diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/JobList/useWsJobs.js b/awx/ui_next/src/components/JobList/useWsJobs.js
index 46068353af..9c939f25d9 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/JobList/useWsJobs.js
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/JobList/useWsJobs.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
-import useThrottle from './useThrottle';
+import useThrottle from '../../util/useThrottle';
 import { parseQueryString } from '../../util/qs';
 import sortJobs from './sortJobs';
 
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/JobList/useWsJobs.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/JobList/useWsJobs.test.jsx
index c7782b2427..77e5b714a3 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/JobList/useWsJobs.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/JobList/useWsJobs.test.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import useWsJobs from './useWsJobs';
   Jest mock timers don’t play well with jest-websocket-mock,
   so we'll stub out throttling to resolve immediately
 */
-jest.mock('./useThrottle', () => ({
+jest.mock('../../util/useThrottle', () => ({
   __esModule: true,
   default: jest.fn(val => val),
 }));
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ describe('useWsJobs hook', () => {
       mockServer.send(
         JSON.stringify({
           unified_job_id: 1,
+          type: 'job',
           status: 'successful',
         })
       );
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ describe('useWsJobs hook', () => {
       mockServer.send(
         JSON.stringify({
           unified_job_id: 2,
+          type: 'job',
           status: 'running',
         })
       );
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectList/ProjectList.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectList/ProjectList.jsx
index e82a31c4ae..a39f246205 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectList/ProjectList.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectList/ProjectList.jsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import PaginatedDataList, {
   ToolbarAddButton,
   ToolbarDeleteButton,
 } from '../../../components/PaginatedDataList';
+import useWsProjects from './useWsProjects';
 import { getQSConfig, parseQueryString } from '../../../util/qs';
 
 import ProjectListItem from './ProjectListItem';
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ function ProjectList({ i18n }) {
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState([]);
 
   const {
-    result: { projects, itemCount, actions },
+    result: { results, itemCount, actions },
     error: contentError,
     isLoading,
     request: fetchProjects,
@@ -41,13 +42,13 @@ function ProjectList({ i18n }) {
         ProjectsAPI.readOptions(),
       ]);
       return {
-        projects: response.data.results,
+        results: response.data.results,
         itemCount: response.data.count,
         actions: actionsResponse.data.actions,
       };
     }, [location]),
     {
-      projects: [],
+      results: [],
       itemCount: 0,
       actions: {},
     }
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ function ProjectList({ i18n }) {
     fetchProjects();
   }, [fetchProjects]);
 
+  const projects = useWsProjects(results);
+
   const isAllSelected =
     selected.length === projects.length && selected.length > 0;
   const {
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectList/useWsProjects.js b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectList/useWsProjects.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5c46319ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectList/useWsProjects.js
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+
+export default function useWsProjects(initialProjects) {
+  const [projects, setProjects] = useState(initialProjects);
+  const [lastMessage, setLastMessage] = useState(null);
+  const ws = useRef(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setProjects(initialProjects);
+  }, [initialProjects]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!lastMessage?.unified_job_id || lastMessage.type !== 'project_update') {
+      return;
+    }
+    const index = projects.findIndex(p => p.id === lastMessage.project_id);
+    if (index === -1) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const project = projects[index];
+    const updatedProject = {
+      ...project,
+      summary_fields: {
+        ...project.summary_fields,
+        last_job: {
+          id: lastMessage.unified_job_id,
+          status: lastMessage.status,
+          finished: lastMessage.finished,
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    setProjects([
+      ...projects.slice(0, index),
+      updatedProject,
+      ...projects.slice(index + 1),
+    ]);
+  }, [lastMessage]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    ws.current = new WebSocket(`wss://${window.location.host}/websocket/`);
+
+    const connect = () => {
+      const xrftoken = `; ${document.cookie}`
+        .split('; csrftoken=')
+        .pop()
+        .split(';')
+        .shift();
+      ws.current.send(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          xrftoken,
+          groups: {
+            jobs: ['status_changed'],
+            control: ['limit_reached_1'],
+          },
+        })
+      );
+    };
+    ws.current.onopen = connect;
+
+    ws.current.onmessage = e => {
+      setLastMessage(JSON.parse(e.data));
+    };
+
+    ws.current.onclose = e => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.debug('Socket closed. Reconnecting...', e);
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        connect();
+      }, 1000);
+    };
+
+    ws.current.onerror = err => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.debug('Socket error: ', err, 'Disconnecting...');
+      ws.current.close();
+    };
+
+    return () => {
+      ws.current.close();
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return projects;
+}
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectList/useWsProjects.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectList/useWsProjects.test.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e32a31ab70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Project/ProjectList/useWsProjects.test.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
+import WS from 'jest-websocket-mock';
+import { mountWithContexts } from '../../../../testUtils/enzymeHelpers';
+import useWsProjects from './useWsProjects';
+
+function TestInner() {
+  return <div />;
+}
+function Test({ projects }) {
+  const synced = useWsProjects(projects);
+  return <TestInner projects={synced} />;
+}
+
+describe('useWsProjects', () => {
+  let debug;
+  let wrapper;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    debug = global.console.debug; // eslint-disable-line prefer-destructuring
+    global.console.debug = () => {};
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    global.console.debug = debug;
+  });
+
+  test('should return projects list', async () => {
+    const projects = [{ id: 1 }];
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper = await mountWithContexts(<Test projects={projects} />);
+    });
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('TestInner').prop('projects')).toEqual(projects);
+    WS.clean();
+  });
+
+  test('should establish websocket connection', async () => {
+    global.document.cookie = 'csrftoken=abc123';
+    const mockServer = new WS('wss://localhost/websocket/');
+
+    const projects = [{ id: 1 }];
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper = await mountWithContexts(<Test projects={projects} />);
+    });
+
+    await mockServer.connected;
+    await expect(mockServer).toReceiveMessage(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        xrftoken: 'abc123',
+        groups: {
+          jobs: ['status_changed'],
+          control: ['limit_reached_1'],
+        },
+      })
+    );
+    WS.clean();
+  });
+
+  test('should update project status', async () => {
+    global.document.cookie = 'csrftoken=abc123';
+    const mockServer = new WS('wss://localhost/websocket/');
+
+    const projects = [
+      {
+        id: 1,
+        summary_fields: {
+          last_job: {
+            id: 1,
+            status: 'running',
+            finished: null,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper = await mountWithContexts(<Test projects={projects} />);
+    });
+
+    await mockServer.connected;
+    await expect(mockServer).toReceiveMessage(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        xrftoken: 'abc123',
+        groups: {
+          jobs: ['status_changed'],
+          control: ['limit_reached_1'],
+        },
+      })
+    );
+    expect(
+      wrapper.find('TestInner').prop('projects')[0].summary_fields.last_job
+        .status
+    ).toEqual('running');
+    await act(async () => {
+      mockServer.send(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          project_id: 1,
+          unified_job_id: 12,
+          type: 'project_update',
+          status: 'successful',
+          finished: '2020-07-02T16:28:31.839071Z',
+        })
+      );
+    });
+    wrapper.update();
+
+    expect(
+      wrapper.find('TestInner').prop('projects')[0].summary_fields.last_job
+    ).toEqual({
+      id: 12,
+      status: 'successful',
+      finished: '2020-07-02T16:28:31.839071Z',
+    });
+    WS.clean();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/JobList/useThrottle.js b/awx/ui_next/src/util/useThrottle.js
similarity index 100%
rename from awx/ui_next/src/components/JobList/useThrottle.js
rename to awx/ui_next/src/util/useThrottle.js