diff --git a/nailgun/entities.py b/nailgun/entities.py
index 830bc25f..28fc7616 100644
--- a/nailgun/entities.py
+++ b/nailgun/entities.py
@@ -2077,6 +2077,7 @@ class JobTemplate(
     def __init__(self, server_config=None, **kwargs):
         self._fields = {
             'audit_comment': entity_fields.StringField(),
+            'description': entity_fields.StringField(),
             'description_format': entity_fields.StringField(),
             'effective_user': entity_fields.DictField(),
             'job_category': entity_fields.StringField(),
diff --git a/tests/test_entities.py b/tests/test_entities.py
index caefe166..1adfb72f 100644
--- a/tests/test_entities.py
+++ b/tests/test_entities.py
@@ -2875,6 +2875,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.data = {
             'id': 1,
             'audit_comment': None,
+            'description': None,
             'description_format': None,
             'effective_user': None,
             'job_category': 'Commands',