diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 57768d6b3eb7dbbe5d8ff9759154a1ff1cb3b9fe..a1161a7a5270e7b949f225399ce5dc0a74e8c21a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ v 8.1.0 (unreleased)
   - Fix position of hamburger in header for smaller screens (Han Loong Liauw)
   - Fix bug where Emojis in Markdown would truncate remaining text (Sakata Sinji)
   - Persist filters when sorting on admin user page (Jerry Lukins)
+  - Allow dashboard and group issues/MRs to be filtered by label
   - Add spellcheck=false to certain input fields
   - Invalidate stored service password if the endpoint URL is changed
   - Project names are not fully shown if group name is too big, even on group page view
diff --git a/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb b/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb
index 66b18eea69990a6c90588d5e315361ecbd459e41..ee04ace35d0933e74386739f275c625d4a6ecedb 100644
--- a/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb
@@ -92,11 +92,19 @@ module LabelsHelper
     end
   end
 
-  def project_labels_options(project)
-    labels = project.labels.to_a
-    labels.unshift(Label::None)
-    labels.unshift(Label::Any)
-    options_from_collection_for_select(labels, 'name', 'title', params[:label_name])
+  def projects_labels_options
+    labels =
+      if @project
+        @project.labels
+      else
+        Label.where(project_id: @projects)
+      end
+
+    grouped_labels = Labels::GroupService.new(labels).execute
+    grouped_labels.unshift(Label::None)
+    grouped_labels.unshift(Label::Any)
+
+    options_from_collection_for_select(grouped_labels, 'name', 'title', params[:label_name])
   end
 
   # Required for Gitlab::Markdown::LabelReferenceFilter
diff --git a/app/models/group_label.rb b/app/models/group_label.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0fc39cb87716245bbcd36c658f92b2f0eb5e0e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/group_label.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class GroupLabel
+  attr_accessor :title, :labels
+  alias_attribute :name, :title
+
+  def initialize(title, labels)
+    @title = title
+    @labels = labels
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/group_milestone.rb b/app/models/group_milestone.rb
index 1dd2be68ebf404bcb4f82b48785ef704d2521d0a..91844da62e22c6c7a2b3cfc1f799e301f899fd9c 100644
--- a/app/models/group_milestone.rb
+++ b/app/models/group_milestone.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class GroupMilestone
-
+  attr_accessor :title, :milestones
   alias_attribute :name, :title
 
   def initialize(title, milestones)
@@ -7,18 +7,10 @@ class GroupMilestone
     @milestones = milestones
   end
 
-  def title
-    @title
-  end
-
   def safe_title
     @title.parameterize
   end
-
-  def milestones
-    @milestones
-  end
-
+  
   def projects
     milestones.map { |milestone| milestone.project }
   end
diff --git a/app/services/labels/group_service.rb b/app/services/labels/group_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b26cee24d56bbd1ab330744e74cc0b558a2f6fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/labels/group_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module Labels
+  class GroupService < ::BaseService
+    def initialize(project_labels)
+      @project_labels = project_labels.group_by(&:title)
+    end
+
+    def execute
+      build(@project_labels)
+    end
+
+    def label(title)
+      if title
+        group_label = @project_labels[title].group_by(&:title)
+        build(group_label).first
+      else
+        nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def build(label)
+      label.map { |title, labels| GroupLabel.new(title, labels) }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml
index 8f16773077e9d658c86338927b3b5adff1ed7920..0e4e9c0987afaac9dc331a176145a15f7590a648 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@
             class: 'select2 trigger-submit', include_blank: true,
             data: {placeholder: 'Milestone'})
 
-        - if @project
-          .filter-item.inline.labels-filter
-            = select_tag('label_name', project_labels_options(@project),
-              class: 'select2 trigger-submit', include_blank: true,
-              data: {placeholder: 'Label'})
+        .filter-item.inline.labels-filter
+          = select_tag('label_name', projects_labels_options,
+            class: 'select2 trigger-submit', include_blank: true,
+            data: {placeholder: 'Label'})
 
         .pull-right
           = render 'shared/sort_dropdown'
diff --git a/spec/helpers/labels_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/labels_helper_spec.rb
index fb70a36dc02f84078badbf26d0ae618d8a3178fc..0c8d06b7059bed24926fad705e09c5d8a3299049 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/labels_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/labels_helper_spec.rb
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ describe LabelsHelper do
         expect(label).not_to receive(:project)
         link_to_label(label)
       end
-
-      it 'includes option for "No Label"' do
-        result = project_labels_options(project)
-        expect(result).to include('No Label')
-      end
     end
 
     context 'without @project set' do