diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
index da56e3cdbc8c60b9e3f8b6e8007fa3e32efe227d..b7ebe6a5c891102c4d0c1e054fcaddf47cd793a9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Dispatcher
       when 'projects:merge_requests:index'
         shortcut_handler = new ShortcutsNavigation()
         MergeRequests.init()
-      when 'dashboard:show'
+      when 'dashboard:show', 'root:show'
         new Dashboard()
         new Activities()
       when 'dashboard:projects:starred'
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml
index 83e6fe863f92a746b93f0dee5cd3d3e7f104f9a2..687c1fc3dd20bfe699927a214b378129e0f1b9f4 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %ul.nav.nav-sidebar
-  = nav_link(path: 'dashboard#show', html_options: {class: 'home'}) do
+  = nav_link(path: ['dashboard#show', 'root#show'], html_options: {class: 'home'}) do
     = link_to dashboard_path, title: 'Home', class: 'shortcuts-activity', data: {placement: 'right'} do
       = icon('dashboard fw')
       %span