diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/job_service.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/job_service.js
index a84400f23613..0454d40e7892 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/job_service.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/job_service.js
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ class JobService {
             const data = {
               index: job.datafeed_config.indices,
               body,
+              ...(job.datafeed_config.indices_options || {}),
             };
 
             ml.esSearch(data)