diff --git a/tests/base.py b/tests/base.py
index 3d87593acb..583d766ce0 100644
--- a/tests/base.py
+++ b/tests/base.py
@@ -4977,12 +4977,14 @@ class ZuulTestCase(BaseTestCase):
                 self.assertNotEqual(job.name, name,
                                     'Job %s found in history' % name)
 
-    def getJobFromHistory(self, name, project=None, result=None):
+    def getJobFromHistory(self, name, project=None, result=None, branch=None):
         for job in self.history:
             if (job.name == name and
                 (project is None or
                  job.parameters['zuul']['project']['name'] == project) and
-                (result is None or job.result == result)):
+                (result is None or job.result == result) and
+                (branch is None or
+                 job.parameters['zuul']['branch'] == branch)):
                 return job
         raise Exception("Unable to find job %s in history" % name)
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/templated-project/git/untrusted-config/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/templated-project/git/untrusted-config/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0053480e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/templated-project/git/untrusted-config/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- job:
+    name: project-test7
+    parent: project-test1
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py b/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py
index 9860911584..3b28bf6e44 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py
@@ -6846,6 +6846,9 @@ class TestSchedulerTemplatedProject(ZuulTestCase):
                 name: untrusted-config
                 templates:
                   - test-three-and-four
+                check:
+                  jobs:
+                    - project-test7
             """)
         file_dict = {'zuul.d/project.yaml': in_repo_conf}
         B = self.fake_gerrit.addFakeChange('untrusted-config', 'stable-foo',
@@ -6856,12 +6859,26 @@ class TestSchedulerTemplatedProject(ZuulTestCase):
         self.assertHistory([
             dict(name='project-test1', result='SUCCESS', changes='1,1'),
             dict(name='project-test2', result='SUCCESS', changes='1,1'),
+            dict(name='project-test7', result='SUCCESS', changes='2,1'),
             dict(name='layered-project-test3', result='SUCCESS',
                  changes='2,1'),
             dict(name='layered-project-test4', result='SUCCESS',
                  changes='2,1'),
         ], ordered=False)
 
+        # Inheritance path should not contain items from branch stable
+        # This tests that not only is it the case that the stable
+        # branch project-template did not apply, but also that the
+        # stable branch definitions of the project-test7 did not apply
+        # (since the job definitions also have implied branch
+        # matchers).
+        job = self.getJobFromHistory('project-test7', branch='stable-foo')
+        inheritance_path = job.parameters['zuul']['_inheritance_path']
+        self.assertEqual(len(inheritance_path), 4)
+        stable_items = [x for x in inheritance_path
+                        if 'untrusted-config/zuul.d/jobs.yaml@stable#' in x]
+        self.assertEqual(len(stable_items), 0)
+
 
 class TestSchedulerSuccessURL(ZuulTestCase):
     tenant_config_file = 'config/success-url/main.yaml'
diff --git a/zuul/configloader.py b/zuul/configloader.py
index ffd8c892b2..7dedf919a3 100644
--- a/zuul/configloader.py
+++ b/zuul/configloader.py
@@ -931,12 +931,14 @@ class JobParser(object):
             job.allowed_projects = frozenset(allowed)
 
         branches = None
+        implied = False
         if 'branches' in conf:
             branches = as_list(conf['branches'])
         elif not project_pipeline:
             branches = self.pcontext.getImpliedBranches(job.source_context)
+            implied = True
         if branches:
-            job.setBranchMatcher(branches)
+            job.setBranchMatcher(branches, implied=implied)
         if 'files' in conf:
             job.setFileMatcher(as_list(conf['files']))
         if 'irrelevant-files' in conf:
diff --git a/zuul/model.py b/zuul/model.py
index dede7c2cd1..855f6c7f6c 100644
--- a/zuul/model.py
+++ b/zuul/model.py
@@ -1430,12 +1430,16 @@ class Job(ConfigObject):
         # Return the raw branch list that match this job
         return self._branches
 
-    def setBranchMatcher(self, branches):
+    def setBranchMatcher(self, branches, implied=False):
         # Set the branch matcher to match any of the supplied branches
         self._branches = branches
         matchers = []
+        if implied:
+            matcher_class = change_matcher.ImpliedBranchMatcher
+        else:
+            matcher_class = change_matcher.BranchMatcher
         for branch in branches:
-            matchers.append(change_matcher.BranchMatcher(branch))
+            matchers.append(matcher_class(branch))
         self.branch_matcher = change_matcher.MatchAny(matchers)
 
     def setFileMatcher(self, files):