diff --git a/src/modules/job-list/Makefile.am b/src/modules/job-list/Makefile.am
index 6e01d49f5c24..7278d7b9f812 100644
--- a/src/modules/job-list/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/modules/job-list/Makefile.am
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	test/jobspec/1slot.jobspec \
 	test/jobspec/1slot_4core.jobspec \
 	test/jobspec/1slot_perresourcecore4.jobspec \
+	test/jobspec/1slot_project_bank.jobspec \
 	test/jobspec/4node.jobspec \
 	test/jobspec/4node_1slot_nonexclusive.jobspec \
 	test/jobspec/4node_4slot_nonexclusive.jobspec \
diff --git a/src/modules/job-list/job-list.c b/src/modules/job-list/job-list.c
index c84ea2d923b2..d794b0cbea31 100644
--- a/src/modules/job-list/job-list.c
+++ b/src/modules/job-list/job-list.c
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 static const char *attrs[] = {
     "userid", "urgency", "priority", "t_submit",
     "t_depend", "t_run", "t_cleanup", "t_inactive",
-    "state", "name", "cwd", "queue", "ntasks", "ncores", "duration", "nnodes",
+    "state", "name", "cwd", "queue", "project", "bank",
+    "ntasks", "ncores", "duration", "nnodes",
     "ranks", "nodelist", "success", "exception_occurred",
     "exception_type", "exception_severity",
     "exception_note", "result", "expiration",
diff --git a/src/modules/job-list/job_data.c b/src/modules/job-list/job_data.c
index 95901d8a90c1..1222e68a62b7 100644
--- a/src/modules/job-list/job_data.c
+++ b/src/modules/job-list/job_data.c
@@ -197,12 +197,14 @@ static int parse_attributes_dict (struct job *job)
     job->cwd = NULL;
     job->queue = NULL;
     if (json_unpack_ex (job->jobspec, &error, 0,
-                        "{s:{s?{s?s s?s s:F}}}",
+                        "{s:{s?{s?s s?s s:F s?s s?s}}}",
                         "attributes",
                         "system",
                         "cwd", &job->cwd,
                         "queue", &job->queue,
-                        "duration", &job->duration) < 0) {
+                        "duration", &job->duration,
+                        "project", &job->project,
+                        "bank", &job->bank) < 0) {
         flux_log (job->h, LOG_ERR,
                   "%s: job %s invalid jobspec: %s",
                   __FUNCTION__, idf58 (job->id), error.text);
diff --git a/src/modules/job-list/job_data.h b/src/modules/job-list/job_data.h
index 4970dbb6035b..713efd5a8e8d 100644
--- a/src/modules/job-list/job_data.h
+++ b/src/modules/job-list/job_data.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ struct job {
     const char *name;
     const char *queue;
     const char *cwd;
+    const char *project;
+    const char *bank;
     int ntasks;
     int ntasks_per_core_on_node_count;  /* flag for ntasks calculation */
     int ncores;
diff --git a/src/modules/job-list/job_util.c b/src/modules/job-list/job_util.c
index 2d26d6ef0e11..9d505352097f 100644
--- a/src/modules/job-list/job_util.c
+++ b/src/modules/job-list/job_util.c
@@ -110,6 +110,18 @@ static int store_attr (struct job *job,
             return 0;
         val = json_string (job->queue);
     }
+    else if (streq (attr, "project")) {
+        /* job->project potentially NULL, usually set via jobspec-update event */
+        if (!job->project)
+            return 0;
+        val = json_string (job->project);
+    }
+    else if (streq (attr, "bank")) {
+        /* job->bank potentially NULL, usually set via jobspec-update event */
+        if (!job->bank)
+            return 0;
+        val = json_string (job->bank);
+    }
     else if (streq (attr, "ntasks")) {
         /* job->ntasks potentially < 0 if jobspec invalid */
         if (job->ntasks < 0)
diff --git a/src/modules/job-list/test/job_data.c b/src/modules/job-list/test/job_data.c
index be529aded00c..9ca287a5ab04 100644
--- a/src/modules/job-list/test/job_data.c
+++ b/src/modules/job-list/test/job_data.c
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ struct test_jobspec_queue {
     { NULL, 0 },
 };
 
+struct test_jobspec_project_bank {
+    const char *filename;
+    const char *project;
+    const char *bank;
+} jobspec_project_bank_tests[] = {
+    {
+        TEST_SRCDIR "/jobspec/1slot.jobspec",
+        NULL,
+        NULL,
+    },
+    {
+        TEST_SRCDIR "/jobspec/1slot_project_bank.jobspec",
+        "myproject",
+        "mybank",
+    },
+    { NULL, NULL, NULL},
+};
+
 struct test_jobspec_duration {
     const char *filename;
     double duration;
@@ -425,6 +443,47 @@ static void test_jobspec_queue (void)
     }
 }
 
+static void test_jobspec_project_bank (void)
+{
+    struct test_jobspec_project_bank *test;
+
+    test = jobspec_project_bank_tests;
+    while (test->filename) {
+        struct job *job = job_create (NULL, FLUX_JOBID_ANY);
+        const char *filename = test->filename;
+        const char *project = test->project;
+        const char *bank = test->bank;
+        int ret;
+
+        if (!job)
+            BAIL_OUT ("job_create failed");
+
+        ret = parse_jobspec (job, filename);
+        ok (ret == 0, "job_parse_jobspec parsed %s", filename);
+        if (project) {
+            ok (streq (project, job->project),
+                "job_parse_jobspec correctly parsed job project %s=%s",
+                project, job->project);
+        }
+        else {
+            ok (job->project == NULL,
+                "job_parse_jobspec correctly parsed no job project");
+        }
+        if (bank) {
+            ok (streq (bank, job->bank),
+                "job_parse_jobspec correctly parsed job bank %s=%s",
+                bank, job->bank);
+        }
+        else {
+            ok (job->bank == NULL,
+                "job_parse_jobspec correctly parsed no job bank");
+        }
+
+        job_destroy (job);
+        test++;
+    }
+}
+
 static void test_jobspec_duration (void)
 {
     struct test_jobspec_duration *test;
@@ -755,6 +814,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     test_jobspec_job_name ();
     test_jobspec_cwd ();
     test_jobspec_queue ();
+    test_jobspec_project_bank ();
     test_jobspec_duration ();
     test_R_corner_case ();
     test_R_ranks ();
diff --git a/src/modules/job-list/test/jobspec/1slot_project_bank.jobspec b/src/modules/job-list/test/jobspec/1slot_project_bank.jobspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a7bcf1d22b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/job-list/test/jobspec/1slot_project_bank.jobspec
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  "resources": [
+    {
+      "type": "slot",
+      "count": 1,
+      "with": [
+        {
+          "type": "core",
+          "count": 1
+        }
+      ],
+      "label": "task"
+    }
+  ],
+  "tasks": [
+    {
+      "command": [
+        "hostname"
+      ],
+      "slot": "task",
+      "count": {
+        "per_slot": 1
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "attributes": {
+    "system": {
+      "duration": 0,
+      "cwd": "/tmp/job",
+      "project": "myproject",
+      "bank": "mybank"
+    }
+  },
+  "version": 1
+}