diff --git a/awx/conf/fields.py b/awx/conf/fields.py
index c5516b7c2e..82a1e2b8a3 100644
--- a/awx/conf/fields.py
+++ b/awx/conf/fields.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Python
 import os
+import re
 import logging
 import urllib.parse as urlparse
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 # Django
-from django.core.validators import URLValidator
+from django.core.validators import URLValidator, _lazy_re_compile
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 # Django REST Framework
@@ -118,17 +119,42 @@ class StringListPathField(StringListField):
 
 
 class URLField(CharField):
+    # these lines set up a custom regex that allow numbers in the
+    # top-level domain
+    tld_re = (
+        r'\.'                                              # dot
+        r'(?!-)'                                           # can't start with a dash
+        r'(?:[a-z' + URLValidator.ul + r'0-9' + '-]{2,63}' # domain label, this line was changed from the original URLValidator
+        r'|xn--[a-z0-9]{1,59})'                            # or punycode label
+        r'(?<!-)'                                          # can't end with a dash
+        r'\.?'                                             # may have a trailing dot
+    )
+
+    host_re = '(' + URLValidator.hostname_re + URLValidator.domain_re + tld_re + '|localhost)'
+
+    regex = _lazy_re_compile(
+        r'^(?:[a-z0-9\.\-\+]*)://'  # scheme is validated separately
+        r'(?:[^\s:@/]+(?::[^\s:@/]*)?@)?'  # user:pass authentication
+        r'(?:' + URLValidator.ipv4_re + '|' + URLValidator.ipv6_re + '|' + host_re + ')'
+        r'(?::\d{2,5})?'  # port
+        r'(?:[/?#][^\s]*)?'  # resource path
+        r'\Z', re.IGNORECASE)
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         schemes = kwargs.pop('schemes', None)
         regex = kwargs.pop('regex', None)
         self.allow_plain_hostname = kwargs.pop('allow_plain_hostname', False)
+        self.allow_numbers_in_top_level_domain = kwargs.pop('allow_numbers_in_top_level_domain', True)
         super(URLField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
         validator_kwargs = dict(message=_('Enter a valid URL'))
         if schemes is not None:
             validator_kwargs['schemes'] = schemes
         if regex is not None:
             validator_kwargs['regex'] = regex
+        if self.allow_numbers_in_top_level_domain and regex is None:
+            # default behavior is to allow numbers in the top level domain
+            # if a custom regex isn't provided
+            validator_kwargs['regex'] = URLField.regex
         self.validators.append(URLValidator(**validator_kwargs))
 
     def to_representation(self, value):
diff --git a/awx/conf/tests/unit/test_fields.py b/awx/conf/tests/unit/test_fields.py
index e1e01a86e9..bac32a4846 100644
--- a/awx/conf/tests/unit/test_fields.py
+++ b/awx/conf/tests/unit/test_fields.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from rest_framework.fields import ValidationError
-from awx.conf.fields import StringListBooleanField, StringListPathField, ListTuplesField
+from awx.conf.fields import StringListBooleanField, StringListPathField, ListTuplesField, URLField
 
 
 class TestStringListBooleanField():
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class TestListTuplesField():
     FIELD_VALUES = [
         ([('a', 'b'), ('abc', '123')], [("a", "b"), ("abc", "123")]),
     ]
-    
+
     FIELD_VALUES_INVALID = [
         ("abc", type("abc")),
         ([('a', 'b', 'c'), ('abc', '123', '456')], type(('a',))),
@@ -130,3 +130,25 @@ class TestStringListPathField():
             field.to_internal_value([value])
         assert e.value.detail[0] == "{} is not a valid path choice.".format(value)
 
+
+class TestURLField():
+    regex = "^https://www.example.org$"
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("url,schemes,regex, allow_numbers_in_top_level_domain, expect_no_error",[
+        ("ldap://www.example.org42", "ldap", None, True, True),
+        ("https://www.example.org42", "https", None, False, False),
+        ("https://www.example.org", None,  regex, None, True),
+        ("https://www.example3.org", None, regex, None, False),
+        ("ftp://www.example.org", "https", None, None, False)
+    ])
+    def test_urls(self, url, schemes, regex, allow_numbers_in_top_level_domain, expect_no_error):
+        kwargs = {}
+        kwargs.setdefault("allow_numbers_in_top_level_domain", allow_numbers_in_top_level_domain)
+        kwargs.setdefault("schemes", schemes)
+        kwargs.setdefault("regex", regex)
+        field = URLField(**kwargs)
+        if expect_no_error:
+            field.run_validators(url)
+        else:
+            with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+                field.run_validators(url)
diff --git a/awx/sso/fields.py b/awx/sso/fields.py
index d3bf361645..dddd1ee6a1 100644
--- a/awx/sso/fields.py
+++ b/awx/sso/fields.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import awx
 # Django
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-from django.core.validators import URLValidator, _lazy_re_compile
 
 # Django Auth LDAP
 import django_auth_ldap.config
@@ -234,34 +233,12 @@ class AuthenticationBackendsField(fields.StringListField):
 
 class LDAPServerURIField(fields.URLField):
 
-    tld_re = (
-        r'\.'                                              # dot
-        r'(?!-)'                                           # can't start with a dash
-        r'(?:[a-z' + URLValidator.ul + r'0-9' + '-]{2,63}' # domain label, this line was changed from the original URLValidator
-        r'|xn--[a-z0-9]{1,59})'                            # or punycode label
-        r'(?<!-)'                                          # can't end with a dash
-        r'\.?'                                             # may have a trailing dot
-    )
-
-    host_re = '(' + URLValidator.hostname_re + URLValidator.domain_re + tld_re + '|localhost)'
-
-    regex = _lazy_re_compile(
-        r'^(?:[a-z0-9\.\-\+]*)://'  # scheme is validated separately
-        r'(?:[^\s:@/]+(?::[^\s:@/]*)?@)?'  # user:pass authentication
-        r'(?:' + URLValidator.ipv4_re + '|' + URLValidator.ipv6_re + '|' + host_re + ')'
-        r'(?::\d{2,5})?'  # port
-        r'(?:[/?#][^\s]*)?'  # resource path
-        r'\Z', re.IGNORECASE)
-
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-
         kwargs.setdefault('schemes', ('ldap', 'ldaps'))
         kwargs.setdefault('allow_plain_hostname', True)
-        kwargs.setdefault('regex', LDAPServerURIField.regex)
         super(LDAPServerURIField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
     def run_validators(self, value):
-
         for url in filter(None, re.split(r'[, ]', (value or ''))):
             super(LDAPServerURIField, self).run_validators(url)
         return value