diff --git a/app/helpers/admin/groups_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin/groups_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0cdf6f0b32cd046071033bbb118b866501958c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/admin/groups_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Admin
+  module GroupsHelper
+    def admin_groups_app_data
+      {
+        base_path: admin_groups_path
+      }.to_json
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/admin/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin/projects_helper.rb
index 7120326fe4a49712fb66ce35611ef2871af5ec02..0e623cbbf2cd15e4c7a6ef081cb04051162884b3 100644
--- a/app/helpers/admin/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/admin/projects_helper.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ module Admin
   module ProjectsHelper
     def admin_projects_app_data
       {
-        programming_languages: programming_languages
+        programming_languages: programming_languages,
+        base_path: admin_projects_path
       }.to_json
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/groups/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/groups/index.html.haml
index 5f84f4bc6efa54689b6e994703cb8e69fbae924e..8f87c015527b2c21c5bf1e3c374221e6631e8132 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/groups/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/groups/index.html.haml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         = _('New group')
 
 - if Feature.enabled?(:admin_groups_vue, current_user)
-  #js-admin-groups-app
+  #js-admin-groups-app{ data: { app_data: admin_groups_app_data } }
 - else
   #js-admin-groups-filtered-search-and-sort
     -# This element takes up space while Vue is rendering to avoid page jump
diff --git a/spec/helpers/admin/groups_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/admin/groups_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cfd07bf055863b2d943f4304f58d4c344923537c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/admin/groups_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Admin::GroupsHelper, feature_category: :groups_and_projects do
+  describe '#admin_groups_app_data' do
+    it 'returns expected json' do
+      expect(Gitlab::Json.parse(helper.admin_groups_app_data)).to eq(
+        {
+          'base_path' => '/admin/groups'
+        }
+      )
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/admin/projects_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/admin/projects_helper_spec.rb
index ae3e0dea040bcdd21495dfd5fb122c4ec4863f02..6b80fa1d5edb0af30612e5a1810a3a45ae1810bb 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/admin/projects_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/admin/projects_helper_spec.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-RSpec.describe ProjectsHelper, feature_category: :groups_and_projects do
+RSpec.describe Admin::ProjectsHelper, feature_category: :groups_and_projects do
   describe '#admin_projects_app_data' do
     it 'returns expected json' do
       expect(Gitlab::Json.parse(helper.admin_projects_app_data)).to eq(
         {
-          'programming_languages' => ProgrammingLanguage.most_popular
+          'programming_languages' => ProgrammingLanguage.most_popular,
+          'base_path' => '/admin/projects'
         }
       )
     end