diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeText' => 'applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeText.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController' => 'applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardQuery' => 'applications/dashboard/query/PhabricatorDashboardQuery.php',
+    'PhabricatorDashboardRenderingEngine' => 'applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardRenderingEngine.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardSearchEngine' => 'applications/dashboard/query/PhabricatorDashboardSearchEngine.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardTransaction' => 'applications/dashboard/storage/PhabricatorDashboardTransaction.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardTransactionEditor' => 'applications/dashboard/editor/PhabricatorDashboardTransactionEditor.php',
@@ -4267,6 +4268,7 @@
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeText' => 'PhabricatorDashboardPanelType',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController' => 'PhabricatorDashboardController',
     'PhabricatorDashboardQuery' => 'PhabricatorCursorPagedPolicyAwareQuery',
+    'PhabricatorDashboardRenderingEngine' => 'Phobject',
     'PhabricatorDashboardSearchEngine' => 'PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine',
     'PhabricatorDashboardTransaction' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransaction',
     'PhabricatorDashboardTransactionEditor' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor',
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardViewController.php b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardViewController.php
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardViewController.php
@@ -36,11 +36,17 @@
       ->setHeader($header)
       ->addPropertyList($properties);
 
+    $rendered_dashboard = id(new PhabricatorDashboardRenderingEngine())
+      ->setViewer($viewer)
+      ->setDashboard($dashboard)
+      ->renderDashboard();
+
     return $this->buildApplicationPage(
       array(
         $crumbs,
         $box,
         $timeline,
+        $rendered_dashboard,
       ),
       array(
         'title' => $title,
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardPanelRenderingEngine.php b/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardPanelRenderingEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardPanelRenderingEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardPanelRenderingEngine.php
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
 
   private $panel;
   private $viewer;
+  private $enableAsyncRendering;
+
+  /**
+   * Allow the engine to render the panel via Ajax.
+   */
+  public function setEnableAsyncRendering($enable) {
+    $this->enableAsyncRendering = $enable;
+    return $this;
+  }
 
   public function setViewer(PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
     $this->viewer = $viewer;
@@ -35,6 +44,13 @@
           $panel->getPanelType()));
     }
 
+    if ($this->enableAsyncRendering) {
+      if ($panel_type->shouldRenderAsync()) {
+        return $this->renderAsyncPanel($panel);
+      }
+    }
+
+
     return $panel_type->renderPanel($viewer, $panel);
   }
 
@@ -44,4 +60,20 @@
       ->setFormErrors(array($body));
   }
 
+  private function renderAsyncPanel(PhabricatorDashboardPanel $panel) {
+    $panel_id = celerity_generate_unique_node_id();
+
+    Javelin::initBehavior(
+      'dashboard-async-panel',
+      array(
+        'panelID' => $panel_id,
+        'uri' => '/dashboard/panel/render/'.$panel->getID().'/',
+      ));
+
+    return id(new PHUIObjectBoxView())
+      ->setHeaderText($panel->getName())
+      ->setID($panel_id)
+      ->appendChild(pht('Loading...'));
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardRenderingEngine.php b/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardRenderingEngine.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardRenderingEngine.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PhabricatorDashboardRenderingEngine extends Phobject {
+
+  private $dashboard;
+  private $viewer;
+
+  public function setViewer(PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
+    $this->viewer = $viewer;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function setDashboard(PhabricatorDashboard $dashboard) {
+    $this->dashboard = $dashboard;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function renderDashboard() {
+    $dashboard = $this->dashboard;
+    $viewer = $this->viewer;
+
+    $result = array();
+    foreach ($dashboard->getPanels() as $panel) {
+      $result[] = id(new PhabricatorDashboardPanelRenderingEngine())
+        ->setViewer($viewer)
+        ->setPanel($panel)
+        ->setEnableAsyncRendering(true)
+        ->renderPanel();
+    }
+
+    return $result;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelType.php b/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelType.php
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelType.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelType.php
@@ -48,4 +48,10 @@
       ->appendChild(pht('TODO: Panel content goes here.'));
   }
 
+  public function shouldRenderAsync() {
+    // TODO: For now, just make these things random so we can catch anything
+    // that breaks.
+    return (mt_rand(0, 1) == 1);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/webroot/rsrc/js/application/dashboard/behavior-dashboard-async-panel.js b/webroot/rsrc/js/application/dashboard/behavior-dashboard-async-panel.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webroot/rsrc/js/application/dashboard/behavior-dashboard-async-panel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * @provides javelin-behavior-dashboard-async-panel
+ * @requires javelin-behavior
+ *           javelin-dom
+ *           javelin-workflow
+ */
+
+JX.behavior('dashboard-async-panel', function(config) {
+  var panel = JX.$(config.panelID);
+  panel.style.opacity = '0.5';
+
+  new JX.Workflow(config.uri)
+    .setHandler(function(r) {
+      JX.DOM.replace(panel, JX.$H(r.panelMarkup));
+    })
+    .start();
+});