diff --git a/awx/api/filters.py b/awx/api/filters.py
index d7b6c5dd0b..6d51441c28 100644
--- a/awx/api/filters.py
+++ b/awx/api/filters.py
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ class FieldLookupBackend(BaseFilterBackend):
                 if key in self.RESERVED_NAMES:
                     continue
 
+                # HACK: make `created` available via API for the Django User ORM model
+                # so it keep compatiblity with other objects which exposes the `created` attr.
+                if queryset.model._meta.object_name == 'User' and key.startswith('created'):
+                    key = key.replace('created', 'date_joined')
+
                 # HACK: Make job event filtering by host name mostly work even
                 # when not capturing job event hosts M2M.
                 if queryset.model._meta.object_name == 'JobEvent' and key.startswith('hosts__name'):
diff --git a/awx/main/models/__init__.py b/awx/main/models/__init__.py
index 5c43c2d516..509378fcf5 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/__init__.py
@@ -127,9 +127,15 @@ def user_get_auditor_of_organizations(user):
     return Organization.objects.filter(auditor_role__members=user)
 
 
+@property
+def created(user):
+    return user.date_joined
+
+
 User.add_to_class('organizations', user_get_organizations)
 User.add_to_class('admin_of_organizations', user_get_admin_of_organizations)
 User.add_to_class('auditor_of_organizations', user_get_auditor_of_organizations)
+User.add_to_class('created', created)
 
 
 @property
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_user.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_user.py
index d91c4fb2d4..821b37d6ae 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_user.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_user.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from datetime import date
+
 import pytest
 
 from django.contrib.sessions.middleware import SessionMiddleware
@@ -61,3 +63,21 @@ def test_user_cannot_update_last_login(patch, admin):
         middleware=SessionMiddleware()
     )
     assert User.objects.get(pk=admin.pk).last_login is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_user_verify_attribute_created(admin, get):
+    assert admin.created == admin.date_joined
+    resp = get(
+        reverse('api:user_detail', kwargs={'pk': admin.pk}),
+        admin
+    )
+    assert resp.data['created'] == admin.date_joined
+
+    past = date(2020, 1, 1).isoformat()
+    for op, count in (('gt', 1), ('lt', 0)):
+        resp = get(
+            reverse('api:user_list') + f'?created__{op}={past}',
+            admin
+        )
+        assert resp.data['count'] == count