diff --git a/.changeset/seven-dolphins-tickle.md b/.changeset/seven-dolphins-tickle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd3149792c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/seven-dolphins-tickle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-jenkins-backend': patch
+---
+
+added support for standalone jenkins projects
diff --git a/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.test.ts b/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.test.ts
index 4f65e446fd..57ce2dbed4 100644
--- a/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.test.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,38 @@ describe('JenkinsApi', () => {
       },
     };
 
+    describe('standalone project', () => {
+      it('should return the only build', async () => {
+        mockedJenkinsClient.job.get
+          .mockResolvedValueOnce(project)
+          .mockResolvedValueOnce(project);
+        const result = await jenkinsApi.getProjects(jenkinsInfo);
+        expect(mockedJenkinsClient.job.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(result[0]).toEqual({
+          actions: [],
+          displayName: 'Example Build',
+          fullDisplayName: 'Example jobName » Example Build',
+          fullName: 'example-jobName/exampleBuild',
+          inQueue: false,
+          lastBuild: {
+            actions: [],
+            timestamp: 1,
+            building: false,
+            duration: 10,
+            result: 'success',
+            displayName: '#7',
+            fullDisplayName: 'Example jobName » Example Build #7',
+            url: 'https://jenkins.example.com/job/example-jobName/job/exampleBuild',
+            number: 7,
+            status: 'success',
+            source: {},
+          },
+          status: 'success',
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('unfiltered', () => {
       it('standard github layout', async () => {
         mockedJenkinsClient.job.get.mockResolvedValueOnce({ jobs: [project] });
diff --git a/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.ts b/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.ts
index 89c9a41f9c..ef4ddc47b0 100644
--- a/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/jenkins-backend/src/service/jenkinsApi.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class JenkinsApiImpl {
     const projects: BackstageProject[] = [];
 
     if (branches) {
-      // Assume jenkinsInfo.jobFullName is a folder which contains one job per branch.
+      // Assume jenkinsInfo.jobFullName is a MultiBranch Pipeline project which contains one job per branch.
       // TODO: extract a strategy interface for this
       const job = await Promise.any(
         branches.map(branch =>
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ export class JenkinsApiImpl {
       projects.push(this.augmentProject(job));
     } else {
       // We aren't filtering
-      // Assume jenkinsInfo.jobFullName is a folder which contains one job per branch.
-      const folder = await client.job.get({
+      // Assume jenkinsInfo.jobFullName is either
+      // a MultiBranch Pipeline (folder with one job per branch) project
+      // a Pipeline (standalone) project
+      const project = await client.job.get({
         name: jenkinsInfo.jobFullName,
         // Filter only be the information we need, instead of loading all fields.
         // Limit to only show the latest build for each job and only load 50 jobs
@@ -99,15 +101,18 @@ export class JenkinsApiImpl {
         tree: JenkinsApiImpl.jobsTreeSpec.replace(/\s/g, ''),
       });
 
-      // TODO: support this being a project itself.
-      for (const jobDetails of folder.jobs) {
+      const isStandaloneProject = !project.jobs;
+      if (isStandaloneProject) {
+        const standaloneProject = await client.job.get({
+          name: jenkinsInfo.jobFullName,
+          tree: JenkinsApiImpl.jobTreeSpec.replace(/\s/g, ''),
+        });
+        projects.push(this.augmentProject(standaloneProject));
+        return projects;
+      }
+      for (const jobDetails of project.jobs) {
         // for each branch (we assume)
-        if (jobDetails?.jobs) {
-          // skipping folders inside folders for now
-          // TODO: recurse
-        } else {
-          projects.push(this.augmentProject(jobDetails));
-        }
+        projects.push(this.augmentProject(jobDetails));
       }
     }
     return projects;