diff --git a/front/cypress/e2e/routes/dashboard/Dashboard.cy.js b/front/cypress/e2e/routes/dashboard/Dashboard.cy.js
index bf9b464e0d..626bd29aaa 100644
--- a/front/cypress/e2e/routes/dashboard/Dashboard.cy.js
+++ b/front/cypress/e2e/routes/dashboard/Dashboard.cy.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ describe('Dashboard', () => {
       .should('have.class', 'btn-primary')
       .click();
 
-    cy.url().should('eq', `${Cypress.config().baseUrl}/dashboard/my-new-dashboard/edit`);
+    // The selector of a new dashboard ends with 4 random characters, like scenes
+    cy.url().should('match', new RegExp(`^${Cypress.config().baseUrl}/dashboard/my-new-dashboard-[a-z0-9]{4}/edit$`));
   });
   it('Should add new boxes', () => {
     cy.contains('.btn-primary', 'dashboard.addBoxButton').click();
diff --git a/server/lib/dashboard/dashboard.create.js b/server/lib/dashboard/dashboard.create.js
index 66c0a62b2a..185da4acc9 100644
--- a/server/lib/dashboard/dashboard.create.js
+++ b/server/lib/dashboard/dashboard.create.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const db = require('../../models');
+const { slugify } = require('../../utils/slugify');
 
 /**
  * @description Create a new dashboard.
@@ -26,7 +27,18 @@ async function create(userId, dashboard) {
   if (dashboardWithTheHighestPosition.length > 0) {
     dashboard.position = dashboardWithTheHighestPosition[0].position + 1;
   }
-  return db.Dashboard.create({ ...dashboard, user_id: userId });
+  let dashboardWithSelector = dashboard;
+  // Like scenes, the selector of a new dashboard gets random characters at the
+  // end so two dashboards with names sharing the same slug don't collide.
+  // A selector explicitly given by the caller is always kept as is, and
+  // existing dashboards keep the selector they were created with.
+  if (!dashboard.selector && dashboard.name) {
+    dashboardWithSelector = {
+      ...dashboard,
+      selector: slugify(dashboard.name, true),
+    };
+  }
+  return db.Dashboard.create({ ...dashboardWithSelector, user_id: userId });
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/server/test/lib/dashboard/dashboard.create.test.js b/server/test/lib/dashboard/dashboard.create.test.js
index 781b2a5c11..37ce0bb9bd 100644
--- a/server/test/lib/dashboard/dashboard.create.test.js
+++ b/server/test/lib/dashboard/dashboard.create.test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const Dashboard = require('../../../lib/dashboard');
 
 describe('dashboard.create', () => {
   const dashboard = new Dashboard();
-  it('should create a dashboard', async () => {
+  it('should create a dashboard with a random selector', async () => {
     const newDashboard = await dashboard.create('0cd30aef-9c4e-4a23-88e3-3547971296e5', {
       name: 'My new dashboard',
       type: DASHBOARD_TYPE.MAIN,
@@ -20,7 +20,46 @@ describe('dashboard.create', () => {
       ],
     });
     expect(newDashboard).to.have.property('name', 'My new dashboard');
-    expect(newDashboard).to.have.property('selector', 'my-new-dashboard');
+    // selector should be the slug of the name + a dash + 4 random characters
+    expect(newDashboard.selector).to.match(/^my-new-dashboard-[a-z0-9]{4}$/);
+  });
+  it('should create a dashboard with the selector given', async () => {
+    const newDashboard = await dashboard.create('0cd30aef-9c4e-4a23-88e3-3547971296e5', {
+      name: 'My dashboard with a custom selector',
+      selector: 'my-custom-dashboard-selector',
+      type: DASHBOARD_TYPE.MAIN,
+      position: 0,
+      visibility: DASHBOARD_VISIBILITY.PRIVATE,
+      boxes: [[]],
+    });
+    expect(newDashboard).to.have.property('selector', 'my-custom-dashboard-selector');
+  });
+  it('should create two dashboards with names sharing the same slug', async () => {
+    const firstDashboard = await dashboard.create('0cd30aef-9c4e-4a23-88e3-3547971296e5', {
+      name: 'Salon',
+      type: DASHBOARD_TYPE.MAIN,
+      position: 0,
+      visibility: DASHBOARD_VISIBILITY.PRIVATE,
+      boxes: [[]],
+    });
+    const secondDashboard = await dashboard.create('0cd30aef-9c4e-4a23-88e3-3547971296e5', {
+      name: 'Salôn',
+      type: DASHBOARD_TYPE.MAIN,
+      position: 0,
+      visibility: DASHBOARD_VISIBILITY.PRIVATE,
+      boxes: [[]],
+    });
+    expect(firstDashboard.selector).to.contain('salon');
+    expect(secondDashboard.selector).to.contain('salon');
+    expect(firstDashboard.selector).to.not.equal(secondDashboard.selector);
+  });
+  it('should return error, missing name', async () => {
+    const promise = dashboard.create('0cd30aef-9c4e-4a23-88e3-3547971296e5', {
+      type: DASHBOARD_TYPE.MAIN,
+      visibility: DASHBOARD_VISIBILITY.PRIVATE,
+      boxes: [[]],
+    });
+    return assert.isRejected(promise);
   });
   it('should return error, missing box type', async () => {
     const promise = dashboard.create('0cd30aef-9c4e-4a23-88e3-3547971296e5', {
diff --git a/server/test/lib/dashboard/dashboard.updateOrder.test.js b/server/test/lib/dashboard/dashboard.updateOrder.test.js
index a58babb872..c2a5c36fe4 100644
--- a/server/test/lib/dashboard/dashboard.updateOrder.test.js
+++ b/server/test/lib/dashboard/dashboard.updateOrder.test.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('dashboard.updateOrder', () => {
       raw: true,
     });
     expect(dashboardsInNewOrder).to.deep.equal([
-      { selector: 'my-new-dashboard', position: 0 },
+      { selector: newDashboard.selector, position: 0 },
       { selector: 'test-dashboard', position: 1 },
       { selector: 'my-new-public-dashoard', position: 2 },
     ]);