diff --git a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
index 4f935571..1a683ec5 100755
--- a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
+++ b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ paths:
         description: The group containing the models we want to return
         schema:
           type: string
+      - name: recursive
+        in: query
+        required: false
+        description: Get all sub process models recursively if true
+        schema:
+          type: string
       - name: page
         in: query
         required: false
diff --git a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
index bc9fd79f..8f87ab5c 100644
--- a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
+++ b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
@@ -347,11 +347,14 @@ def process_model_move(
 
 
 def process_model_list(
-    process_group_identifier: Optional[str] = None, page: int = 1, per_page: int = 100
+    process_group_identifier: Optional[str] = None,
+    recursive: Optional[bool] = False,
+    page: int = 1,
+    per_page: int = 100,
 ) -> flask.wrappers.Response:
     """Process model list!"""
     process_models = ProcessModelService().get_process_models(
-        process_group_id=process_group_identifier
+        process_group_id=process_group_identifier, recursive=recursive
     )
     batch = ProcessModelService().get_batch(
         process_models, page=page, per_page=per_page
diff --git a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_model_service.py b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_model_service.py
index 65de4272..f9788658 100644
--- a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_model_service.py
+++ b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_model_service.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class ProcessModelService(FileSystemService):
         raise ProcessEntityNotFoundError("process_model_not_found")
 
     def get_process_models(
-        self, process_group_id: Optional[str] = None
+        self, process_group_id: Optional[str] = None, recursive: Optional[bool] = False
     ) -> List[ProcessModelInfo]:
         """Get process models."""
         process_models = []
@@ -187,7 +187,11 @@ class ProcessModelService(FileSystemService):
         if process_group_id:
             awesome_id = process_group_id.replace("/", os.sep)
             root_path = os.path.join(root_path, awesome_id)
-        process_model_glob = os.path.join(root_path, "**", "process_model.json")
+
+        process_model_glob = os.path.join(root_path, "*", "process_model.json")
+        if recursive:
+            process_model_glob = os.path.join(root_path, "**", "process_model.json")
+
         for file in glob(process_model_glob, recursive=True):
             process_model_relative_path = os.path.relpath(
                 file, start=FileSystemService.root_path()
diff --git a/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/integration/test_process_api.py b/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/integration/test_process_api.py
index 6f850a89..ef65dfbe 100644
--- a/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/integration/test_process_api.py
+++ b/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/integration/test_process_api.py
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class TestProcessApi(BaseTest):
 
         # get all models
         response = client.get(
-            "/v1.0/process-models?per_page=1000",
+            "/v1.0/process-models?per_page=1000&recursive=true",
             headers=self.logged_in_headers(with_super_admin_user),
         )
         assert response.json is not None