diff --git a/awx/api/versioning.py b/awx/api/versioning.py
index 9fc57ac71e5c..2c5820246dcd 100644
--- a/awx/api/versioning.py
+++ b/awx/api/versioning.py
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ def drf_reverse(viewname, args=None, kwargs=None, request=None, format=None, **e
     else:
         url = _reverse(viewname, args, kwargs, request, format, **extra)
 
+    if settings.OPTIONAL_API_URLPATTERN_PREFIX and request:
+        if request.path.startswith(f"/api/{settings.OPTIONAL_API_URLPATTERN_PREFIX}"):
+            url = url.replace('/api', f"/api/{settings.OPTIONAL_API_URLPATTERN_PREFIX}")
+
     return url
 
 
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 1e2fed59b9a4..a4472ced6ef6 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -1126,3 +1126,8 @@
 
 settings_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(dynamic_config.__file__), 'dynamic_settings.py')
 include(settings_file)
+
+# Add a postfix to the API URL patterns
+# example if set to '' API pattern will be /api
+# example if set to 'controller' API pattern will be /api AND /api/controller
+OPTIONAL_API_URLPATTERN_PREFIX = ''
diff --git a/awx/urls.py b/awx/urls.py
index c2d7caed4338..28ed6148efa8 100644
--- a/awx/urls.py
+++ b/awx/urls.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.urls import re_path, include
+from django.urls import path, re_path, include
 
 from ansible_base.resource_registry.urls import urlpatterns as resource_api_urls
 
@@ -12,7 +12,15 @@
 urlpatterns = [
     re_path(r'', include('awx.ui.urls', namespace='ui')),
     re_path(r'^ui_next/.*', include('awx.ui_next.urls', namespace='ui_next')),
-    re_path(r'^api/', include('awx.api.urls', namespace='api')),
+    path('api/', include('awx.api.urls', namespace='api')),
+]
+
+if settings.OPTIONAL_API_URLPATTERN_PREFIX:
+    urlpatterns += [
+        path(f'api/{settings.OPTIONAL_API_URLPATTERN_PREFIX}/', include('awx.api.urls')),
+    ]
+
+urlpatterns += [
     re_path(r'^api/v2/', include(resource_api_urls)),
     re_path(r'^sso/', include('awx.sso.urls', namespace='sso')),
     re_path(r'^sso/', include('social_django.urls', namespace='social')),