diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/components/empty_state_without_any_issues.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/components/empty_state_without_any_issues.vue
index 3f29fc66abb906298410650d9ca7a93abb61779b..9f7fca0ceca3c23bd7afc8640ad6f07d0165a474 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/components/empty_state_without_any_issues.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/components/empty_state_without_any_issues.vue
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export default {
     'newProjectPath',
     'showNewIssueLink',
     'signInPath',
+    'groupId',
   ],
   props: {
     currentTabCount: {
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ export default {
           :query="$options.searchProjectsQuery"
           :query-variables="newIssueDropdownQueryVariables"
           :extract-projects="extractProjects"
+          :group-id="groupId"
         />
       </template>
     </gl-empty-state>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/components/issues_list_app.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/components/issues_list_app.vue
index 35ef5c147839bcfa1d4b706ed03daba6ceaa5f01..f7693dd7102b8ef551b368d9e5de9dd2d1d0777d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/components/issues_list_app.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/components/issues_list_app.vue
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ export default {
     'releasesPath',
     'rssPath',
     'showNewIssueLink',
+    'groupId',
   ],
   props: {
     eeSearchTokens: {
@@ -895,6 +896,7 @@ export default {
           :query="$options.searchProjectsQuery"
           :query-variables="newIssueDropdownQueryVariables"
           :extract-projects="extractProjects"
+          :group-id="groupId"
         />
         <gl-disclosure-dropdown
           v-gl-tooltip.hover="$options.i18n.actionsLabel"
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/index.js
index a97b59c1e4f58ddaf7e3fe8cf66c1f579e8d0d55..d1b4529402608c975cc6beef2deabcdeb40c0171 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/issues/list/index.js
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export async function mountIssuesListApp() {
     rssPath,
     showNewIssueLink,
     signInPath,
+    groupId = '',
   } = el.dataset;
 
   return new Vue({
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ export async function mountIssuesListApp() {
       markdownHelpPath,
       quickActionsHelpPath,
       resetPath,
+      groupId,
     },
     render: (createComponent) => createComponent(IssuesListApp),
   });
diff --git a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
index 341c50abf84dea7725b42435f44af17d62627154..5da7795673c72448c4dcbe3a8227a24262ed1d38 100644
--- a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ def group_issues_list_data(group, current_user)
       can_read_crm_organization: can?(current_user, :read_crm_organization, group).to_s,
       has_any_issues: @has_issues.to_s,
       has_any_projects: @has_projects.to_s,
-      new_project_path: new_project_path(namespace_id: group.id)
+      new_project_path: new_project_path(namespace_id: group.id),
+      group_id: group.id
     )
   end
 
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/issues_list_app_spec.js b/ee/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/issues_list_app_spec.js
index e57b40f11b63d54a1cf9a1152075c124e8912311..4ef3cc38059e2400c23c9c9fbc1b3fafa625f80d 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/issues_list_app_spec.js
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/issues_list_app_spec.js
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ describe('EE IssuesListApp component', () => {
     rssPath: 'rss/path',
     showNewIssueLink: true,
     signInPath: 'sign/in/path',
+    groupId: '',
   };
 
   const defaultQueryResponse = cloneDeep(getIssuesQueryResponse);
diff --git a/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/empty_state_without_any_issues_spec.js b/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/empty_state_without_any_issues_spec.js
index a61e7ed1e8621d4b6713c8160c586506a3d9a58b..8e69213ebba6ee49f5ac3d88206d1739db020dea 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/empty_state_without_any_issues_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/empty_state_without_any_issues_spec.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ describe('EmptyStateWithoutAnyIssues component', () => {
     newProjectPath: 'new/project/path',
     showNewIssueLink: false,
     signInPath: 'sign/in/path',
+    groupId: '',
   };
 
   const findCsvImportExportButtons = () => wrapper.findComponent(CsvImportExportButtons);
diff --git a/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/issues_list_app_spec.js b/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/issues_list_app_spec.js
index 0e87e5e6595ca58df1941172831d413b715b2fa4..72bf48260568d8fa44e5a8b5b31dd3ea8a5a1fd2 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/issues_list_app_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/issues/list/components/issues_list_app_spec.js
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ describe('CE IssuesListApp component', () => {
     rssPath: 'rss/path',
     showNewIssueLink: true,
     signInPath: 'sign/in/path',
+    groupId: '',
   };
 
   let defaultQueryResponse = getIssuesQueryResponse;
diff --git a/spec/helpers/issues_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/issues_helper_spec.rb
index 38cbb5a1d66bbd48e8af65cb1951463c54c668ba..ba323140720e6d76ccf16b747a83626c7bd500b9 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/issues_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/issues_helper_spec.rb
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@
         jira_integration_path: help_page_url('integration/jira/issues', anchor: 'view-jira-issues'),
         new_project_path: new_project_path(namespace_id: group.id),
         rss_path: '#',
-        sign_in_path: new_user_session_path
+        sign_in_path: new_user_session_path,
+        group_id: group.id
       }
 
       expect(helper.group_issues_list_data(group, current_user)).to include(expected)