diff --git a/drupalorg_project/drupalorg_project.module b/drupalorg_project/drupalorg_project.module
index 301723b..55f3e8b 100644
--- a/drupalorg_project/drupalorg_project.module
+++ b/drupalorg_project/drupalorg_project.module
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ function drupalorg_project_issue_counts() {
     $issue_counts[$version]['Patch queue'] = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {project_issues} pi INNER JOIN {node} n ON pi.nid = n.nid WHERE n.status = 1 AND pid = %d AND sid IN (8,13,14) AND rid IN ($issue_rid_placeholders)", $args));
     $issue_counts[$version]['Pending bugs'] = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {project_issues} pi INNER JOIN {node} n ON pi.nid = n.nid WHERE n.status = 1 AND pid = %d AND category = 'bug' AND sid IN(1,8,13,14,15) AND rid IN ($issue_rid_placeholders)", $args));
   }
+  $issue_counts['Novice issues'] = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {project_issues} pi INNER JOIN {term_node} tn ON pi.nid = tn.nid INNER JOIN {term_data} td on tn.tid = td.tid WHERE td.name LIKE '%s'", "novice"));
   variable_set('drupalorg_project_issue_counts', $issue_counts);
 }
 
@@ -536,6 +537,24 @@ function drupalorg_project_issue_link($text, $query = array(), $absolute = FALSE
   return l($text, 'project/issues/search/drupal', array('query' => $query, 'absolute' => $absolute));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Project issue link generator for all novice issues.
+ *
+ * @param $text
+ *   String to use as text for the link.
+ * @param $query
+ *   A keyed array of options to pass to the query parameter of l(). 
+ *     - version (An array of release node IDs)
+ *     - status (An array of status IDs)
+ *     - priorities (An array of priority IDs)
+ *     - categories (An array of category names)
+ *  @param $absolute
+ *    Set to TRUE to get an absolute URL with http://drupal.org/...
+ */
+function drupalorg_generic_issue_link($text, $query = array(), $absolute = FALSE) {
+  return l($text, 'project/issues/search', array('query' => $query, 'absolute' => $absolute));
+}
+
 // == Node overrides ===========================================================
 
 /**
@@ -773,6 +792,7 @@ function drupalorg_project_bingo_block_output() {
   $counts_major_tasks = $counts['both']['Major tasks'];
   $counts_pending_bugs = $counts['both']['Pending bugs'];
   $counts_queue = $counts[DRUPALORG_CORE_DEVELOPMENT_VERSION_TID]['Patch queue'];
+  $counts_novice = $counts['Novice issues'];
 
   $links = array(
     l('Community initiatives', 'community-initiatives'),
@@ -841,6 +861,14 @@ function drupalorg_project_bingo_block_output() {
                'sort' => 'asc',
           )
         ),
+        drupalorg_generic_issue_link(
+          $counts_novice . t(' Novice issues'),
+          array(
+               'status' => array(1,2,8,13,14,15),
+               'issue_tags_op' => array('or'),
+               'issue_tags' => array('Novice'),
+          )
+        ),
       ),
     ),
     array(