diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/grafana.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/grafana.libsonnet
index cb6cafa52beac0a20d2b71554a352a41139a4671..33c7511e3e600fba5e57714a95a3844765e6436c 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/grafana.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/grafana.libsonnet
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ function(params) {
   dashboardDatasources: glib.grafana.dashboardDatasources,
   dashboardSources: glib.grafana.dashboardSources,
 
-  dashboardDefinitions: if std.length(g._config.dashboards) > 0 then {
+  dashboardDefinitions: if std.length(g._config.dashboards) > 0 || 
+                          std.length(g._config.rawDashboards) > 0 ||
+                          std.length(g._config.folderDashboards) > 0 then {
     apiVersion: 'v1',
     kind: 'ConfigMapList',
     items: glib.grafana.dashboardDefinitions,