diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_views.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_views.py
index 0200518078..143bdb4efa 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_views.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_views.py
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
+import mock
 import pytest
 
+from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
+from rest_framework.test import force_authenticate
+
 from awx.api.views import (
     ApiV1RootView,
+    TeamRolesList,
 )
 
+from awx.main.models import (
+    User,
+)
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_response_new(mocker):
@@ -11,7 +19,6 @@ def mock_response_new(mocker):
     m.return_value = m
     return m
 
-
 class TestApiV1RootView:
     def test_get_endpoints(self, mocker, mock_response_new):
         endpoints = [
@@ -52,3 +59,24 @@ class TestApiV1RootView:
         for endpoint in endpoints:
             assert endpoint in data_arg
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("url", ["/team/1/roles", "/role/1/teams"])
+def test_team_roles_list_post_org_roles(url):
+    with mock.patch('awx.api.views.Role.objects.get', create=True) as role_get, \
+            mock.patch('awx.api.views.ContentType.objects.get_for_model', create=True) as ct_get:
+
+        role_mock = mock.MagicMock()
+        role_mock.content_type = 1
+        role_get.return_value = role_mock
+        ct_get.return_value = 1
+
+        factory = APIRequestFactory()
+        view = TeamRolesList.as_view()
+
+        request = factory.post(url, {'id':1}, format="json")
+        force_authenticate(request, User(username="root", is_superuser=True))
+
+        response = view(request)
+        response.render()
+
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert 'cannot assign' in response.content