diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/project_select.js b/app/assets/javascripts/project_select.js
index fe1f96872f3..17887a6e449 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/project_select.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/project_select.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
           },
           data: function(term, callback) {
             var finalCallback, projectsCallback;
+            var orderBy = $dropdown.data('order-by');
             finalCallback = function(projects) {
               return callback(projects);
             };
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
             if (this.groupId) {
               return Api.groupProjects(this.groupId, term, projectsCallback);
             } else {
-              return Api.projects(term, this.orderBy, projectsCallback);
+              return Api.projects(term, orderBy, projectsCallback);
             }
           },
           url: function(project) {
diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 9cda3b78761..0f3546ebec7 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module ProjectsHelper
     project_link = link_to simple_sanitize(project.name), project_path(project), { class: "project-item-select-holder" }
 
     if current_user
-      project_link << button_tag(type: 'button', class: "dropdown-toggle-caret js-projects-dropdown-toggle", aria: { label: "Toggle switch project dropdown" }, data: { target: ".js-dropdown-menu-projects", toggle: "dropdown" }) do
+      project_link << button_tag(type: 'button', class: 'dropdown-toggle-caret js-projects-dropdown-toggle', aria: { label: 'Toggle switch project dropdown' }, data: { target: '.js-dropdown-menu-projects', toggle: 'dropdown', order_by: 'last_activity_at' }) do
         icon("chevron-down")
       end
     end
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/18786-go-to-a-project-order.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/18786-go-to-a-project-order.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b9e246d1a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/18786-go-to-a-project-order.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Go to a project order
+merge_request: 7737 
+author: Jacopo Beschi @jacopo-beschi
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/fixtures/project_title.html.haml b/spec/javascripts/fixtures/project_title.html.haml
index 4547feeb212..9d1f7877116 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/fixtures/project_title.html.haml
+++ b/spec/javascripts/fixtures/project_title.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       GitLab Org
     %a.project-item-select-holder{href: "/gitlab-org/gitlab-test"}
       GitLab Test
-    %i.fa.chevron-down.dropdown-toggle-caret.js-projects-dropdown-toggle{ "data-toggle" => "dropdown", "data-target" => ".header-content" }
+    %i.fa.chevron-down.dropdown-toggle-caret.js-projects-dropdown-toggle{ "data-toggle" => "dropdown", "data-target" => ".header-content", "data-order-by" => "last_activity_at" }
   .js-dropdown-menu-projects
     .dropdown-menu.dropdown-select.dropdown-menu-projects
       .dropdown-title
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/project_title_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/project_title_spec.js
index 65de1756201..6085955465c 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/project_title_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/project_title_spec.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
       var fakeAjaxResponse = function fakeAjaxResponse(req) {
         var d;
         expect(req.url).toBe('/api/v3/projects.json?simple=true');
+        expect(req.data).toEqual({ search: '', order_by: 'last_activity_at', per_page: 20 });
         d = $.Deferred();
         d.resolve(this.projects_data);
         return d.promise();