diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/application.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/application.ts
index 21f423d009ee7..fcfae88d58bc7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/application.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/application.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   SavedObjectsClientContract,
   PluginInitializerContext,
   ScopedHistory,
+  AppMountParameters,
 } from 'kibana/public';
 import { UsageCollectionSetup } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/public';
 import { Storage } from '../../../kibana_utils/public';
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ export interface RenderDeps {
   navigateToDefaultApp: KibanaLegacyStart['navigateToDefaultApp'];
   navigateToLegacyKibanaUrl: KibanaLegacyStart['navigateToLegacyKibanaUrl'];
   scopedHistory: () => ScopedHistory;
+  setHeaderActionMenu: AppMountParameters['setHeaderActionMenu'];
   savedObjects: SavedObjectsStart;
   restorePreviousUrl: () => void;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/dashboard_app_controller.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/dashboard_app_controller.tsx
index 0d20fdee07df5..24fedc19369a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/dashboard_app_controller.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/dashboard_app_controller.tsx
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ export class DashboardAppController {
       i18n: i18nStart,
     },
     history,
+    setHeaderActionMenu,
     kbnUrlStateStorage,
     usageCollection,
     navigation,
@@ -682,7 +683,10 @@ export class DashboardAppController {
     };
     const dashboardNavBar = document.getElementById('dashboardChrome');
     const updateNavBar = () => {
-      ReactDOM.render(<navigation.ui.TopNavMenu {...getNavBarProps()} />, dashboardNavBar);
+      ReactDOM.render(
+        <navigation.ui.TopNavMenu {...getNavBarProps()} setMenuMountPoint={setHeaderActionMenu} />,
+        dashboardNavBar
+      );
     };
 
     const unmountNavBar = () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/plugin.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/plugin.tsx
index 3dbf6d9d3997e..068e475039865 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ export class DashboardPlugin
           localStorage: new Storage(localStorage),
           usageCollection,
           scopedHistory: () => this.currentHistory!,
+          setHeaderActionMenu: params.setHeaderActionMenu,
           savedObjects,
           restorePreviousUrl,
         };