diff --git a/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes.rb b/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes.rb
index 87356b3f7c..285a0c4aa2 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes.rb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes.rb
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ module SmartAttributes
   require 'smart_attributes/attributes/bc_vnc_resolution'
   require 'smart_attributes/attributes/auto_environment_variable'
   require 'smart_attributes/attributes/auto_cores'
+  require 'smart_attributes/attributes/global_attribute'
 end
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes/attribute_factory.rb b/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes/attribute_factory.rb
index 72cd0708b2..b32b1e72de 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes/attribute_factory.rb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes/attribute_factory.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class AttributeFactory
 
     AUTO_MODULES_REX = /\Aauto_modules_([\w-]+)\z/.freeze
     AUTO_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_REX = /\Aauto_environment_variable_([\w-]+)\z/.freeze
+    GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE_REX = /\Aglobal_([\w-]+)\z/.freeze
 
     class << self
       # Build an attribute object from an id and its options
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ class << self
       # @return [Attribute] the attribute object
       def build(id, opts = {})
         id = id.to_s
+
         if id.match?(AUTO_MODULES_REX)
           hpc_mod = id.match(AUTO_MODULES_REX)[1]
           id = 'auto_modules'
@@ -19,6 +21,10 @@ def build(id, opts = {})
           env_variable = id.match(AUTO_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_REX)[1]
           id = 'auto_environment_variable'
           opts = opts.merge({'key' => env_variable})
+        elsif id.match?(GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE_REX)
+          real_id = id
+          id = 'global_attribute'
+          opts = opts.merge({ 'key' => real_id })
         end
 
         build_method = "build_#{id}"
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes/attributes/global_attribute.rb b/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes/attributes/global_attribute.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8d3a534dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dashboard/app/lib/smart_attributes/attributes/global_attribute.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module SmartAttributes
+  class AttributeFactory
+    # Build this attribute object with defined options
+    # @param opts [Hash] attribute's options
+    # @return [Attributes::GlobalAttribute] the attribute object
+    def self.build_global_attribute(opts = {})
+      id = opts.delete('key').to_s
+
+      config = Configuration.global_bc_form_item(id)
+
+      # this behaves like a normal Attribute if there's no actual configuration for it.
+      config = opts if config.nil? || config.empty?
+      Attributes::GlobalAttribute.new(id, config)
+    end
+  end
+
+  module Attributes
+    class GlobalAttribute < Attribute
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb b/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb
index 8672bf7bf1..68ecff7324 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb
@@ -214,6 +214,13 @@ def launcher_default_items
     config.fetch(:launcher_default_items, []).to_a
   end
 
+  def global_bc_form_item(key)
+    return nil if key.nil? || key.to_s.empty?
+
+    all = config.fetch(:global_bc_form_items, {}).to_h
+    all[key.to_sym]
+  end
+
   # Load the dotenv local files first, then the /etc dotenv files and
   # the .env and .env.production or .env.development files.
   #
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/test/system/batch_connect_widgets_test.rb b/apps/dashboard/test/system/batch_connect_widgets_test.rb
index 1d59fc40e0..b7e3cf4bd4 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/test/system/batch_connect_widgets_test.rb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/test/system/batch_connect_widgets_test.rb
@@ -114,4 +114,72 @@ def make_bc_app(dir, form)
       assert_equal label.text, "Number of Cores (1-8)"
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  test 'global_bc_form_items work correctly' do
+    Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
+      app_dir = "#{dir}/app".tap { |d| FileUtils.mkdir(d) }
+      Configuration.stubs(:config).returns({ 
+        global_bc_form_items: {
+          global_queues: {
+            widget: 'select',
+            label: 'Special Queues',
+            options: [
+              ['A', 'a'],
+              ['B', 'b'],
+              ['C', 'c']
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      })
+
+      form = <<~HEREDOC
+        ---
+        cluster:
+          - owens
+        form:
+          - global_queues
+      HEREDOC
+
+      make_bc_app(app_dir, form)
+      visit new_batch_connect_session_context_url('sys/app')
+
+      widget = find("##{bc_ele_id('global_queues')}")
+      options = find_all_options('global_queues', nil)
+      label = find("[for='#{bc_ele_id('global_queues')}']")
+
+      assert_equal('select', widget.tag_name)
+      assert_equal(['a', 'b', 'c'], options.map(&:value))
+      assert_equal(['A', 'B', 'C'], options.map(&:text))
+
+      assert_equal('Special Queues', label.text)
+    end
+  end
+
+  test 'global_bc_form_items default correctly' do
+    Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
+      app_dir = "#{dir}/app".tap { |d| FileUtils.mkdir(d) }
+
+      # no configuration for 'global_queues'
+      Configuration.stubs(:config).returns({})
+
+      form = <<~HEREDOC
+        ---
+        cluster:
+          - owens
+        form:
+          - global_queues
+      HEREDOC
+
+      make_bc_app(app_dir, form)
+      visit new_batch_connect_session_context_url('sys/app')
+
+      widget = find("##{bc_ele_id('global_queues')}")
+      label = find("[for='#{bc_ele_id('global_queues')}']")
+
+      # not a select widget, it's a text input with the default label
+      assert_equal('input', widget.tag_name)
+      assert_equal('text', widget[:type])
+      assert_equal('Global Queues', label.text)
+    end
+  end
+end