diff --git a/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb
index 05b3289682b..b6fa8b7e387 100644
--- a/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb
@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ class Explore::ProjectsController < ApplicationController
     @trending_projects = TrendingProjectsFinder.new.execute(current_user)
     @trending_projects = @trending_projects.page(params[:page]).per(10)
   end
+
+  def starred
+    @starred_projects = ProjectsFinder.new.execute(current_user)
+    @starred_projects = @starred_projects.order('star_count DESC')
+    @starred_projects = @starred_projects.page(params[:page]).per(10)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/explore/projects/_project.html.haml b/app/views/explore/projects/_project.html.haml
index 665d111bead..393c33b266a 100644
--- a/app/views/explore/projects/_project.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/explore/projects/_project.html.haml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
       = visibility_level_icon(project.visibility_level)
     = link_to project.name_with_namespace, project
 
+    - if current_page?(starred_explore_projects_path)
+      %strong.pull-right
+        = pluralize project.star_count, 'star'
+
   - if project.description.present?
     %p.project-description.str-truncated
       = project.description
@@ -17,4 +21,5 @@
       = link_to pluralize(project.repository.tag_names.count, 'tag'), project_tags_path(project)
     - else
       %i.icon-warning-sign
-      Empty repository
+        Empty repository
+
diff --git a/app/views/explore/projects/starred.html.haml b/app/views/explore/projects/starred.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c793d4050c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/explore/projects/starred.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.explore-trending-block
+  %p.lead
+    %i.icon-comments-alt
+    See most starred projects
+  %hr
+  .public-projects
+    %ul.bordered-list
+      = render @starred_projects
+
+  = paginate @starred_projects, theme: 'gitlab'
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/explore.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/explore.html.haml
index 73b4940e3d3..d023846c5eb 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/explore.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/explore.html.haml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
         %ul.nav.nav-tabs
           = nav_link(path: 'projects#trending') do
             = link_to 'Trending Projects', explore_root_path
+          = nav_link(path: 'projects#starred') do
+            = link_to 'Most Starred Projects', starred_explore_projects_path
           = nav_link(path: 'projects#index') do
             = link_to 'All Projects', explore_projects_path
           = nav_link(controller: :groups) do
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index f8c68eb11a1..3b34ad40297 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Gitlab::Application.routes.draw do
     resources :projects, only: [:index] do
       collection do
         get :trending
+        get :starred
       end
     end