('pk', flat=True)
+    # Save data item-by-item
+    for obj in page:
+        obj.capabilities_cache = {display_method: False for display_method in id_lists.keys()}
+        for display_method, id_list in id_lists.iteritems():
+            if obj.pk in id_list:
+                obj.capabilities_cache[display_method] = True
+
+
 def get_system_task_capacity():
     '''
     Measure system memory and use it as a baseline for determining the system's capacity