diff --git a/pkg/deploy/dashboard/dashboard_deployment_test.go b/pkg/deploy/dashboard/dashboard_deployment_test.go
index 7a069eea89..c31c316f84 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/dashboard/dashboard_deployment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/dashboard/dashboard_deployment_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 package dashboard
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
@@ -169,6 +170,10 @@ func TestDashboardDeploymentEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
 					Name:  "CHECLUSTER_CR_NAME",
 					Value: "eclipse-che",
 				},
+				{
+					Name:  "CHE_DASHBOARD_INTERNAL_URL",
+					Value: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s-dashboard.eclipse-che.svc:8080", defaults.GetCheFlavor()),
+				},
 				{
 					Name:  "CHE_INTERNAL_URL",
 					Value: "http://che-host.eclipse-che.svc:8080/api",
@@ -249,6 +254,10 @@ func TestDashboardDeploymentEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
 					Name:  "CHECLUSTER_CR_NAME",
 					Value: "eclipse-che",
 				},
+				{
+					Name:  "CHE_DASHBOARD_INTERNAL_URL",
+					Value: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s-dashboard.eclipse-che.svc:8080", defaults.GetCheFlavor()),
+				},
 				{
 					Name:  "CHE_INTERNAL_URL",
 					Value: "http://che-host.eclipse-che.svc:8080/api",
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/dashboard/deployment_dashboard.go b/pkg/deploy/dashboard/deployment_dashboard.go
index 415566590a..fcf24a5c2b 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/dashboard/deployment_dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/dashboard/deployment_dashboard.go
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ func (d *DashboardReconciler) getDashboardDeploymentSpec(ctx *chetypes.DeployCon
 			Value: ctx.CheCluster.Name},
 	)
 
+	envVars = append(envVars,
+		corev1.EnvVar{
+			Name:  "CHE_DASHBOARD_INTERNAL_URL",
+			Value: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s.%s.svc:8080", d.getComponentName(ctx), ctx.CheCluster.Namespace)},
+	)
+
 	envVars = append(envVars,
 		corev1.EnvVar{
 			Name:  "CHE_INTERNAL_URL",