diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
index 32e3779e3042cdd27b54bf7c5ff4f5e9ab56567d..be1483df66ba4bd216e5ba4155d17b970e185ec3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
@@ -319,16 +319,26 @@ public class ListView extends View implements DirectlyModifiableView {
         }
     }
 
+    private boolean needToAddToCurrentView(StaplerRequest req) throws ServletException {
+        String json = req.getParameter("json");
+        if (json != null && json.length() > 0) {
+            // Submitted via UI
+            JSONObject form = req.getSubmittedForm();
+            return form.has("addToCurrentView") && form.getBoolean("addToCurrentView");
+        } else {
+            // Submitted via API
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     @RequirePOST
     public Item doCreateItem(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp) throws IOException, ServletException {
-        JSONObject form = req.getSubmittedForm();
-        boolean addToCurrentView = form.has("addToCurrentView") && form.getBoolean("addToCurrentView");
         ItemGroup<? extends TopLevelItem> ig = getOwnerItemGroup();
         if (ig instanceof ModifiableItemGroup) {
             TopLevelItem item = ((ModifiableItemGroup<? extends TopLevelItem>)ig).doCreateItem(req, rsp);
             if (item!=null) {
-                if (addToCurrentView) {
+                if (needToAddToCurrentView(req)) {
                     synchronized (this) {
                         jobNames.add(item.getRelativeNameFrom(getOwnerItemGroup()));
                     }
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/ListViewTest.java b/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/ListViewTest.java
index b2dd439b0b19ea239ebddb68312ed04ccebeec72..589a83daa2be5858f7ae570d9006fe070960633c 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/ListViewTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/ListViewTest.java
@@ -37,27 +37,41 @@ import hudson.security.AuthorizationStrategy;
 import hudson.security.Permission;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.acegisecurity.Authentication;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import javax.servlet.ReadListener;
+import javax.servlet.ServletInputStream;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TestName;
 import org.jvnet.hudson.test.Issue;
 import org.jvnet.hudson.test.JenkinsRule;
 import org.jvnet.hudson.test.JenkinsRule.WebClient;
 import org.jvnet.hudson.test.MockFolder;
 import org.jvnet.hudson.test.recipes.LocalData;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerResponse;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 public class ListViewTest {
 
     @Rule public JenkinsRule j = new JenkinsRule();
 
+    @Rule public TestName testName = new TestName();
+
     @Issue("JENKINS-15309")
     @LocalData
     @Test public void nullJobNames() throws Exception {
@@ -225,6 +239,26 @@ public class ListViewTest {
         }
         assertEquals(Collections.singletonList(p), v.getItems());
     }
+
+    @Issue("JENKINS-41128")
+    @Test public void addJobUsingAPI() throws Exception {
+        ListView v = new ListView("view", j.jenkins);
+        j.jenkins.addView(v);
+        StaplerRequest req = mock(StaplerRequest.class);
+        StaplerResponse rsp = mock(StaplerResponse.class);
+
+        String configXml = IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream(String.format("%s/%s/config.xml", getClass().getSimpleName(), testName.getMethodName())), "UTF-8");
+
+        when(req.getMethod()).thenReturn("POST");
+        when(req.getParameter("name")).thenReturn("job1");
+        when(req.getInputStream()).thenReturn(new Stream(IOUtils.toInputStream(configXml)));
+        when(req.getContentType()).thenReturn("application/xml");
+        v.doCreateItem(req, rsp);
+        List<TopLevelItem> items = v.getItems();
+        assertEquals(1, items.size());
+        assertEquals("job1", items.get(0).getName());
+    }
+
     private static class AllButViewsAuthorizationStrategy extends AuthorizationStrategy {
         @Override public ACL getRootACL() {
             return UNSECURED.getRootACL();
@@ -241,4 +275,29 @@ public class ListViewTest {
         }
     }
 
+    private static class Stream extends ServletInputStream {
+        private final InputStream inner;
+
+        public Stream(final InputStream inner) {
+            this.inner = inner;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int read() throws IOException {
+            return inner.read();
+        }
+        @Override
+        public boolean isFinished() {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+        @Override
+        public boolean isReady() {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+        @Override
+        public void setReadListener(ReadListener readListener) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/test/src/test/resources/hudson/model/ListViewTest/addJobUsingAPI/config.xml b/test/src/test/resources/hudson/model/ListViewTest/addJobUsingAPI/config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff565b6b94a419fedf6eb7a5fc13e2af54ba27f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/test/resources/hudson/model/ListViewTest/addJobUsingAPI/config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<project>
+    <description></description>
+    <keepDependencies>false</keepDependencies>
+    <properties/>
+    <scm class="hudson.scm.NullSCM"/>
+    <canRoam>true</canRoam>
+    <disabled>false</disabled>
+    <blockBuildWhenDownstreamBuilding>false</blockBuildWhenDownstreamBuilding>
+    <blockBuildWhenUpstreamBuilding>false</blockBuildWhenUpstreamBuilding>
+    <triggers/>
+    <concurrentBuild>false</concurrentBuild>
+    <builders/>
+    <publishers/>
+    <buildWrappers/>
+</project>