diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index 15e66e0239..98a8896b73 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from rest_framework.utils.serializer_helpers import ReturnList
 from polymorphic.models import PolymorphicModel
 
 # AWX
-from awx.main.constants import SCHEDULEABLE_PROVIDERS
+from awx.main.constants import SCHEDULEABLE_PROVIDERS, ANSI_SGR_PATTERN
 from awx.main.models import * # noqa
 from awx.main.access import get_user_capabilities
 from awx.main.fields import ImplicitRoleField
@@ -3064,6 +3064,14 @@ class JobEventSerializer(BaseSerializer):
         max_bytes = settings.EVENT_STDOUT_MAX_BYTES_DISPLAY
         if max_bytes > 0 and 'stdout' in ret and len(ret['stdout']) >= max_bytes:
             ret['stdout'] = ret['stdout'][:(max_bytes - 1)] + u'\u2026'
+            set_count = 0
+            reset_count = 0
+            for m in ANSI_SGR_PATTERN.finditer(ret['stdout']):
+                if m.string[m.start():m.end()] == u'\u001b[0m':
+                    reset_count += 1
+                else:
+                    set_count += 1
+            ret['stdout'] += u'\u001b[0m' * (set_count - reset_count)
         return ret
 
 
@@ -3095,6 +3103,14 @@ class AdHocCommandEventSerializer(BaseSerializer):
         max_bytes = settings.EVENT_STDOUT_MAX_BYTES_DISPLAY
         if max_bytes > 0 and 'stdout' in ret and len(ret['stdout']) >= max_bytes:
             ret['stdout'] = ret['stdout'][:(max_bytes - 1)] + u'\u2026'
+            set_count = 0
+            reset_count = 0
+            for m in ANSI_SGR_PATTERN.finditer(ret['stdout']):
+                if m.string[m.start():m.end()] == u'\u001b[0m':
+                    reset_count += 1
+                else:
+                    set_count += 1
+            ret['stdout'] += u'\u001b[0m' * (set_count - reset_count)
         return ret
 
 
diff --git a/awx/main/constants.py b/awx/main/constants.py
index bd00147415..10be060094 100644
--- a/awx/main/constants.py
+++ b/awx/main/constants.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Ansible, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
+import re
+
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 CLOUD_PROVIDERS = ('azure', 'azure_rm', 'ec2', 'gce', 'rax', 'vmware', 'openstack', 'satellite6', 'cloudforms')
 SCHEDULEABLE_PROVIDERS = CLOUD_PROVIDERS + ('custom', 'scm',)
 PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION_METHODS = [ ('sudo', _('Sudo')), ('su', _('Su')), ('pbrun', _('Pbrun')), ('pfexec', _('Pfexec')), ('dzdo', _('DZDO')), ('pmrun', _('Pmrun')), ('runas', _('Runas'))]
+ANSI_SGR_PATTERN = re.compile(r'\x1b\[[0-9;]*m')