diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b9c6068cd0..6fcc088bda 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Changelog
 
 **Added**
 
+- #1499 Moved navigation portlet into core 
 - #1498 Moved all viewlets from senaite.lims to senaite.core
 - #1505 Display partition link in analyses listing
 - #1491 Enable Audit-logging for Dexterity Contents
diff --git a/bika/lims/browser/configure.zcml b/bika/lims/browser/configure.zcml
index eb723fdc13..569aa77cdd 100644
--- a/bika/lims/browser/configure.zcml
+++ b/bika/lims/browser/configure.zcml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   <include package=".department"/>
   <include package=".fields"/>
   <include package=".idserver"/>
+  <include package=".portlets"/>
   <include package=".publish"/>
   <include package=".reports"/>
   <include package=".resultsimport"/>
diff --git a/bika/lims/browser/portlets/__init__.py b/bika/lims/browser/portlets/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/bika/lims/browser/portlets/configure.zcml b/bika/lims/browser/portlets/configure.zcml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42d584acd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bika/lims/browser/portlets/configure.zcml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<configure
+    xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
+    xmlns:browser="http://namespaces.zope.org/browser"
+    xmlns:plone="http://namespaces.plone.org/plone"
+    xmlns:cmf="http://namespaces.zope.org/cmf"
+    i18n_domain="senaite.core">
+
+  <!-- Navigation Portlet -->
+  <include package="plone.app.portlets"/>
+
+  <plone:portletRenderer
+      portlet="plone.app.portlets.portlets.navigation.INavigationPortlet"
+      class=".navigation.NavigationPortletRenderer"
+      layer="bika.lims.interfaces.IBikaLIMS"
+      />
+
+</configure>
diff --git a/bika/lims/browser/portlets/navigation.py b/bika/lims/browser/portlets/navigation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57656599aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bika/lims/browser/portlets/navigation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from plone.app.portlets.portlets.navigation import Renderer as BaseRenderer
+from Products.Five.browser.pagetemplatefile import ViewPageTemplateFile
+
+
+class NavigationPortletRenderer(BaseRenderer):
+    _template = ViewPageTemplateFile(
+        "templates/plone.app.portlets.portlets.navigation.pt")
+    recurse = ViewPageTemplateFile(
+        "templates/plone.app.portlets.portlets.navigation_recurse.pt")
diff --git a/bika/lims/browser/portlets/templates/plone.app.portlets.portlets.navigation.pt b/bika/lims/browser/portlets/templates/plone.app.portlets.portlets.navigation.pt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4d4a2ce86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bika/lims/browser/portlets/templates/plone.app.portlets.portlets.navigation.pt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<tal:sidebar i18n:domain="plone">
+  <div class="sidebar-nav"
+       tal:define="root view/navigation_root">
+
+    <div class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation">
+      <div class="navbar-header">
+        <button type="button"
+                class="navbar-toggle"
+                data-toggle="collapse"
+                data-target=".sidebar-navbar-collapse">
+          <span class="sr-only" i18n:translate="">Toggle navigation</span>
+          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
+          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
+          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
+        </button>
+        <span class="visible-xs navbar-brand" tal:content="view/title">
+          Navigation
+        </span>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="navbar-collapse collapse sidebar-navbar-collapse">
+        <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
+          <li tal:replace="structure view/createNavTree">
+            SUBTREE
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</tal:sidebar>
diff --git a/bika/lims/browser/portlets/templates/plone.app.portlets.portlets.navigation_recurse.pt b/bika/lims/browser/portlets/templates/plone.app.portlets.portlets.navigation_recurse.pt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80205fa2b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bika/lims/browser/portlets/templates/plone.app.portlets.portlets.navigation_recurse.pt
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<tal:master define="level options/level|python:0;
+                    children options/children | nothing;
+                    bottomLevel options/bottomLevel | nothing;
+                    bootstrapview nocall:context/@@bootstrapview"
+            i18n:domain="plone">
+
+  <metal:main define-macro="nav_main">
+
+    <tal:navitem repeat="node children">
+      <li tal:define="show_children   node/show_children;
+                      children        node/children;
+                      has_children    python:len(children)>0;
+                      item_url        node/getURL;
+                      item_remote_url node/getRemoteUrl;
+                      use_remote_url  node/useRemoteUrl | nothing;
+                      item            nocall:node/item;
+                      item_icon       python:bootstrapview.get_icon_for(item);
+                      item_type       node/portal_type;
+                      is_current      node/currentItem;
+                      is_in_path      node/currentParent;
+                      li_class        python:is_current and ' active' or '';
+                      li_extr_class   python:is_in_path and ' expanded' or '';
+                      li_folder_class python:show_children and ' folderish' or '';
+                      normalizeString nocall: context/plone_utils/normalizeString;"
+          tal:attributes="class string:nav-item${li_class}${li_extr_class}${li_folder_class} section-${node/normalized_id}"
+          tal:condition="python:bottomLevel &lt;= 0 or level &lt;= bottomLevel">
+
+        <tal:level define="item_class string:senaite-state-${node/normalized_review_state};
+                           item_type_class python:'senatite-contenttype-' + normalizeString(item_type);
+                           item_class python:is_current and item_class + ' active' or item_class;">
+
+          <a tal:attributes="href python:use_remote_url and item_remote_url or item_url;
+                             title node/Description;
+                             class string:$item_class${li_class}${li_extr_class}${li_folder_class} $item_type_class">
+            <tal:root tal:condition="python: level==1">
+              <img tal:replace="structure item_icon"/>
+              <span tal:condition="not:item_icon">
+                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-folder-close" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+              </span>
+              <span tal:replace="node/Title">Selected Item Title</span>
+            </tal:root>
+            <tal:children tal:condition="python: level>1">
+              <div style="white-space:nowrap;">
+                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+                <span tal:replace="node/Title">Selected Item Title</span>
+              </div>
+            </tal:children>
+          </a>
+
+          <tal:children condition="has_children">
+            <ul tal:attributes="class python:'nav submenu nav-level-'+str(level)"
+                tal:condition="python: len(children) > 0 and show_children and bottomLevel and level < bottomLevel or True">
+              <span tal:replace="structure python:view.recurse(children=children, level=level+1, bottomLevel=bottomLevel)" />
+            </ul>
+          </tal:children>
+
+        </tal:level>
+      </li>
+    </tal:navitem>
+  </metal:main>
+</tal:master>