diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/discover.js b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/discover.js
index 5f488d917c182..8dbd98ed3af2f 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/discover.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/discover.js
@@ -9,12 +9,24 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const queryBar = getService('queryBar');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'discover', 'header', 'maps', 'timePicker']);
+  const security = getService('security');
 
   describe('discover visualize button', () => {
     beforeEach(async () => {
+      await security.testUser.setRoles([
+        'test_logstash_reader',
+        'global_maps_all',
+        'geoshape_data_reader',
+        'global_discover_read',
+        'global_visualize_read',
+      ]);
       await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('discover');
     });
 
+    after(async () => {
+      await security.testUser.restoreDefaults();
+    });
+
     it('should link geo_shape fields to Maps application', async () => {
       await PageObjects.discover.selectIndexPattern('geo_shapes*');
       await PageObjects.discover.clickFieldListItemVisualize('geometry');
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/index.js b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/index.js
index 94c7587decf15..15928170972d9 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function ({ loadTestFile, getService }) {
       await esArchiver.load('maps/data');
       await esArchiver.load('maps/kibana');
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({
-        defaultIndex: 'logstash-*',
+        defaultIndex: 'c698b940-e149-11e8-a35a-370a8516603a',
       });
       await browser.setWindowSize(1600, 1000);
     });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/visualize_create_menu.js b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/visualize_create_menu.js
index 5a53d3d8b571d..ef39771d6be07 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/visualize_create_menu.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/visualize_create_menu.js
@@ -6,14 +6,25 @@
 
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 
-export default function ({ getPageObjects }) {
+export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['visualize', 'header', 'maps']);
 
+  const security = getService('security');
+
   describe('visualize create menu', () => {
     before(async () => {
+      await security.testUser.setRoles(
+        ['test_logstash_reader', 'global_maps_all', 'geoshape_data_reader', 'global_visualize_all'],
+        false
+      );
+
       await PageObjects.visualize.navigateToNewVisualization();
     });
 
+    after(async () => {
+      await security.testUser.restoreDefaults();
+    });
+
     it('should show maps application in create menu', async () => {
       const hasMapsApp = await PageObjects.visualize.hasMapsApp();
       expect(hasMapsApp).to.equal(true);
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/config.js b/x-pack/test/functional/config.js
index 3eef95b42cb7d..ad65f82d6dfe1 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/config.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/config.js
@@ -230,6 +230,47 @@ export default async function ({ readConfigFile }) {
             },
           ],
         },
+        global_visualize_read: {
+          kibana: [
+            {
+              feature: {
+                visualize: ['read'],
+              },
+              spaces: ['*'],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        global_visualize_all: {
+          kibana: [
+            {
+              feature: {
+                visualize: ['all'],
+              },
+              spaces: ['*'],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        global_maps_all: {
+          kibana: [
+            {
+              feature: {
+                maps: ['all'],
+              },
+              spaces: ['*'],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+
+        geoshape_data_reader: {
+          elasticsearch: {
+            indices: [
+              {
+                names: ['geo_shapes*'],
+                privileges: ['read', 'view_index_metadata'],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
 
         global_devtools_read: {
           kibana: [