diff --git a/jenkinsapi/job.py b/jenkinsapi/job.py
index 00df4714..573f35ba 100644
--- a/jenkinsapi/job.py
+++ b/jenkinsapi/job.py
@@ -531,14 +531,26 @@ def load_config(self):
     def get_scm_type(self):
         element_tree = self._get_config_element_tree()
         scm_element = element_tree.find("scm")
+        multibranch_scm_prefix = "properties/org.jenkinsci.plugins.\
+                workflow.multibranch.BranchJobProperty/branch/"
+        pipeline_scm_prefix = "definition/"
+        alt_scm_elems = [
+            {
+                "prefix": multibranch_scm_prefix,  # multibranch pipeline.
+                "path": multibranch_scm_prefix + "scm",
+            },
+            {
+                "prefix": pipeline_scm_prefix,  # standard pipeline.
+                "path": pipeline_scm_prefix + "scm",
+            },
+        ]
         if not scm_element:
-            multibranch_scm_prefix = "properties/org.jenkinsci.plugins.\
-                    workflow.multibranch.BranchJobProperty/branch/"
-            multibranch_path = multibranch_scm_prefix + "scm"
-            scm_element = element_tree.find(multibranch_path)
-            if scm_element:
-                # multibranch pipeline.
-                self._scm_prefix = multibranch_scm_prefix
+            for scm_elm_conf in alt_scm_elems:
+                scm_element = element_tree.find(scm_elm_conf["path"])
+                if scm_element:
+                    # SCM Element found.
+                    self._scm_prefix = scm_elm_conf["prefix"]
+                    break
         scm_class = scm_element.get("class") if scm_element else None
         scm = self._scm_map.get(scm_class)
         if not scm:
diff --git a/jenkinsapi_tests/systests/job_configs.py b/jenkinsapi_tests/systests/job_configs.py
index 35fa782e..b64b3fe5 100644
--- a/jenkinsapi_tests/systests/job_configs.py
+++ b/jenkinsapi_tests/systests/job_configs.py
@@ -339,3 +339,27 @@
   </buildWrappers>
 </project>
 """.strip()
+
+PIPELINE_SCM_CONF_TEST_PARAMS = {
+    "scm_class": "hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM",
+    "git_url": "https://example.com/sairk/pipeline-test.git",
+}
+
+PIPELINE_SCM_JOB = f"""<?xml version='1.1' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<flow-definition>
+  <definition class="org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScmFlowDefinition">
+    <scm class="{PIPELINE_SCM_CONF_TEST_PARAMS['scm_class']}">
+      <configVersion>2</configVersion>
+      <userRemoteConfigs>
+        <hudson.plugins.git.UserRemoteConfig>
+          <url>{PIPELINE_SCM_CONF_TEST_PARAMS['git_url']}</url>
+        </hudson.plugins.git.UserRemoteConfig>
+      </userRemoteConfigs>
+      <branches>
+        <hudson.plugins.git.BranchSpec>
+          <name>main</name>
+        </hudson.plugins.git.BranchSpec>
+      </branches>
+    </scm>
+  </definition>
+</flow-definition>"""
diff --git a/jenkinsapi_tests/systests/test_job_pipeline_scm.py b/jenkinsapi_tests/systests/test_job_pipeline_scm.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c965dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkinsapi_tests/systests/test_job_pipeline_scm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from jenkinsapi_tests.systests.job_configs import (
+    PIPELINE_SCM_CONF_TEST_PARAMS,
+    PIPELINE_SCM_JOB,
+)
+from jenkinsapi_tests.test_utils.random_strings import random_string
+
+
+def test_pipeline_scm(jenkins):
+    """
+    Can we extract scm info from a pipeline scm job?
+    """
+    job_name = random_string()
+    job = jenkins.create_job(job_name, PIPELINE_SCM_JOB)
+    assert (
+        job.get_scm_type()
+        == job._scm_map[PIPELINE_SCM_CONF_TEST_PARAMS["scm_class"]]
+    )
+    assert job.get_scm_url()[0] == PIPELINE_SCM_CONF_TEST_PARAMS["git_url"]