diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index 333f2427ae..02a10451d8 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from django.http import HttpResponse
 
 # Django REST Framework
 from rest_framework.exceptions import PermissionDenied, ParseError
+from rest_framework.parsers import FormParser
 from rest_framework.permissions import AllowAny, IsAuthenticated
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
@@ -2005,6 +2006,7 @@ class JobTemplateCallback(GenericAPIView):
     model = JobTemplate
     permission_classes = (JobTemplateCallbackPermission,)
     serializer_class = EmptySerializer
+    parser_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES + [FormParser]
 
     @csrf_exempt
     @transaction.non_atomic_requests
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/base.py b/awx/main/tests/base.py
index 93bac00948..a0387079b6 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/base.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/base.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
+import urllib
 from multiprocessing import Process
 from subprocess import Popen
 import re
@@ -463,6 +464,8 @@ class BaseTestMixin(QueueTestMixin, MockCommonlySlowTestMixin):
                 response = method(url, json.dumps(data), 'application/json')
             elif data_type == 'yaml':
                 response = method(url, yaml.safe_dump(data), 'application/yaml')
+            elif data_type == 'form':
+                response = method(url, urllib.urlencode(data), 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
             else:
                 self.fail('Unsupported data_type %s' % data_type)
         else:
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/old/jobs/jobs_monolithic.py b/awx/main/tests/old/jobs/jobs_monolithic.py
index 1d36972245..9234f57a2b 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/old/jobs/jobs_monolithic.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/old/jobs/jobs_monolithic.py
@@ -803,6 +803,21 @@ class JobTemplateCallbackTest(BaseJobTestMixin, django.test.LiveServerTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(job.hosts.count(), 1)
         self.assertEqual(job.hosts.all()[0], host)
 
+        # Create the job itself using URL-encoded form data instead of JSON.
+        result = self.post(url, data, expect=202, remote_addr=host_ip, data_type='form')
+
+        # Establish that we got back what we expect, and made the changes
+        # that we expect.
+        self.assertTrue('Location' in result.response, result.response)
+        self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 2)
+        job = jobs_qs[0]
+        self.assertEqual(urlparse.urlsplit(result.response['Location']).path,
+                         job.get_absolute_url())
+        self.assertEqual(job.launch_type, 'callback')
+        self.assertEqual(job.limit, host.name)
+        self.assertEqual(job.hosts.count(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(job.hosts.all()[0], host)
+
         # Run the callback job again with extra vars and verify their presence
         data.update(dict(extra_vars=dict(key="value")))
         result = self.post(url, data, expect=202, remote_addr=host_ip)
@@ -853,9 +868,9 @@ class JobTemplateCallbackTest(BaseJobTestMixin, django.test.LiveServerTestCase):
             if host_ip:
                 break
         self.assertTrue(host)
-        self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 2)
-        self.post(url, data, expect=202, remote_addr=host_ip)
         self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 3)
+        self.post(url, data, expect=202, remote_addr=host_ip)
+        self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 4)
         job = jobs_qs[0]
         self.assertEqual(job.launch_type, 'callback')
         self.assertEqual(job.limit, host.name)
@@ -878,9 +893,9 @@ class JobTemplateCallbackTest(BaseJobTestMixin, django.test.LiveServerTestCase):
             if host_ip:
                 break
         self.assertTrue(host)
-        self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 3)
-        self.post(url, data, expect=202, remote_addr=host_ip)
         self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 4)
+        self.post(url, data, expect=202, remote_addr=host_ip)
+        self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 5)
         job = jobs_qs[0]
         self.assertEqual(job.launch_type, 'callback')
         self.assertEqual(job.limit, host.name)
@@ -892,9 +907,9 @@ class JobTemplateCallbackTest(BaseJobTestMixin, django.test.LiveServerTestCase):
         host_qs = host_qs.filter(variables__icontains='ansible_ssh_host')
         host = host_qs[0]
         host_ip = host.variables_dict['ansible_ssh_host']
-        self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 4)
-        self.post(url, data, expect=202, remote_addr=host_ip)
         self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 5)
+        self.post(url, data, expect=202, remote_addr=host_ip)
+        self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 6)
         job = jobs_qs[0]
         self.assertEqual(job.launch_type, 'callback')
         self.assertEqual(job.limit, host.name)
@@ -926,9 +941,9 @@ class JobTemplateCallbackTest(BaseJobTestMixin, django.test.LiveServerTestCase):
                 host_ip = list(ips)[0]
                 break
         self.assertTrue(host)
-        self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 5)
-        self.post(url, data, expect=202, remote_addr=host_ip)
         self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 6)
+        self.post(url, data, expect=202, remote_addr=host_ip)
+        self.assertEqual(jobs_qs.count(), 7)
         job = jobs_qs[0]
         self.assertEqual(job.launch_type, 'callback')
         self.assertEqual(job.limit, ':&'.join([job_template.limit, host.name]))