diff --git a/src/applications/project/application/PhabricatorProjectApplication.php b/src/applications/project/application/PhabricatorProjectApplication.php
--- a/src/applications/project/application/PhabricatorProjectApplication.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/application/PhabricatorProjectApplication.php
@@ -92,6 +92,24 @@
     );
   }
 
+  public function getQuickCreateItems(PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
+    $can_create = PhabricatorPolicyFilter::hasCapability(
+      $viewer,
+      $this,
+      ProjectCreateProjectsCapability::CAPABILITY);
+
+    $items = array();
+    if ($can_create) {
+      $item = id(new PHUIListItemView())
+        ->setName(pht('Project'))
+        ->setIcon('fa-briefcase')
+        ->setHref($this->getBaseURI().'create/');
+      $items[] = $item;
+    }
+
+    return $items;
+  }
+
   protected function getCustomCapabilities() {
     return array(
       ProjectCreateProjectsCapability::CAPABILITY => array(),