diff --git a/pkg/api/api.go b/pkg/api/api.go
index 18f25c9d479..6672bfa0e6d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/api/api.go
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) registerRoutes() {
 			dashboardRoute.Get("/home", routing.Wrap(hs.GetHomeDashboard))
 			dashboardRoute.Get("/tags", hs.GetDashboardTags)
 
+			// Deprecated: used to convert internal IDs to UIDs
+			dashboardRoute.Get("/ids/:ids", authorize(reqSignedIn, ac.EvalPermission(dashboards.ActionDashboardsRead)), hs.GetDashboardUIDs)
+
 			// Deprecated: use /uid/:uid API instead.
 			dashboardRoute.Group("/id/:dashboardId", func(dashIdRoute routing.RouteRegister) {
 				dashIdRoute.Get("/versions", authorize(reqSignedIn, ac.EvalPermission(dashboards.ActionDashboardsWrite)), routing.Wrap(hs.GetDashboardVersions))
diff --git a/pkg/api/dashboard.go b/pkg/api/dashboard.go
index 5fe06616847..8e78aaa5992 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dashboard.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/apierrors"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/dtos"
@@ -727,3 +728,24 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) GetDashboardTags(c *models.ReqContext) {
 
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, query.Result)
 }
+
+// GetDashboardUIDs converts internal ids to UIDs
+func (hs *HTTPServer) GetDashboardUIDs(c *models.ReqContext) {
+	ids := strings.Split(web.Params(c.Req)[":ids"], ",")
+	uids := make([]string, 0, len(ids))
+
+	q := &models.GetDashboardRefByIdQuery{}
+	for _, idstr := range ids {
+		id, err := strconv.ParseInt(idstr, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		q.Id = id
+		err = hs.SQLStore.GetDashboardUIDById(c.Req.Context(), q)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		uids = append(uids, q.Result.Uid)
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, uids)
+}