diff --git a/app/helpers/hyrax/dashboard_helper_behavior.rb b/app/helpers/hyrax/dashboard_helper_behavior.rb
index 5f7c0f5aa6..5c7c4ac3ab 100644
--- a/app/helpers/hyrax/dashboard_helper_behavior.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/hyrax/dashboard_helper_behavior.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ def number_of_works(user = current_user)
       'n/a'
     end
 
+    def link_to_works(user = current_user)
+      state = Blacklight::SearchState.new(params, CatalogController.blacklight_config)
+      facet_type = if Hyrax.config.use_valkyrie?
+                     state.add_facet_params('generic_type_si', 'Work')
+                   else
+                     state.add_facet_params('generic_type_sim', 'Work')
+                   end
+      facet_depositor = state.add_facet_params('depositor_ssim', user.to_s)
+      state = Hash.new {}
+      state["f"] = facet_type["f"].merge(facet_depositor["f"])
+      link_to(t("hyrax.dashboard.stats.works"), main_app.search_catalog_path(state))
+    end
+
     # @param user [User]
     # @return [Integer] number of FileSets the user deposited
     def number_of_files(user = current_user)
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/users/_vitals.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/users/_vitals.html.erb
index 03b2452d74..755ef9a03f 100644
--- a/app/views/hyrax/users/_vitals.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/users/_vitals.html.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 <div class="list-group-item">
   <span class="badge dark-text"><%= number_of_works(user) %></span>
-  <span class="fa fa-upload" aria-hidden="true"></span> <%= link_to_field('', '', t("hyrax.dashboard.stats.works"), {generic_type: "Work", depositor: user.to_s}) %>
+  <span class="fa fa-upload" aria-hidden="true"></span> <%= link_to_works(user) %>
 
   <ul class="views-downloads-dashboard list-unstyled">
       <li><span class="badge badge-optional dark-text"><%= user.total_file_views %></span> <%= t("hyrax.dashboard.stats.file_views").pluralize(user.total_file_views) %></li>
diff --git a/spec/helpers/hyrax/dashboard_helper_behavior_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/hyrax/dashboard_helper_behavior_spec.rb
index ba8f2265a4..f7f8da7036 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/hyrax/dashboard_helper_behavior_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/hyrax/dashboard_helper_behavior_spec.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,29 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#link_to_works" do
+    let(:user1) { User.new(email: "abc@test") }
+    let(:user2) { User.new(email: "abc@test.123") }
+
+    before do
+      create_models("GenericWork", user1, user2)
+    end
+
+    context 'when valkyrie is not used' do
+      it "generates a link to the user's works" do
+        expect(Hyrax.config).to receive(:use_valkyrie?).and_return(false)
+        expect(helper.link_to_works(user1)).to include 'generic_type_sim%5D%5B%5D=Work'
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when valkyrie is used' do
+      it "generates a link to the user's works" do
+        expect(Hyrax.config).to receive(:use_valkyrie?).and_return(true)
+        expect(helper.link_to_works(user1)).to include 'generic_type_si%5D%5B%5D=Work'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#number_of_files" do
     let(:user1) { User.new(email: "abc@test") }
     let(:user2) { User.new(email: "abc@test.123") }