diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20160122.project.1.boarddefault.php b/resources/sql/autopatches/20160122.project.1.boarddefault.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20160122.project.1.boarddefault.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+// Populate the newish `hasWorkboard` column for projects with workboard.
+// Set the default menu item to "Workboard" for projects which used to have
+// that default.
+
+$project_table = new PhabricatorProject();
+$conn_w = $project_table->establishConnection('w');
+
+$panel_table = id(new PhabricatorProfilePanelConfiguration());
+$panel_conn = $panel_table->establishConnection('w');
+
+foreach (new LiskMigrationIterator($project_table) as $project) {
+  $columns = queryfx_all(
+    $conn_w,
+    'SELECT * FROM %T WHERE projectPHID = %s',
+    id(new PhabricatorProjectColumn())->getTableName(),
+    $project->getPHID());
+
+  // This project has no columns, so we don't need to change anything.
+  if (!$columns) {
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  // This project has columns, so set its workboard flag.
+  queryfx(
+    $conn_w,
+    'UPDATE %T SET hasWorkboard = 1 WHERE id = %d',
+    $project->getTableName(),
+    $project->getID());
+
+  // Try to set the default menu item to "Workboard".
+  $config = queryfx_all(
+    $panel_conn,
+    'SELECT * FROM %T WHERE profilePHID = %s',
+    $panel_table->getTableName(),
+    $project->getPHID());
+
+  // There are already some settings, so don't touch them.
+  if ($config) {
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  queryfx(
+    $panel_conn,
+    'INSERT INTO %T
+      (phid, profilePHID, panelKey, builtinKey, visibility, panelProperties,
+        panelOrder, dateCreated, dateModified)
+      VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %d, %d, %d)',
+    $panel_table->getTableName(),
+    $panel_table->generatePHID(),
+    $project->getPHID(),
+    PhabricatorProjectWorkboardProfilePanel::PANELKEY,
+    PhabricatorProject::PANEL_WORKBOARD,
+    PhabricatorProfilePanelConfiguration::VISIBILITY_DEFAULT,
+    '{}',
+    2,
+    PhabricatorTime::getNow(),
+    PhabricatorTime::getNow());
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardImportController.php b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardImportController.php
--- a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardImportController.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardImportController.php
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
           ->setProperties($import_column->getProperties())
           ->save();
       }
+
+      $project->setHasWorkboard(1)->save();
+
       $table->saveTransaction();
 
       return id(new AphrontRedirectResponse())->setURI($board_uri);
diff --git a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardViewController.php b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardViewController.php
--- a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardViewController.php
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@
           ->setProjectPHID($project->getPHID())
           ->save();
 
+        $project->setHasWorkboard(1)->save();
+
         return id(new AphrontRedirectResponse())
           ->setURI($board_uri);
       case 'import':
diff --git a/src/applications/project/profilepanel/PhabricatorProjectWorkboardProfilePanel.php b/src/applications/project/profilepanel/PhabricatorProjectWorkboardProfilePanel.php
--- a/src/applications/project/profilepanel/PhabricatorProjectWorkboardProfilePanel.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/profilepanel/PhabricatorProjectWorkboardProfilePanel.php
@@ -52,15 +52,7 @@
 
     $project = $config->getProfileObject();
 
-    $columns = id(new PhabricatorProjectColumnQuery())
-      ->setViewer($viewer)
-      ->withProjectPHIDs(array($project->getPHID()))
-      ->execute();
-    if ($columns) {
-      $icon = 'fa-columns';
-    } else {
-      $icon = 'fa-columns grey';
-    }
+    $has_workboard = $project->getHasWorkboard();
 
     $id = $project->getID();
     $href = "/project/board/{$id}/";
@@ -69,7 +61,8 @@
     $item = $this->newItem()
       ->setHref($href)
       ->setName($name)
-      ->setIcon($icon);
+      ->setDisabled(!$has_workboard)
+      ->setIcon('fa-columns');
 
     return array(
       $item,