diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index a0d383d758..f45a6b03aa 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -2838,6 +2838,8 @@ class UnifiedJobStdout(RetrieveAPIView):
                 return response
             except Exception, e:
                 return Response({"error": "Error generating stdout download file: %s" % str(e)}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        elif request.accepted_renderer.format == 'txt':
+            return Response(unified_job.result_stdout)
         else:
             return super(UnifiedJobStdout, self).retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)