diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index 7bd09f56af..ef6f08ebd0 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -2983,12 +2983,13 @@ class JobTemplateMixin(object):
     '''
 
     def _recent_jobs(self, obj):
-        if hasattr(obj, 'workflow_jobs'):
-            job_mgr = obj.workflow_jobs
-        else:
-            job_mgr = obj.jobs
-        return [{'id': x.id, 'status': x.status, 'finished': x.finished}
-                for x in job_mgr.all().order_by('-created')[:10]]
+        job_mgr = obj.unifiedjob_unified_jobs.non_polymorphic().exclude(job__job_slice_count__gt=1).only(
+            'id', 'status', 'finished', 'polymorphic_ctype_id')
+        type_mapping = {}
+        for model, ct in ContentType.objects.get_for_models(*UnifiedJob.__subclasses__()).iteritems():
+            type_mapping[ct.pk] = model._meta.verbose_name
+        return [{'id': x.id, 'status': x.status, 'finished': x.finished, 'type': type_mapping[x.polymorphic_ctype_id]}
+                for x in job_mgr.order_by('-created')[:10]]
 
     def get_summary_fields(self, obj):
         d = super(JobTemplateMixin, self).get_summary_fields(obj)
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/api/serializers/test_job_template_serializers.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/api/serializers/test_job_template_serializers.py
index a6f41debb9..8b02c5ef8b 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/api/serializers/test_job_template_serializers.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/api/serializers/test_job_template_serializers.py
@@ -71,12 +71,20 @@ class TestJobTemplateSerializerGetRelated():
 class TestJobTemplateSerializerGetSummaryFields():
     def test__recent_jobs(self, mocker, job_template, jobs):
 
-        job_template.jobs.all = mocker.MagicMock(**{'order_by.return_value': jobs})
-        job_template.jobs.all.return_value = job_template.jobs.all
+        job_template.unifiedjob_unified_jobs = mocker.MagicMock(**{
+            'non_polymorphic.return_value': mocker.MagicMock(**{
+                'only.return_value': mocker.MagicMock(**{
+                    'order_by.return_value': jobs
+                })
+            })
+        })
 
         serializer = JobTemplateSerializer()
         recent_jobs = serializer._recent_jobs(job_template)
 
+        job_template.unifiedjob_unified_jobs.non_polymorphic.assert_called_once_with()
+        job_template.unifiedjob_unified_jobs.non_polymorphic().only().order_by.assert_called_once_with('-created')
+
         job_template.jobs.all.assert_called_once_with()
         job_template.jobs.all.order_by.assert_called_once_with('-created')
         assert len(recent_jobs) == 10