diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
index 1c804991cbeaf..20a0484c77a4a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
@@ -140,15 +140,21 @@ export async function installKibanaAssets(options: {
     return [];
   }
 
-  // As we use `import` to create our saved objects, we have to install
-  // their references (the index patterns) at the same time
-  // to prevent a reference error
+  // Create index patterns separately with `overwrite: false` to prevent blowing away users' runtime fields.
+  // These don't get retried on conflict, because we expect that they exist once an integration has been installed.
   const indexPatternSavedObjects = getIndexPatternSavedObjects() as ArchiveAsset[];
+  await savedObjectsImporter.import({
+    overwrite: false,
+    readStream: createListStream(indexPatternSavedObjects),
+    createNewCopies: false,
+    refresh: false,
+    managed: true,
+  });
 
   const installedAssets = await installKibanaSavedObjects({
     logger,
     savedObjectsImporter,
-    kibanaAssets: [...indexPatternSavedObjects, ...assetsToInstall],
+    kibanaAssets: assetsToInstall,
   });
 
   return installedAssets;
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/data_views.ts b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/data_views.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1fc5e660dbc57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/data_views.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+
+import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../api_integration/ftr_provider_context';
+import { skipIfNoDockerRegistry } from '../../helpers';
+import { setupFleetAndAgents } from '../agents/services';
+
+export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
+  const { getService } = providerContext;
+
+  const supertest = getService('supertest');
+
+  const testPkgs = [
+    {
+      name: 'apache',
+      version: '0.1.4',
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'nginx',
+      version: '1.2.1',
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const uninstallPackage = async (name: string, version: string) => {
+    await supertest.delete(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/${name}/${version}`).set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx');
+  };
+
+  const installPackage = async (name: string, version: string) => {
+    await supertest
+      .post(`/api/fleet/epm/packages/${name}/${version}`)
+      .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
+      .send({ force: true });
+  };
+
+  const listDataViews = async () => {
+    const response = await supertest.get('/api/data_views');
+
+    return response.body.data_view;
+  };
+
+  describe('EPM - data views', () => {
+    skipIfNoDockerRegistry(providerContext);
+    setupFleetAndAgents(providerContext);
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      await Promise.all(testPkgs.map((pkg) => uninstallPackage(pkg.name, pkg.version)));
+    });
+
+    describe('with subsequent integration installation', async () => {
+      it('does not recreate managed data views', async () => {
+        await installPackage(testPkgs[0].name, testPkgs[0].version);
+        const initialDataViews: any[] = await listDataViews();
+        const initialLogsDataView = initialDataViews.find(({ title }) => title === 'logs-*');
+        const initialMetricsDataView = initialDataViews.find(({ title }) => title === 'metrics-*');
+
+        expect(initialLogsDataView).to.be.ok();
+        expect(initialMetricsDataView).to.be.ok();
+
+        await installPackage(testPkgs[1].name, testPkgs[1].version);
+        const subsequentDataViews: any[] = await listDataViews();
+        const subsequentLogsDataView = subsequentDataViews.find(({ title }) => title === 'logs-*');
+        const subsequentMetricsDataView = subsequentDataViews.find(
+          ({ title }) => title === 'metrics-*'
+        );
+
+        // ID's should not have changed as the data views should not have been recreated
+        expect(initialLogsDataView.id).to.eql(subsequentLogsDataView.id);
+        expect(initialMetricsDataView.id).to.eql(subsequentMetricsDataView.id);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/index.js b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/index.js
index 94f7c12a15ce4..3c4315eff20cb 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/index.js
@@ -47,5 +47,6 @@ export default function loadTests({ loadTestFile, getService }) {
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./routing_rules'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./install_runtime_field'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./get_templates_inputs'));
+    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./data_views'));
   });
 }