diff --git a/public/app/core/components/search/search.html b/public/app/core/components/search/search.html
index f9b953efcee..1522227c54c 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/search/search.html
+++ b/public/app/core/components/search/search.html
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@
       </div>
 
       <div class="search-filter-box">
+        <a href="/dashboard/new" class="search-filter-box-item">
+          <i class="gicon gicon-dashboard-new"></i>
+          Dashboard
+        </a>
+        <a href="/dashboard/new/?editview=new-folder" class="search-filter-box-item">
+          <i class="gicon gicon-folder-new"></i>
+          Folder
+        </a>
         <a class="search-button-row-explore-link" target="_blank" href="https://grafana.com/dashboards?utm_source=grafana_search">
           <img src="public/img/icn-dashboard-tiny.svg" width="20" /> Find  dashboards on Grafana.com
         </a>
diff --git a/public/sass/components/_search.scss b/public/sass/components/_search.scss
index 6c23f51aaa0..6c1048c5cd4 100644
--- a/public/sass/components/_search.scss
+++ b/public/sass/components/_search.scss
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@
   margin-bottom: $spacer * 1.5;
 }
 
+.search-filter-box-item {
+  display:block;
+  margin-bottom: 16px;
+  i {
+    font-size: 20px;
+  }
+}
+
 .search-results-container {
   height: 100%;
   display: block;