diff --git a/awx/main/tests/factories/tower.py b/awx/main/tests/factories/tower.py
index 2a9d493efe..a72e1ac246 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/factories/tower.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/factories/tower.py
@@ -211,15 +211,38 @@ def create_job_template(name, **kwargs):
                    job_type=job_type)
 
 def create_organization(name, **kwargs):
-    Objects = namedtuple("Objects", "organization,teams,users,superusers,projects,labels,notification_templates")
+    artifacts = [
+        "organization",
+        "teams",
+        "users",
+        "superusers",
+        "projects",
+        "labels",
+        "notification_templates",
+        "inventories",
+    ]
+
+    for k in kwargs.keys():
+        if k not in artifacts:
+            raise RuntimeError('{} is not a valid argument'.format(k))
+
+    Objects = namedtuple("Objects", ",".join(artifacts))
 
     projects = {}
+    inventories = {}
     labels = {}
     notification_templates = {}
     persisted = kwargs.get('persisted', True)
 
     org = mk_organization(name, '%s-desc'.format(name), persisted=persisted)
 
+    if 'inventories' in kwargs:
+        for i in kwargs['inventories']:
+            if type(i) is Inventory:
+                inventories[i.name] = i
+            else:
+                inventories[i] = mk_inventory(i, organization=org, persisted=persisted)
+
     if 'projects' in kwargs:
         for p in kwargs['projects']:
             if type(p) is Project:
@@ -253,7 +276,8 @@ def create_organization(name, **kwargs):
                    teams=_Mapped(teams),
                    projects=_Mapped(projects),
                    labels=_Mapped(labels),
-                   notification_templates=_Mapped(notification_templates))
+                   notification_templates=_Mapped(notification_templates),
+                   inventories=_Mapped(inventories))
 
 def create_notification_template(name, **kwargs):
     Objects = namedtuple("Objects", "notification_template,organization,users,superusers,teams")
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_activity_streams.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_activity_streams.py
index 43e809afb9..3bcb0f8264 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_activity_streams.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_activity_streams.py
@@ -131,3 +131,22 @@ def test_stream_queryset_hides_shows_items(
     assert queryset.filter(host__pk=host.pk, operation='create').count() == 1
     assert queryset.filter(team__pk=team.pk, operation='create').count() == 1
     assert queryset.filter(notification_template__pk=notification_template.pk, operation='create').count() == 1
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_stream_user_direct_role_updates(get, post, organization_factory):
+    objects = organization_factory('test_org',
+                                   superusers=['admin'],
+                                   users=['test'],
+                                   inventories=['inv1'])
+
+    url = reverse('api:user_roles_list', args=(objects.users.test.pk,))
+    post(url, dict(id=objects.inventories.inv1.read_role.pk), objects.superusers.admin)
+
+    activity_stream = ActivityStream.objects.filter(
+        inventory__pk=objects.inventories.inv1.pk,
+        user__pk=objects.users.test.pk).first()
+    url = reverse('api:activity_stream_detail', args=(activity_stream.pk,))
+    response = get(url, objects.users.test)
+
+    assert response.data['object1'] == 'user'
+    assert response.data['object2'] == 'inventory'