diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 7693bde43a23..d1f985dbefe7 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ func (r *request) setWriteOptions(q *WriteOptions) {
 	if q.AuthToken != "" {
 		r.token = q.AuthToken
 	}
+	if q.IdempotencyToken != "" {
+		r.params.Set("idempotency_token", q.IdempotencyToken)
+	}
 	r.ctx = q.Context()
 }
 
diff --git a/api/api_test.go b/api/api_test.go
index dda4a571a13b..a845f6410547 100644
--- a/api/api_test.go
+++ b/api/api_test.go
@@ -255,9 +255,10 @@ func TestSetWriteOptions(t *testing.T) {
 
 	r, _ := c.newRequest("GET", "/v1/jobs")
 	q := &WriteOptions{
-		Region:    "foo",
-		Namespace: "bar",
-		AuthToken: "foobar",
+		Region:           "foo",
+		Namespace:        "bar",
+		AuthToken:        "foobar",
+		IdempotencyToken: "idempotent",
 	}
 	r.setWriteOptions(q)
 
@@ -267,6 +268,9 @@ func TestSetWriteOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	if r.params.Get("namespace") != "bar" {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", r.params)
 	}
+	if r.params.Get("idempotency_token") != "idempotent" {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", r.params)
+	}
 	if r.token != "foobar" {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", r.token)
 	}
diff --git a/command/agent/http.go b/command/agent/http.go
index 1f4e48da4332..4a93ae74f764 100644
--- a/command/agent/http.go
+++ b/command/agent/http.go
@@ -666,6 +666,13 @@ func parseNamespace(req *http.Request, n *string) {
 	}
 }
 
+// parseIdempotencyToken is used to parse the ?idempotency_token parameter
+func parseIdempotencyToken(req *http.Request, n *string) {
+	if idempotencyToken := req.URL.Query().Get("idempotency_token"); idempotencyToken != "" {
+		*n = idempotencyToken
+	}
+}
+
 // parseBool parses a query parameter to a boolean or returns (nil, nil) if the
 // parameter is not present.
 func parseBool(req *http.Request, field string) (*bool, error) {
@@ -721,6 +728,7 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) parseWriteRequest(req *http.Request, w *structs.WriteReques
 	parseNamespace(req, &w.Namespace)
 	s.parseToken(req, &w.AuthToken)
 	s.parseRegion(req, &w.Region)
+	parseIdempotencyToken(req, &w.IdempotencyToken)
 }
 
 // wrapUntrustedContent wraps handlers in a http.ResponseWriter that prevents
diff --git a/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go b/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go
index bd5668a53f4e..420e4ac2ac81 100644
--- a/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/snappy"
+	"github.com/kr/pretty"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	api "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/mock"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
-	"github.com/kr/pretty"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestHTTP_JobsList(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1454,8 +1455,9 @@ func TestHTTP_JobDispatch(t *testing.T) {
 		respW := httptest.NewRecorder()
 		args2 := structs.JobDispatchRequest{
 			WriteRequest: structs.WriteRequest{
-				Region:    "global",
-				Namespace: structs.DefaultNamespace,
+				Region:           "global",
+				Namespace:        structs.DefaultNamespace,
+				IdempotencyToken: "foo",
 			},
 		}
 		buf := encodeReq(args2)