diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index e55347e512..63818b48f9 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -3395,7 +3395,7 @@ class InstanceSerializer(BaseSerializer):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Instance
-        fields = ("related", "id", "uuid", "hostname", "created", "modified",
+        fields = ("id", "type", "url", "related", "uuid", "hostname", "created", "modified",
                   "version", "capacity", "consumed_capacity", "percent_capacity_remaining", "jobs_running")
 
     def get_related(self, obj):
@@ -3422,7 +3422,7 @@ class InstanceGroupSerializer(BaseSerializer):
 
     class Meta:
         model = InstanceGroup
-        fields = ("related", "id", "name", "created", "modified", "capacity", "consumed_capacity",
+        fields = ("id", "type", "url", "related", "name", "created", "modified", "capacity", "consumed_capacity",
                   "percent_capacity_remaining", "jobs_running", "instances")
 
     def get_related(self, obj):
diff --git a/awx/main/models/ha.py b/awx/main/models/ha.py
index 00c22343f9..1456b68d2b 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/ha.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/ha.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from solo.models import SingletonModel
 
+from awx.api.versioning import reverse
 from awx.main.managers import InstanceManager
 from awx.main.models.inventory import InventoryUpdate
 from awx.main.models.jobs import Job
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ class Instance(models.Model):
     class Meta:
         app_label = 'main'
 
+    def get_absolute_url(self, request=None):
+        return reverse('api:instance_detail', kwargs={'pk': self.pk}, request=request)
+
     @property
     def consumed_capacity(self):
         return sum(x.task_impact for x in UnifiedJob.objects.filter(execution_node=self.hostname,
@@ -57,6 +61,9 @@ class InstanceGroup(models.Model):
         help_text=_('Instances that are members of this InstanceGroup'),
     )
 
+    def get_absolute_url(self, request=None):
+        return reverse('api:instance_group_detail', kwargs={'pk': self.pk}, request=request)
+
     @property
     def capacity(self):
         return sum([x[0] for x in self.instances.values_list('capacity')])