diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index edfe4bc..97a30e1 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -71,6 +71,27 @@
             template: kibana/files/objects/dashboard_logs.json
             type: 'dashboard'
 
+Client directly use a Kibana object that is stored in model:
+
+ .. code-block:: yaml
+
+     kibana:
+       client:
+         enabled: true
+         server:
+           host: elasticsearch.host
+           port: 9200
+         object:
+           logs:
+             enabled: true
+             name: Logs
+             type: 'dashboard'
+             content:
+               title: "Logs"
+               hits: 0
+               description: ""
+               ...
+
 Read more
 =========
 
diff --git a/kibana/client/init.sls b/kibana/client/init.sls
index 7d1ba03..7f0f91c 100644
--- a/kibana/client/init.sls
+++ b/kibana/client/init.sls
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@
 {%- for object_name, object in client.get('object', {}).iteritems() %}
 kibana_object_{{ object_name }}:
   {%- if object.get('enabled', False) %}
+  {%- if object.content is defined %}
+  kibana_object.present:
+  - kibana_content: {{ object.content|json }}
+  {%- else %}
   {% import_json object.template as content %}
   kibana_object.present:
   - kibana_content: {{ content|json }}
+  {%- endif %}
   {%- else %}
   kibana_object.absent:
   {%- endif %}
diff --git a/tests/pillar/kibana_client.sls b/tests/pillar/kibana_client.sls
index 08d7a5f..a4d7cb7 100644
--- a/tests/pillar/kibana_client.sls
+++ b/tests/pillar/kibana_client.sls
@@ -7,3 +7,10 @@
         enabled: true
         template: kibana/files/objects/dashboard_logs.json
         type: dashboard
+      logs-directly:
+        enabled: true
+        type: dashboard
+        content:
+          title: "Logs"
+          hits: 0
+          description: "Test dashboard"