diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/work_item_links/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/work_item_links/index.js
index 07aa98a1b44fe462629b17d8f7c8d3b7390a6ba0..616dce4d2c078b4b4d4db4fbc84817a185e2446a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/work_item_links/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/work_items/components/work_item_links/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import { GlToast } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import { parseBoolean } from '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
 import { apolloProvider } from '~/graphql_shared/issuable_client';
 import WorkItemLinks from './work_item_links.vue';
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ export default function initWorkItemLinks() {
     registerPath,
     signInPath,
     wiReportAbusePath,
+    isGroup,
   } = workItemLinksRoot.dataset;
 
   return new Vue({
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ export default function initWorkItemLinks() {
       registerPath,
       signInPath,
       reportAbusePath: wiReportAbusePath,
+      isGroup: parseBoolean(isGroup),
     },
     render: (createElement) =>
       createElement(WorkItemLinks, {
diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_work_item_links.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/_work_item_links.html.haml
index bf23fdc761b006bea66bc0a2f37507fc611801c7..b262f32d02c2db46ca7654a715dc19f305f0d0c0 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_work_item_links.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_work_item_links.html.haml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
   full_path: @project.full_path,
   wi: work_items_index_data(@project),
   register_path: new_user_registration_path(redirect_to_referer: 'yes'),
-  sign_in_path: new_session_path(:user, redirect_to_referer: 'yes') } }
+  sign_in_path: new_session_path(:user, redirect_to_referer: 'yes'),
+  is_group: 'false' } }