diff --git a/src/plugins/navigation_embeddable/public/navigation_embeddable/navigation_embeddable_factory.ts b/src/plugins/navigation_embeddable/public/navigation_embeddable/navigation_embeddable_factory.ts
index 54f8ecbb9f89..54415b7aadc5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/navigation_embeddable/public/navigation_embeddable/navigation_embeddable_factory.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/navigation_embeddable/public/navigation_embeddable/navigation_embeddable_factory.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ export class NavigationEmbeddableFactoryDefinition implements EmbeddableFactoryD
     return true;
   }
 
+  public canCreateNew() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   public async create(initialInput: EmbeddableInput, parent?: IContainer) {
     return new NavigationEmbeddable(initialInput, parent);
   }