diff --git a/awx/api/filters.py b/awx/api/filters.py
index 327303dd2e..ea9d011562 100644
--- a/awx/api/filters.py
+++ b/awx/api/filters.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class FieldLookupBackend(BaseFilterBackend):
     '''
 
     RESERVED_NAMES = ('page', 'page_size', 'format', 'order', 'order_by',
-                      'search', 'type', 'host_filter', 'count_disabled',)
+                      'search', 'type', 'host_filter', 'count_disabled', 'no_truncate')
 
     SUPPORTED_LOOKUPS = ('exact', 'iexact', 'contains', 'icontains',
                          'startswith', 'istartswith', 'endswith', 'iendswith',
diff --git a/awx/api/views/__init__.py b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
index 646ff2c746..f337345df9 100644
--- a/awx/api/views/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
@@ -3768,6 +3768,12 @@ class JobEventList(ListAPIView):
     serializer_class = serializers.JobEventSerializer
     search_fields = ('stdout',)
 
+    def get_serializer_context(self):
+        context = super().get_serializer_context()
+        if self.request.query_params.get('no_truncate'):
+            context.update(no_truncate=True)
+        return context
+
 
 class JobEventDetail(RetrieveAPIView):
 
@@ -4007,6 +4013,12 @@ class AdHocCommandEventList(ListAPIView):
     serializer_class = serializers.AdHocCommandEventSerializer
     search_fields = ('stdout',)
 
+    def get_serializer_context(self):
+        context = super().get_serializer_context()
+        if self.request.query_params.get('no_truncate'):
+            context.update(no_truncate=True)
+        return context
+
 
 class AdHocCommandEventDetail(RetrieveAPIView):