diff --git a/mattermost-plugin/webapp/src/components/rhsChannelBoardItem.tsx b/mattermost-plugin/webapp/src/components/rhsChannelBoardItem.tsx
index 5f60e71a8..1f03dc003 100644
--- a/mattermost-plugin/webapp/src/components/rhsChannelBoardItem.tsx
+++ b/mattermost-plugin/webapp/src/components/rhsChannelBoardItem.tsx
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ import CompassIcon from '../../../../webapp/src/widgets/icons/compassIcon'
 
 import {Permission} from '../../../../webapp/src/constants'
 
-import './rhsChannelBoardItem.scss'
 import BoardPermissionGate from '../../../../webapp/src/components/permissions/boardPermissionGate'
+import TelemetryClient, {TelemetryActions, TelemetryCategory} from '../../../../webapp/src/telemetry/telemetryClient'
+
+import './rhsChannelBoardItem.scss'
 
 const windowAny = (window as SuiteWindow)
 
@@ -36,6 +38,10 @@ const RHSChannelBoardItem = (props: Props) => {
     }
 
     const handleBoardClicked = (boardID: string) => {
+        // send the telemetry information for the clicked board
+        const extraData = {teamID: team.id, board: boardID}
+        TelemetryClient.trackEvent(TelemetryCategory, TelemetryActions.ClickChannelsRHSBoard, extraData)
+
         window.open(`${windowAny.frontendBaseURL}/team/${team.id}/${boardID}`, '_blank', 'noopener')
     }
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/telemetry/telemetryClient.ts b/webapp/src/telemetry/telemetryClient.ts
index 460e9d247..c722929ff 100644
--- a/webapp/src/telemetry/telemetryClient.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/telemetry/telemetryClient.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export const TelemetryActions = {
     LimitCardLimitReached: 'limit_cardLimitReached',
     LimitCardLimitLinkOpen: 'limit_cardLimitLinkOpen',
     VersionMoreInfo: 'version_more_info',
+    ClickChannelsRHSBoard: 'click_board_in_channels_RHS',
 }
 
 interface IEventProps {