diff --git a/dev/dashboard-layout.html b/dev/dashboard-layout.html
index 97e34f781b..223e0e175c 100644
--- a/dev/dashboard-layout.html
+++ b/dev/dashboard-layout.html
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       </vaadin-dashboard-widget>
 
       <vaadin-dashboard-section section-title="Section">
-        <vaadin-dashboard-widget widget-title="Sales closed this month">
+        <vaadin-dashboard-widget style="--vaadin-dashboard-item-rowspan: 2" widget-title="Sales closed this month">
           <div class="kpi-number">54 000€</div>
         </vaadin-dashboard-widget>
 
diff --git a/dev/dashboard.html b/dev/dashboard.html
index 7a69b285b5..10f4c8bddc 100644
--- a/dev/dashboard.html
+++ b/dev/dashboard.html
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
           items: [
             {
               title: 'Sales closed this month',
+              rowspan: 2,
               content: '54 000€',
               type: 'kpi',
             },
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-layout-mixin.js b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-layout-mixin.js
index bca569d49e..b3bd0e7166 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-layout-mixin.js
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-layout-mixin.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export const DashboardLayoutMixin = (superClass) =>
         }
 
         ::slotted(*) {
+          /* The grid-column value applied to children */
           --_vaadin-dashboard-item-column: span
             min(
               var(--vaadin-dashboard-item-colspan, 1),
@@ -79,6 +80,10 @@ export const DashboardLayoutMixin = (superClass) =>
             );
 
           grid-column: var(--_vaadin-dashboard-item-column);
+
+          /* The grid-row value applied to children */
+          --_vaadin-dashboard-item-row: span var(--vaadin-dashboard-item-rowspan, 1);
+          grid-row: var(--_vaadin-dashboard-item-row);
         }
       `;
     }
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-section.js b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-section.js
index 597fd9bea5..ab11921faf 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-section.js
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-section.js
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class DashboardSection extends ControllerMixin(ElementMixin(PolylitMixin(LitElem
             );
 
           grid-column: var(--_vaadin-dashboard-item-column);
+          --_vaadin-dashboard-item-row: span var(--vaadin-dashboard-item-rowspan, 1);
+          grid-row: var(--_vaadin-dashboard-item-row);
         }
 
         header {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-widget.js b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-widget.js
index 8139e91b0e..8efd5dd8da 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-widget.js
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-widget.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class DashboardWidget extends ControllerMixin(ElementMixin(PolylitMixin(LitEleme
           display: flex;
           flex-direction: column;
           grid-column: var(--_vaadin-dashboard-item-column);
+          grid-row: var(--_vaadin-dashboard-item-row);
           position: relative;
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.d.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.d.ts
index 4d535d5652..9dac015b4b 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.d.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.d.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ export interface DashboardItem {
    * The column span of the item
    */
   colspan?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The row span of the item
+   */
+  rowspan?: number;
 }
 
 export interface DashboardSectionItem<TItem extends DashboardItem> {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.js b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.js
index 4625651366..6ac2aff8c8 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.js
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard.js
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ class Dashboard extends ControllerMixin(DashboardLayoutMixin(ElementMixin(Themab
       const itemDragged = this.__widgetReorderController.draggedItem === item;
       const style = `
         ${item.colspan ? `--vaadin-dashboard-item-colspan: ${item.colspan};` : ''}
+        ${item.rowspan ? `--vaadin-dashboard-item-rowspan: ${item.rowspan};` : ''}
         ${itemDragged ? '--_vaadin-dashboard-item-placeholder-display: block;' : ''}
       `.trim();
 
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard-layout.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard-layout.test.ts
index 2a918e4167..5d26f7c7f3 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard-layout.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard-layout.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   setMaximumColumnWidth,
   setMinimumColumnWidth,
   setMinimumRowHeight,
+  setRowspan,
 } from './helpers.js';
 
 describe('dashboard layout', () => {
@@ -261,6 +262,36 @@ describe('dashboard layout', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('row span', () => {
+    it('should span multiple rows', async () => {
+      setMinimumRowHeight(dashboard, 100);
+      setRowspan(childElements[0], 2);
+      await nextFrame();
+
+      /* prettier-ignore */
+      expectLayout(dashboard, [
+        [0, 1],
+        [0],
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should span multiple rows on a single column', async () => {
+      setMinimumRowHeight(dashboard, 100);
+      setRowspan(childElements[0], 2);
+      await nextFrame();
+
+      dashboard.style.width = `${columnWidth}px`;
+      await nextFrame();
+
+      /* prettier-ignore */
+      expectLayout(dashboard, [
+        [0],
+        [0],
+        [1],
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('gap', () => {
     it('should have a default gap', () => {
       // Clear the gap used in the tests
@@ -428,6 +459,20 @@ describe('dashboard layout', () => {
       ]);
     });
 
+    it('should span multiple rows inside a section', async () => {
+      // Using a minimum row height here causes Firefox to crash, disabling for now
+      // setMinimumRowHeight(dashboard, 100);
+      setRowspan(childElements[2], 2);
+      await nextFrame();
+
+      /* prettier-ignore */
+      expectLayout(dashboard, [
+        [0, 1],
+        [2, 3],
+        [2]
+      ]);
+    });
+
     it('should use minimum row height for all section rows', async () => {
       dashboard.style.width = `${columnWidth}px`;
       setMinimumRowHeight(dashboard, 300);
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard.test.ts
index 3fc85a7981..6bad6d5dc2 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/test/dashboard.test.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,24 @@ describe('dashboard', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('row span', () => {
+    it('should span one row by default', () => {
+      dashboard.style.width = `${columnWidth}px`;
+      const widgets = [getElementFromCell(dashboard, 0, 0), getElementFromCell(dashboard, 1, 0)];
+      expect(widgets[0]).to.not.equal(widgets[1]);
+    });
+
+    it('should span multiple rows', async () => {
+      dashboard.style.width = `${columnWidth}px`;
+      dashboard.items = [{ rowspan: 2, id: 'Item 0' }];
+      await nextFrame();
+
+      const widget = getElementFromCell(dashboard, 0, 0);
+      expect(widget).to.have.property('widgetTitle', 'Item 0 title');
+      expect(getElementFromCell(dashboard, 1, 0)).to.equal(widget);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('section', () => {
     beforeEach(async () => {
       dashboard.items = [
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/test/helpers.ts b/packages/dashboard/test/helpers.ts
index f6728340ed..1e8b53deb0 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/test/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/test/helpers.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ export function setColspan(element: HTMLElement, colspan?: number): void {
   element.style.setProperty('--vaadin-dashboard-item-colspan', colspan !== undefined ? `${colspan}` : null);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sets the row span of the element
+ */
+export function setRowspan(element: HTMLElement, rowspan?: number): void {
+  element.style.setProperty('--vaadin-dashboard-item-rowspan', rowspan !== undefined ? `${rowspan}` : null);
+}
+
 /**
  * Sets the gap between the cells of the dashboard.
  */
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/test/typings/dashboard.types.ts b/packages/dashboard/test/typings/dashboard.types.ts
index 6e61a5c9c7..0489bebbb5 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/test/typings/dashboard.types.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/test/typings/dashboard.types.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ interface TestDashboardItem extends DashboardItem {
 const genericDashboard = document.createElement('vaadin-dashboard');
 assertType<Dashboard>(genericDashboard);
 
+assertType<{ colspan?: number; rowspan?: number }>(genericDashboard.items[0] as DashboardItem);
+assertType<{ items: DashboardItem[]; title?: string | null }>(
+  genericDashboard.items[0] as DashboardSectionItem<DashboardItem>,
+);
+
 assertType<ElementMixinClass>(genericDashboard);
 assertType<DashboardLayoutMixinClass>(genericDashboard);
 assertType<Array<DashboardItem | DashboardSectionItem<DashboardItem>> | null | undefined>(genericDashboard.items);
@@ -34,8 +39,8 @@ assertType<Dashboard<TestDashboardItem>>(narrowedDashboard);
 assertType<Array<TestDashboardItem | DashboardSectionItem<TestDashboardItem>>>(narrowedDashboard.items);
 assertType<DashboardRenderer<TestDashboardItem> | null | undefined>(narrowedDashboard.renderer);
 assertType<
-  | { colspan?: number; testProperty: string }
-  | { title?: string | null; items: Array<{ colspan?: number; testProperty: string }> }
+  | { colspan?: number; rowspan?: number; testProperty: string }
+  | { title?: string | null; items: Array<{ colspan?: number; rowspan?: number; testProperty: string }> }
 >(narrowedDashboard.items[0]);
 
 narrowedDashboard.addEventListener('dashboard-item-reorder-start', (event) => {