diff --git a/docs/release-notes/version-3.7.md b/docs/release-notes/version-3.7.md
index 531678f2d..e3c2f8e48 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/version-3.7.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/version-3.7.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+* [#15070](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/15070) - Fix inclusion of `config_template` field on REST API serializer for virtual machines
 * [#15084](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/15084) - Fix "add export template" link under "export" button on object list views
 
 ---
diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/api/serializers.py b/netbox/virtualization/api/serializers.py
index 7ed36388b..1dcb413ec 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/api/serializers.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/api/serializers.py
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ class VirtualMachineWithConfigContextSerializer(VirtualMachineSerializer):
         fields = [
             'id', 'url', 'display', 'name', 'status', 'site', 'cluster', 'device', 'role', 'tenant', 'platform',
             'primary_ip', 'primary_ip4', 'primary_ip6', 'vcpus', 'memory', 'disk', 'description', 'comments',
-            'local_context_data', 'tags', 'custom_fields', 'config_context', 'created', 'last_updated',
-            'interface_count', 'virtual_disk_count',
+            'config_template', 'local_context_data', 'tags', 'custom_fields', 'config_context', 'created',
+            'last_updated', 'interface_count', 'virtual_disk_count',
         ]
 
     @extend_schema_field(serializers.JSONField(allow_null=True))