diff --git a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/css/dashboard.css b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/css/dashboard.css
index 2c9cc513ef0..f513995b549 100644
--- a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/css/dashboard.css
@@ -148,3 +148,48 @@
     display: inline-block;
     vertical-align: bottom;
 }
+
+.openerp .oe-dashboard-home-tile {
+    text-align: center;
+    margin:  10px;
+    -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
+    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
+    border-radius: 10px;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 3px #DADDDD;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 3px #DADDDD;
+    box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 3px #DADDDD;
+}
+.openerp .oe-dashboard-home-tile span {
+    display: block;
+    padding: 0 0 15px;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    color: #555;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.openerp .oe-dashboard-home-tile-icon {
+    height: 100px;
+}
+.openerp .oe-dashboard-home-tile-icon img {
+    display: block;
+    margin: 0 auto;
+}
+.openerp .oe-dashboard-home-tile-icon img.hover {
+    display: none;
+}
+.openerp .oe-dashboard-home-tile:hover {
+    background-color: #fafafa;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 3px #979797;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 3px #979797;
+    box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 3px #979797;
+}
+.openerp .oe-dashboard-home-tile:hover img {
+    display: none;
+}
+.openerp .oe-dashboard-home-tile:hover img.hover {
+    display: block;
+}
+.openerp .oe-dashboard-home-tile:hover span {
+    color: black;
+}
+
diff --git a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
index df2ae08e5de..b1e925c7b0a 100644
--- a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
@@ -324,5 +324,36 @@ openerp.base_dashboard.ConfigOverview = openerp.base.View.extend({
             });
         });
     }
+});
+
+openerp.base.client_actions.add(
+    'board.home.applications', 'openerp.base_dashboard.ApplicationTiles');
+openerp.base_dashboard.ApplicationTiles = openerp.base.View.extend({
+    init: function (parent_or_session, element_id) {
+        this._super(parent_or_session, element_id);
+        this.dataset = new openerp.base.DataSetSearch(
+                this.session, 'ir.ui.menu', null, [['parent_id', '=', false]]);
+    },
+    start: function () {
+        var self = this;
+        this.dataset.read_slice(
+            ['name', 'web_icon_data', 'web_icon_hover_data'],
+            null, null, function (applications) {
+                // Create a matrix of 3*x applications
+                var rows = [];
+                while (applications.length) {
+                    rows.push(applications.splice(0, 3));
+                }
+                self.$element
+                    .append(QWeb.render(
+                        'ApplicationTiles', {rows: rows}))
+                    .find('.oe-dashboard-home-tile')
+                        .click(function () {
+                            var $this = $(this);
+                            $this.closest('.openerp')
+                                 .find('.menu a[data-menu=' + $this.data('menuid') + ']')
+                                 .click();});
+        });
+    }
 })
 };
diff --git a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml
index 43572a5bda4..91fa13d763a 100644
--- a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml
+++ b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml
@@ -80,4 +80,22 @@
         </li>
     </ul>
 </div>
+<div t-name="ApplicationTiles" class="oe-dashboard-home-tiles">
+    <table width="100%">
+        <tr t-foreach="rows" t-as="row">
+            <td t-foreach="row" t-as="application" width="33.3%">
+                <div class="oe-dashboard-home-tile"
+                     t-att-data-menuid="application.id">
+                    <div class="oe-dashboard-home-tile-icon">
+                        <img t-if="application.web_icon_data"
+                            t-att-src="'data:image/png;base64,' + application.web_icon_data"
+                        /><img t-if="application.web_icon_hover_data" class="hover"
+                            t-att-src="'data:image/png;base64,' + application.web_icon_hover_data"/>
+                    </div>
+                    <span><t t-esc="application.name"/></span>
+                </div>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+    </table>
+</div>
 </template>