diff --git a/app/validators/project_path_validator.rb b/app/validators/project_path_validator.rb
index 927c67b65b0..d9ab8f167d8 100644
--- a/app/validators/project_path_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/project_path_validator.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ class ProjectPathValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
   #  without tree as reserved name routing can match 'group/project' as group name,
   #  'tree' as project name and 'deploy_keys' as route.
   #
-  RESERVED = (NamespaceValidator::RESERVED +
+  RESERVED = (NamespaceValidator::RESERVED -
+              %w[dashboard] +
               %w[tree commits wikis new edit create update logs_tree
                  preview blob blame raw files create_dir find_file]).freeze
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/dz-whitelist-dashboard-project-path.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/dz-whitelist-dashboard-project-path.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2787a5c57df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/dz-whitelist-dashboard-project-path.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Allow projects with 'dashboard' as path
+merge_request: 
+author: