diff --git a/src/dashboard/routes.ts b/src/dashboard/routes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3df4a471b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dashboard/routes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import type { RouteDef } from "../route-config";
+import { DashboardRoute } from "./routes/Dashboard";
+
+const routes: RouteDef[] = [DashboardRoute];
+
+export default routes;
diff --git a/src/dashboard/routes/Dashboard.ts b/src/dashboard/routes/Dashboard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a2564c3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dashboard/routes/Dashboard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import type { LocationDescriptorObject } from "history";
+import { generatePath } from "react-router-dom";
+import type { RouteDef } from "../../route-config";
+import { DashboardSection } from "../Dashboard";
+
+export type DashboardParams = { realm?: string };
+
+export const DashboardRoute: RouteDef = {
+  path: "/:realm?",
+  component: DashboardSection,
+  breadcrumb: (t) => t("common:home"),
+  access: "anyone",
+};
+
+export const toDashboard = (
+  params: DashboardParams
+): LocationDescriptorObject => ({
+  pathname: generatePath(DashboardRoute.path, params),
+});
diff --git a/src/route-config.ts b/src/route-config.ts
index 5b94285521..50e35b46eb 100644
--- a/src/route-config.ts
+++ b/src/route-config.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { MatchOptions } from "use-react-router-breadcrumbs";
 import authenticationRoutes from "./authentication/routes";
 import clientScopesRoutes from "./client-scopes/routes";
 import clientRoutes from "./clients/routes";
-import { DashboardSection } from "./dashboard/Dashboard";
+import dashboardRoutes from "./dashboard/routes";
 import eventRoutes from "./events/routes";
 import { GroupsSection } from "./groups/GroupsSection";
 import { SearchGroups } from "./groups/SearchGroups";
@@ -38,12 +38,7 @@ export const routes: RouteDef[] = [
   ...sessionRoutes,
   ...userFederationRoutes,
   ...userRoutes,
-  {
-    path: "/:realm/",
-    component: DashboardSection,
-    breadcrumb: (t) => t("common:home"),
-    access: "anyone",
-  },
+  ...dashboardRoutes,
   {
     path: "/:realm/groups/search",
     component: SearchGroups,
@@ -58,12 +53,6 @@ export const routes: RouteDef[] = [
       exact: false,
     },
   },
-  {
-    path: "/",
-    component: DashboardSection,
-    breadcrumb: (t) => t("common:home"),
-    access: "anyone",
-  },
   {
     path: "*",
     component: PageNotFoundSection,