diff --git a/public/app/features/commandPalette/KBarResults.tsx b/public/app/features/commandPalette/KBarResults.tsx
index 76ff919b1f1..9222315f335 100644
--- a/public/app/features/commandPalette/KBarResults.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/commandPalette/KBarResults.tsx
@@ -155,13 +155,16 @@ export const KBarResults: React.FC<KBarResultsProps> = (props) => {
         }}
       >
         {rowVirtualizer.virtualItems.map((virtualRow) => {
-          const item = itemsRef.current[virtualRow.index];
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions
+          const item = itemsRef.current[virtualRow.index] as ActionImpl & {
+            url?: string;
+            target?: React.HTMLAttributeAnchorTarget;
+          };
 
           // ActionImpl constructor copies all properties from action onto ActionImpl
           // so our url property is secretly there, but completely untyped
           // Preferably this change is upstreamed and ActionImpl has this
-          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions
-          const url = (item as ActionImpl & { url?: string }).url;
+          const { target, url } = item;
 
           const handlers = typeof item !== 'string' && {
             onPointerMove: () =>
@@ -200,6 +203,7 @@ export const KBarResults: React.FC<KBarResultsProps> = (props) => {
               <a
                 key={virtualRow.index}
                 href={url}
+                target={target}
                 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions
                 ref={active ? (activeRef as React.RefObject<HTMLAnchorElement>) : null}
                 {...childProps}
diff --git a/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/staticActions.ts b/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/staticActions.ts
index 422894a551d..dd702722b41 100644
--- a/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/staticActions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/staticActions.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function navTreeToActions(navTree: NavModelItem[], parents: NavModelItem[] = [])
   const navActions: CommandPaletteAction[] = [];
 
   for (const navItem of navTree) {
-    const { url, text, isCreateAction, children } = navItem;
+    const { url, target, text, isCreateAction, children } = navItem;
     const hasChildren = Boolean(children?.length);
 
     if (!(url || hasChildren)) {
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ function navTreeToActions(navTree: NavModelItem[], parents: NavModelItem[] = [])
       name: text,
       section: section,
       url: url && locationUtil.stripBaseFromUrl(url),
+      target,
       parent: parents.length > 0 && !isCreateAction ? idForNavItem(parents[parents.length - 1]) : undefined,
       priority: priority,
       subtitle: isCreateAction ? undefined : subtitle,
diff --git a/public/app/features/commandPalette/types.ts b/public/app/features/commandPalette/types.ts
index d44879d69cd..564d691928d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/commandPalette/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/commandPalette/types.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ export type CommandPaletteAction = RootCommandPaletteAction | ChildCommandPalett
 type RootCommandPaletteAction = Omit<Action, 'parent'> & {
   section: NotNullable<Action['section']>;
   priority: NotNullable<Action['priority']>;
+  target?: React.HTMLAttributeAnchorTarget;
   url?: string;
 };
 
 type ChildCommandPaletteAction = Action & {
   parent: NotNullable<Action['parent']>;
   priority: NotNullable<Action['priority']>;
+  target?: React.HTMLAttributeAnchorTarget;
   url?: string;
 };