diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index a889896c39..c0b5e028bc 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ class AdHocCommandSerializer(UnifiedJobSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = AdHocCommand
         fields = ('*', 'job_type', 'inventory', 'limit', 'credential',
-                  'module_name', 'module_args', 'forks', 'verbosity',
+                  'module_name', 'module_args', 'forks', 'verbosity', 'extra_vars',
                   'become_enabled', '-unified_job_template', '-description')
         extra_kwargs = {
             'name': {
diff --git a/awx/main/models/ad_hoc_commands.py b/awx/main/models/ad_hoc_commands.py
index 6efac2ec63..8694f56537 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/ad_hoc_commands.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/ad_hoc_commands.py
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ class AdHocCommand(UnifiedJob):
         editable=False,
         through='AdHocCommandEvent',
     )
+    extra_vars = models.TextField(
+        blank=True,
+        default='',
+    )
+
+    extra_vars_dict = VarsDictProperty('extra_vars', True)
 
     def clean_inventory(self):
         inv = self.inventory
diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index db47f3eaec..444e557d40 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -1615,6 +1615,9 @@ class RunAdHocCommand(BaseTask):
         if ad_hoc_command.verbosity:
             args.append('-%s' % ('v' * min(5, ad_hoc_command.verbosity)))
 
+        if ad_hoc_command.extra_vars_dict:
+            args.extend(['-e', json.dumps(ad_hoc_command.extra_vars_dict)])
+
         args.extend(['-m', ad_hoc_command.module_name])
         args.extend(['-a', ad_hoc_command.module_args])