diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0065_v220_changes.py b/awx/main/migrations/0065_v220_changes.py
index 0bee821a8d..ff88cdc336 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/0065_v220_changes.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0065_v220_changes.py
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
                       self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False),
                       keep_default=False)
 
+        # Adding field 'Job.become_enabled'
+        db.add_column(u'main_job', 'become_enabled',
+                      self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False),
+                      keep_default=False)
+
         # Adding field 'Credential.become_method'
         db.add_column(u'main_credential', 'become_method',
                       self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='', max_length=32, blank=True),
@@ -33,6 +38,9 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         # Deleting field 'JobTemplate.become_enabled'
         db.delete_column(u'main_jobtemplate', 'become_enabled')
 
+        # Deleting field 'Job.become_enabled'
+        db.delete_column(u'main_job', 'become_enabled')
+
         # Deleting field 'Credential.become_method'
         db.delete_column(u'main_credential', 'become_method')
 
@@ -297,6 +305,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         'main.job': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('id',)", 'object_name': 'Job', '_ormbases': ['main.UnifiedJob']},
+            'become_enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
             'cloud_credential': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'jobs_as_cloud_credential+'", 'on_delete': 'models.SET_NULL', 'default': 'None', 'to': "orm['main.Credential']", 'blank': 'True', 'null': 'True'}),
             'credential': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'jobs'", 'on_delete': 'models.SET_NULL', 'default': 'None', 'to': "orm['main.Credential']", 'blank': 'True', 'null': 'True'}),
             'extra_vars': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''", 'blank': 'True'}),
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0066_v220_changes.py b/awx/main/migrations/0066_v220_changes.py
index a53cdac990..27f33c0b7f 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/0066_v220_changes.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0066_v220_changes.py
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ class Migration(DataMigration):
         },
         'main.job': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('id',)", 'object_name': 'Job', '_ormbases': ['main.UnifiedJob']},
+            'become_enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
             'cloud_credential': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'jobs_as_cloud_credential+'", 'on_delete': 'models.SET_NULL', 'default': 'None', 'to': "orm['main.Credential']", 'blank': 'True', 'null': 'True'}),
             'credential': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'jobs'", 'on_delete': 'models.SET_NULL', 'default': 'None', 'to': "orm['main.Credential']", 'blank': 'True', 'null': 'True'}),
             'extra_vars': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''", 'blank': 'True'}),
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0067_v220_changes.py b/awx/main/migrations/0067_v220_changes.py
index 8af45419a5..5bbcb7a8a5 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/0067_v220_changes.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0067_v220_changes.py
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         'main.job': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('id',)", 'object_name': 'Job', '_ormbases': ['main.UnifiedJob']},
+            'become_enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
             'cloud_credential': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'jobs_as_cloud_credential+'", 'on_delete': 'models.SET_NULL', 'default': 'None', 'to': "orm['main.Credential']", 'blank': 'True', 'null': 'True'}),
             'credential': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'jobs'", 'on_delete': 'models.SET_NULL', 'default': 'None', 'to': "orm['main.Credential']", 'blank': 'True', 'null': 'True'}),
             'extra_vars': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''", 'blank': 'True'}),
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0068_v220_changes.py b/awx/main/migrations/0068_v220_changes.py
index f3e7357f93..62e63e461c 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/0068_v220_changes.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0068_v220_changes.py
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         'main.job': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('id',)", 'object_name': 'Job', '_ormbases': ['main.UnifiedJob']},
+            'become_enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
             'cloud_credential': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'jobs_as_cloud_credential+'", 'on_delete': 'models.SET_NULL', 'default': 'None', 'to': "orm['main.Credential']", 'blank': 'True', 'null': 'True'}),
             'credential': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'jobs'", 'on_delete': 'models.SET_NULL', 'default': 'None', 'to': "orm['main.Credential']", 'blank': 'True', 'null': 'True'}),
             'extra_vars': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''", 'blank': 'True'}),
@@ -525,4 +526,4 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         }
     }
 
-    complete_apps = ['main']
\ No newline at end of file
+    complete_apps = ['main']
diff --git a/awx/main/models/jobs.py b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
index dee5dfc603..cc5b4ad30a 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ class JobOptions(BaseModel):
         blank=True,
         default='',
     )
+    become_enabled = models.BooleanField(
+        default=False,
+    )
+
 
     extra_vars_dict = VarsDictProperty('extra_vars', True)
 
@@ -170,10 +174,6 @@ class JobTemplate(UnifiedJobTemplate, JobOptions):
         default=False,
     )
 
-    become_enabled = models.BooleanField(
-        default=False,
-    )
-
     survey_spec = JSONField(
         blank=True,
         default={},
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class JobTemplate(UnifiedJobTemplate, JobOptions):
         return ['name', 'description', 'job_type', 'inventory', 'project',
                 'playbook', 'credential', 'cloud_credential', 'forks', 'schedule',
                 'limit', 'verbosity', 'job_tags', 'extra_vars', 'launch_type',
-                'force_handlers', 'skip_tags', 'start_at_task']
+                'force_handlers', 'skip_tags', 'start_at_task', 'become_enabled']
 
     def create_job(self, **kwargs):
         '''
diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index a2308e8c99..87ddbebc64 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ class RunJob(BaseTask):
                 if become_method and become_method == "su" and "become_password" in kwargs.get("passwords", {}):
                     args.append("--ask-su-pass")
             else:
-                if job.job_template.become_enabled:
+                if job.become_enabled:
                     args.append('--become')
                 if become_method:
                     args.extend(['--become-method', become_method])