diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index a14277180c7643307adef85288324f0e67ca0d90..77ad7a40fabb1c1452210d4ac98b57d01dea9452 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ module ProjectsHelper
       nav_tabs << feature if project.send :"#{feature}_enabled"
     end
 
+    if project.issues_enabled
+      nav_tabs << [:milestones, :labels]
+    end
+
     nav_tabs.flatten
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_project.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_project.html.haml
index 91cae2b572c0d5dd0a48c4be2b8bd17efd111c43..52681865d642469e488bf2742f630a61663b3054 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_project.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_project.html.haml
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@
           %span
             Graphs
 
-    = nav_link(controller: :milestones) do
-      = link_to namespace_project_milestones_path(@project.namespace, @project), title: 'Milestones' do
-        %i.fa.fa-clock-o
-        %span
-          Milestones
+    - if project_nav_tab? :milestones
+      = nav_link(controller: :milestones) do
+        = link_to namespace_project_milestones_path(@project.namespace, @project), title: 'Milestones' do
+          %i.fa.fa-clock-o
+          %span
+            Milestones
 
     - if project_nav_tab? :issues
       = nav_link(controller: :issues) do
@@ -67,11 +68,12 @@
             Merge Requests
             %span.count.merge_counter= @project.merge_requests.opened.count
 
-    = nav_link(controller: :labels) do
-      = link_to namespace_project_labels_path(@project.namespace, @project), title: 'Labels' do
-        %i.fa.fa-tags
-        %span
-          Labels
+    - if project_nav_tab? :labels
+      = nav_link(controller: :labels) do
+        = link_to namespace_project_labels_path(@project.namespace, @project), title: 'Labels' do
+          %i.fa.fa-tags
+          %span
+            Labels
 
     - if project_nav_tab? :wiki
       = nav_link(controller: :wikis) do