diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index 734640577b..6bd917cab2 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -2497,6 +2497,18 @@ class JobTemplateLabelList(SubListCreateAttachDetachAPIView, DeleteLastUnattachL
     parent_model = JobTemplate
     relationship = 'labels'
 
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        # If a label already exists in the database, attach it instead of erroring out
+        # that it already exists
+        if 'id' not in request.data and 'name' in request.data and 'organization' in request.data:
+            existing = Label.objects.filter(name=request.data['name'], organization_id=request.data['organization'])
+            if existing.exists():
+                existing = existing[0]
+                request.data['id'] = existing.id
+                del request.data['name']
+                del request.data['organization']
+        return super(JobTemplateLabelList, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
 class JobTemplateCallback(GenericAPIView):
 
     model = JobTemplate
@@ -3815,7 +3827,6 @@ class RoleChildrenList(SubListAPIView):
 
 
 
-
 # Create view functions for all of the class-based views to simplify inclusion
 # in URL patterns and reverse URL lookups, converting CamelCase names to
 # lowercase_with_underscore (e.g. MyView.as_view() becomes my_view).