diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index c705a99dfd..48a6eebdfc 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -4374,7 +4374,7 @@ class NotificationTemplateSerializer(BaseSerializer):
         return res
 
     def _recent_notifications(self, obj):
-        return [{'id': x.id, 'status': x.status, 'created': x.created} for x in obj.notifications.all().order_by('-created')[:5]]
+        return [{'id': x.id, 'status': x.status, 'created': x.created, 'error': x.error} for x in obj.notifications.all().order_by('-created')[:5]]
 
     def get_summary_fields(self, obj):
         d = super(NotificationTemplateSerializer, self).get_summary_fields(obj)
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_notifications.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_notifications.py
index f6ae506248..881241ffb2 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_notifications.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_notifications.py
@@ -123,6 +123,29 @@ def test_disallow_delete_when_notifications_pending(delete, user, notification_t
     assert response.status_code == 405
 
 
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_notification_template_list_includes_notification_errors(get, user, notification_template):
+    Notification.objects.create(notification_template=notification_template, status='failed', error='failed to send')
+    Notification.objects.create(notification_template=notification_template, status='pending')
+    Notification.objects.create(notification_template=notification_template, status='successful')
+    url = reverse('api:notification_template_list')
+    u = user('superuser', True)
+    response = get(url, user=u)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    notifications = response.data['results'][0]['summary_fields']['recent_notifications']
+    assert len(notifications) == 3
+    statuses = [n['status'] for n in notifications]
+    assert set(statuses) == set(['failed', 'pending', 'successful'])
+    for n in notifications:
+        if n['status'] == 'successful':
+            assert n['error'] == ''
+        elif n['status'] == 'pending':
+            assert n['error'] == ''
+        elif n['status'] == 'failed':
+            assert n['error'] == 'failed to send'
+
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_custom_environment_injection(post, user, organization):
     u = user('admin-poster', True)