diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/widget.component.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/widget.component.ts
index 790daf1a42..ec3a8d5f0b 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/widget.component.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/widget.component.ts
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ export class WidgetComponent extends PageComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewI
         title = insertVariable(title, prop + ':entityLabel', params[prop].entityLabel);
       }
     }
-    this.dialog.open(this.embedDashboardDialogComponent, {
+    dashboard.dialogRef = this.dialog.open(this.embedDashboardDialogComponent, {
       disableClose: true,
       panelClass: ['tb-dialog', 'tb-fullscreen-dialog'],
       viewContainerRef: this.widgetContentContainer,
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/models/widget-component.models.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/models/widget-component.models.ts
index 0bcfa8fb01..9c176dc8bb 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/models/widget-component.models.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/models/widget-component.models.ts
@@ -394,6 +394,13 @@ export class WidgetContext {
     this.widgetActions = undefined;
   }
 
+  closeDialog(resultData: any = null) {
+    const dialogRef = this.$scope.dialogRef || this.stateController.dashboardCtrl.dashboardCtx.getDashboard().dialogRef;
+    if (dialogRef) {
+      dialogRef.close(resultData);
+    }
+  }
+
   pageLink(pageSize: number, page: number = 0, textSearch: string = null, sortOrder: SortOrder = null): PageLink {
     return new PageLink(pageSize, page, textSearch, sortOrder);
   }
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/models/dashboard.models.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/models/dashboard.models.ts
index 12e1c83ada..cf777633a2 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/models/dashboard.models.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/models/dashboard.models.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { Widget } from './widget.models';
 import { Timewindow } from '@shared/models/time/time.models';
 import { EntityAliases } from './alias.models';
 import { Filters } from '@shared/models/query/query.models';
+import { MatDialogRef } from '@angular/material/dialog';
 
 export interface DashboardInfo extends BaseData<DashboardId>, ExportableEntity<DashboardId> {
   tenantId?: TenantId;
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ export interface DashboardConfiguration {
 
 export interface Dashboard extends DashboardInfo {
   configuration?: DashboardConfiguration;
+  dialogRef?: MatDialogRef<any>;
 }
 
 export interface HomeDashboard extends Dashboard {