diff --git a/packages/kbn-es-types/src/search.ts b/packages/kbn-es-types/src/search.ts
index 3e67208bc2793..4c780fb2a2986 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es-types/src/search.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-es-types/src/search.ts
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ export interface ESQLSearchParams {
   query: string;
   filter?: unknown;
   locale?: string;
+  include_ccs_metadata?: boolean;
   dropNullColumns?: boolean;
   params?: Array<Record<string, string | undefined>>;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esql.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esql.ts
index 966500710fd45..a93996f163962 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esql.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esql.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ export const getEsqlFn = ({ getStartDependencies }: EsqlFnArguments) => {
             query,
             // time_zone: timezone,
             locale,
+            include_ccs_metadata: true,
           };
           if (input) {
             const esQueryConfigs = getEsQueryConfig(