diff --git a/.changelog/11423.txt b/.changelog/11423.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f94018c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/11423.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+cli: Fix support for `group.consul` field in the HCLv1 parser
+```
diff --git a/jobspec/parse_group.go b/jobspec/parse_group.go
index 8977afd51..060af851f 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse_group.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse_group.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func parseGroups(result *api.Job, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 		valid := []string{
 			"count",
 			"constraint",
+			"consul",
 			"affinity",
 			"restart",
 			"meta",
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ func parseGroups(result *api.Job, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 		}
 
 		delete(m, "constraint")
+		delete(m, "consul")
 		delete(m, "affinity")
 		delete(m, "meta")
 		delete(m, "task")
@@ -104,6 +106,13 @@ func parseGroups(result *api.Job, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Parse consul
+		if o := listVal.Filter("consul"); len(o.Items) > 0 {
+			if err := parseConsul(&g.Consul, o); err != nil {
+				return multierror.Prefix(err, fmt.Sprintf("'%s', consul ->", n))
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Parse affinities
 		if o := listVal.Filter("affinity"); len(o.Items) > 0 {
 			if err := parseAffinities(&g.Affinities, o); err != nil {
@@ -228,6 +237,37 @@ func parseGroups(result *api.Job, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func parseConsul(result **api.Consul, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
+	list = list.Elem()
+	if len(list.Items) > 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("only one 'consul' block allowed")
+	}
+
+	// Get our consul object
+	obj := list.Items[0]
+
+	// Check for invalid keys
+	valid := []string{
+		"namespace",
+	}
+	if err := checkHCLKeys(obj.Val, valid); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var m map[string]interface{}
+	if err := hcl.DecodeObject(&m, obj.Val); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var consul api.Consul
+	if err := mapstructure.WeakDecode(m, &consul); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*result = &consul
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func parseEphemeralDisk(result **api.EphemeralDisk, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 	list = list.Elem()
 	if len(list.Items) > 1 {
diff --git a/jobspec/parse_test.go b/jobspec/parse_test.go
index 0f563045c..63cac85df 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse_test.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse_test.go
@@ -1671,6 +1671,22 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 			nil,
 			true,
 		},
+		{
+			"consul-namespace.hcl",
+			&api.Job{
+				ID:   stringToPtr("consul-namespace"),
+				Name: stringToPtr("consul-namespace"),
+				TaskGroups: []*api.TaskGroup{
+					{
+						Name: stringToPtr("group"),
+						Consul: &api.Consul{
+							Namespace: "foo",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			false,
+		},
 		{
 			"multiregion.hcl",
 			&api.Job{
diff --git a/jobspec/test-fixtures/consul-namespace.hcl b/jobspec/test-fixtures/consul-namespace.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e808527c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobspec/test-fixtures/consul-namespace.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+job "consul-namespace" {
+  group "group" {
+    consul {
+      namespace = "foo"
+    }
+  }
+}