diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MachineLearning.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MachineLearning.java
index 095af50fc9106..5d2b22069304f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MachineLearning.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MachineLearning.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MlConfigIndex;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MlMetaIndex;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MlMetadata;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MlStatsIndex;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MlTasks;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.CloseJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.DeleteCalendarAction;
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.PutFilterAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.PutJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.PutTrainedModelAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.PutTrainedModelAliasAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.RevertModelSnapshotAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.SetUpgradeModeAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.StartDataFrameAnalyticsAction;
@@ -143,7 +145,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.UpdateJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.UpdateModelSnapshotAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.UpdateProcessAction;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.PutTrainedModelAliasAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.UpgradeJobModelSnapshotAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.ValidateDetectorAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.ValidateJobConfigAction;
@@ -156,7 +157,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.inference.persistence.InferenceIndexConstants;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.config.JobTaskState;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.persistence.AnomalyDetectorsIndex;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.persistence.AnomalyDetectorsIndexFields;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.snapshot.upgrade.SnapshotUpgradeTaskState;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.notifications.NotificationsIndex;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.template.TemplateUtils;
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportPutFilterAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportPutJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportPutTrainedModelAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportPutTrainedModelAliasAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportRevertModelSnapshotAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportSetUpgradeModeAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportStartDataFrameAnalyticsAction;
@@ -223,7 +224,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportUpdateJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportUpdateModelSnapshotAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportUpdateProcessAction;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportPutTrainedModelAliasAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportUpgradeJobModelSnapshotAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportValidateDetectorAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.TransportValidateJobConfigAction;
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.ML_ORIGIN;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.persistence.AnomalyDetectorsIndexFields.RESULTS_INDEX_PREFIX;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.persistence.AnomalyDetectorsIndexFields.STATE_INDEX_PREFIX;
 
 public class MachineLearning extends Plugin implements SystemIndexPlugin,
                                                        AnalysisPlugin,
@@ -1096,7 +1098,7 @@ public static boolean allTemplatesInstalled(ClusterState clusterState) {
         List<String> templateNames =
             Arrays.asList(
                 NotificationsIndex.NOTIFICATIONS_INDEX,
-                AnomalyDetectorsIndexFields.STATE_INDEX_PREFIX,
+                STATE_INDEX_PREFIX,
                 AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsIndexPrefix());
         for (String templateName : templateNames) {
             allPresent = allPresent && TemplateUtils.checkTemplateExistsAndVersionIsGTECurrentVersion(templateName, clusterState);
@@ -1217,6 +1219,17 @@ public static SystemIndexDescriptor getInferenceIndexSecurityDescriptor() {
             .build();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Collection<String> getAssociatedIndexPatterns() {
+        return List.of(
+            RESULTS_INDEX_PREFIX + "*",
+            STATE_INDEX_PREFIX + "*",
+            MlStatsIndex.indexPattern(),
+            ".ml-notifications*",
+            ".ml-annotations*"
+        );
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getFeatureName() {
         return "machine_learning";