diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/branding/api.py b/lms/djangoapps/branding/api.py
index 4d196d7..6c9f05f 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/branding/api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/branding/api.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import urlparse
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 
 from branding.models import BrandingApiConfig
@@ -418,3 +419,16 @@ def get_about_url():
     Lookup and return About page url
     """
     return get_url("ABOUT")
+
+
+def get_home_url():
+    """
+    Lookup and return home page url, lookup is performed in the following order
+
+    1. return marketing root URL, If marketing is enabled
+    2. Otherwise return dashboard URL.
+    """
+    if settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_MKTG_SITE', False):
+        return marketing_link('ROOT')
+
+    return reverse('dashboard')
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/branding/tests/test_api.py b/lms/djangoapps/branding/tests/test_api.py
index 4886b94..29e4695 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/branding/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/branding/tests/test_api.py
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import mock
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
-from branding.api import get_footer, get_logo_url
+from branding.api import get_footer, get_home_url, get_logo_url
+from edxmako.shortcuts import marketing_link
 
 
 class TestHeader(TestCase):
@@ -24,6 +26,18 @@ class TestHeader(TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(logo_url, cdn_url)
 
+    def test_home_url_with_mktg_disabled(self):
+        expected_url = get_home_url()
+        self.assertEqual(reverse('dashboard'), expected_url)
+
+    @mock.patch.dict('django.conf.settings.FEATURES', {'ENABLE_MKTG_SITE': True})
+    @mock.patch.dict('django.conf.settings.MKTG_URLS', {
+        "ROOT": "https://edx.org",
+    })
+    def test_home_url_with_mktg_enabled(self):
+        expected_url = get_home_url()
+        self.assertEqual(marketing_link('ROOT'), expected_url)
+
 
 class TestFooter(TestCase):
     """Test retrieving the footer. """
diff --git a/lms/templates/header/brand.html b/lms/templates/header/brand.html
index 12c9ea7..8bd7139 100644
--- a/lms/templates/header/brand.html
+++ b/lms/templates/header/brand.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from branding import api as branding_api
 
 <h1 class="hd logo-header navbar-brand">
   <div class="logo">
-    <a class="navbar-brand" href="${reverse('dashboard')}" itemprop="url">
+    <a class="navbar-brand" href="${branding_api.get_home_url()}" itemprop="url">
       <img class="logo-image" src="${static.url("images/logo.png")}" alt="${_("{platform_name} Home Page").format(platform_name=static.get_platform_name())}" itemprop="logo" />
     </a>
   </div>
diff --git a/lms/templates/navigation/navbar-logo-header.html b/lms/templates/navigation/navbar-logo-header.html
index b86bd59..fa9ca45 100644
--- a/lms/templates/navigation/navbar-logo-header.html
+++ b/lms/templates/navigation/navbar-logo-header.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from branding import api as branding_api
 
 <h1 class="hd logo-header">
   <div class="logo">
-    <a href="${reverse('dashboard')}">
+    <a href="${branding_api.get_home_url()}">
       <%block name="navigation_logo">
       <img src="${branding_api.get_logo_url(is_secure)}" alt="${_("{platform_name} Home Page").format(platform_name=static.get_platform_name())}"/>
       </%block>