diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeQuery.php b/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeQuery.php
index bae946d1fb..1b6788dd5e 100644
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeQuery.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeQuery.php
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ final class PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeQuery
     }
 
     $engine->setViewer($viewer);
+    $engine->setContext(PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine::CONTEXT_PANEL);
 
     $key = $panel->getProperty('key');
     if ($engine->isBuiltinQuery($key)) {
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/query/ManiphestTaskSearchEngine.php b/src/applications/maniphest/query/ManiphestTaskSearchEngine.php
index 4372996aa8..501e095aba 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/query/ManiphestTaskSearchEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/query/ManiphestTaskSearchEngine.php
@@ -532,15 +532,20 @@ final class ManiphestTaskSearchEngine
 
     $viewer = $this->requireViewer();
 
-    $can_edit_priority = PhabricatorPolicyFilter::hasCapability(
-      $viewer,
-      $this->getApplication(),
-      ManiphestCapabilityEditPriority::CAPABILITY);
+    if ($this->isPanelContext()) {
+      $can_edit_priority = false;
+      $can_bulk_edit = false;
+    } else {
+      $can_edit_priority = PhabricatorPolicyFilter::hasCapability(
+        $viewer,
+        $this->getApplication(),
+        ManiphestCapabilityEditPriority::CAPABILITY);
 
-    $can_bulk_edit = PhabricatorPolicyFilter::hasCapability(
-      $viewer,
-      $this->getApplication(),
-      ManiphestCapabilityBulkEdit::CAPABILITY);
+      $can_bulk_edit = PhabricatorPolicyFilter::hasCapability(
+        $viewer,
+        $this->getApplication(),
+        ManiphestCapabilityBulkEdit::CAPABILITY);
+    }
 
     return id(new ManiphestTaskResultListView())
       ->setUser($viewer)
diff --git a/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php b/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php
index 0869739d6d..9dd2519ff0 100644
--- a/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine {
   private $errors = array();
   private $customFields = false;
   private $request;
+  private $context;
+
+  const CONTEXT_LIST  = 'list';
+  const CONTEXT_PANEL = 'panel';
 
   public function setViewer(PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
     $this->viewer = $viewer;
@@ -35,6 +39,15 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine {
     return $this->viewer;
   }
 
+  public function setContext($context) {
+    $this->context = $context;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function isPanelContext() {
+    return ($this->context == self::CONTEXT_PANEL);
+  }
+
   public function saveQuery(PhabricatorSavedQuery $query) {
     $query->setEngineClassName(get_class($this));