diff --git a/awx/main/models/jobs.py b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
index e70b3d9c2f..32361f64a4 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class JobTemplate(UnifiedJobTemplate, JobOptions):
     def _get_unified_job_field_names(cls):
         return ['name', 'description', 'job_type', 'inventory', 'project',
                 'playbook', 'credential', 'cloud_credential', 'forks',
-                'limit', 'verbosity', 'extra_vars', 'job_tags',
+                'limit', 'verbosity', 'extra_vars', 'job_tags', 'launch_type',
                 'force_handlers', 'skip_tags', 'start_at_task']
 
     def create_job(self, **kwargs):