diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/lists.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/lists.scss
index 0f893a553e..e661e02623 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/lists.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/lists.scss
@@ -69,5 +69,14 @@ ul.bordered-list {
     display: block;
     margin: 0px;
     &:last-child { border:none }
+
+    &.active {
+      background: #f9f9f9;
+      a { font-weight: bold; }
+    }
+
+    &.light {
+      a { color: #777; }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
index 91a6798571..f651b02c1e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class DashboardController < ApplicationController
                   @projects
                 end
 
+    @projects = @projects.tagged_with(params[:label]) if params[:label].present?
     @projects = @projects.search(params[:search]) if params[:search].present?
     @projects = @projects.page(params[:page]).per(30)
   end
diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 1db8b7c689..9e7c4ee245 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ module ProjectsHelper
     "You are going to remove #{user.name} from #{project.name} project team. Are you sure?"
   end
 
+  def projects_labels
+    Project.tag_counts_on(:labels).map(&:name)
+  end
+
   def link_to_project project
     link_to project do
       title = content_tag(:strong, project.name)
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index cad8f1666d..e811cbe7f4 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   include Gitlab::ShellAdapter
   extend Enumerize
 
-  attr_accessible :name, :path, :description, :default_branch, :issues_tracker,
+  attr_accessible :name, :path, :description, :default_branch, :issues_tracker, :label_list,
     :issues_enabled, :wall_enabled, :merge_requests_enabled, :snippets_enabled, :issues_tracker_id,
     :wiki_enabled, :public, :import_url, :last_activity_at, as: [:default, :admin]
 
   attr_accessible :namespace_id, :creator_id, as: :admin
 
+  acts_as_taggable_on :labels
+
   attr_accessor :import_url
 
   # Relations
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/projects.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/projects.html.haml
index f81af59b38..511366cf1a 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/projects.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/projects.html.haml
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
       = nav_tab :scope, 'joined' do
         = link_to "Joined", projects_dashboard_path(scope: 'joined')
 
+    %p.light Filter by label:
+    %ul.bordered-list
+      - projects_labels.each do |label|
+        %li{ class: (label == params[:label]) ? 'active' : 'light' }
+          = link_to projects_dashboard_path(scope: params[:scope], label: label) do
+            %i.icon-tag
+            = label
+
+
   .span9
     = form_tag projects_dashboard_path, method: 'get' do
       %fieldset.dashboard-search-filter
@@ -49,6 +58,10 @@
             .left
               - if project.description.present?
                 %span.light= project.description
+              - project.labels.each do |label|
+                %span.label.label-info
+                  %i.icon-tag
+                  = label.name
 
             .pull-right.light
               %small.light
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_form.html.haml
index 4d51e10dc3..eb5fa1755b 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_form.html.haml
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@
                         authentication.
                         It will also be listed on the #{link_to "public access directory", public_root_path}.
 
+              %fieldset.features
+                %legend
+                  Labels:
+                .control-group
+                  = f.label :label_list, "Labels", class: 'control-label'
+                  .controls
+                    = f.text_field :label_list, maxlength: 2000, class: "xxlarge"
+                    %p.hint Separate with comma.
+
               %fieldset.features
                 %legend
                   Features: