diff --git a/api/jobs_test.go b/api/jobs_test.go
index 150ecfc0831..d508527dbcb 100644
--- a/api/jobs_test.go
+++ b/api/jobs_test.go
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ func TestJobs_Register_NoPreserveCounts(t *testing.T) {
 	// Query the job scale status
 	status, _, err := jobs.ScaleStatus(*job.ID, nil)
 	require.NoError(err)
+	require.Equal("default", status.Namespace)
 	require.Equal(0, status.TaskGroups["group1"].Desired) // present => as specified
 	require.Equal(1, status.TaskGroups["group2"].Desired) // nil     => default (1)
 	require.Equal(3, status.TaskGroups["group3"].Desired) // new     => as specified
diff --git a/api/scaling.go b/api/scaling.go
index 9f5f03de58f..669fec8e0eb 100644
--- a/api/scaling.go
+++ b/api/scaling.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ type ScalingPolicyListStub struct {
 // JobScaleStatusResponse is used to return information about job scaling status
 type JobScaleStatusResponse struct {
 	JobID          string
+	Namespace      string
 	JobCreateIndex uint64
 	JobModifyIndex uint64
 	JobStopped     bool
diff --git a/nomad/job_endpoint.go b/nomad/job_endpoint.go
index 1980dbd01da..e3114da1556 100644
--- a/nomad/job_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/job_endpoint.go
@@ -2037,6 +2037,7 @@ func (j *Job) ScaleStatus(args *structs.JobScaleStatusRequest,
 			// Setup the output
 			reply.JobScaleStatus = &structs.JobScaleStatus{
 				JobID:          job.ID,
+				Namespace:      job.Namespace,
 				JobCreateIndex: job.CreateIndex,
 				JobModifyIndex: job.ModifyIndex,
 				JobStopped:     job.Stop,
diff --git a/nomad/job_endpoint_test.go b/nomad/job_endpoint_test.go
index 9edd97c279c..9c8a5e8a0a1 100644
--- a/nomad/job_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/nomad/job_endpoint_test.go
@@ -6533,6 +6533,7 @@ func TestJobEndpoint_GetScaleStatus(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expectedStatus := structs.JobScaleStatus{
 		JobID:          jobV2.ID,
+		Namespace:      jobV2.Namespace,
 		JobCreateIndex: jobV2.CreateIndex,
 		JobModifyIndex: a1.CreateIndex,
 		JobStopped:     jobV2.Stop,
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index 61ad06e325b..f8ba85191c2 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -1292,6 +1292,7 @@ type JobScaleStatusResponse struct {
 
 type JobScaleStatus struct {
 	JobID          string
+	Namespace      string
 	JobCreateIndex uint64
 	JobModifyIndex uint64
 	JobStopped     bool