diff --git a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/epm/install_remove_assets.ts b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/epm/install_remove_assets.ts
index 7fb8b0a2b1708..fc0589c2e90e9 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/epm/install_remove_assets.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/epm/install_remove_assets.ts
@@ -106,18 +106,6 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
         });
         expect(resSearch.id).equal('sample_search');
       });
-      it('should have installed placeholder indices', async function () {
-        const resLogsIndexPatternPlaceholder = await es.transport.request({
-          method: 'GET',
-          path: `/logs-index_pattern_placeholder`,
-        });
-        expect(resLogsIndexPatternPlaceholder.statusCode).equal(200);
-        const resMetricsIndexPatternPlaceholder = await es.transport.request({
-          method: 'GET',
-          path: `/metrics-index_pattern_placeholder`,
-        });
-        expect(resMetricsIndexPatternPlaceholder.statusCode).equal(200);
-      });
       it('should have created the correct saved object', async function () {
         const res = await kibanaServer.savedObjects.get({
           type: 'epm-packages',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/index.js b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/index.js
index 72121b2164bfd..948f953ebe3f5 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 export default function ({ loadTestFile }) {
   describe('Ingest Manager Endpoints', function () {
     this.tags('ciGroup7');
-
+    // Ingest Manager setup
+    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./setup'));
     // Fleet
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./fleet/index'));
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/setup.ts b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/setup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..daf0c8937715f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/setup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../api_integration/ftr_provider_context';
+
+export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
+  const { getService } = providerContext;
+  const supertest = getService('supertest');
+  const es = getService('es');
+  describe('ingest manager setup', async () => {
+    before(async () => {
+      await supertest.post(`/api/ingest_manager/setup`).set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxx').send();
+    });
+
+    it('should have installed placeholder indices', async function () {
+      const resLogsIndexPatternPlaceholder = await es.transport.request({
+        method: 'GET',
+        path: `/logs-index_pattern_placeholder`,
+      });
+      expect(resLogsIndexPatternPlaceholder.statusCode).equal(200);
+      const resMetricsIndexPatternPlaceholder = await es.transport.request({
+        method: 'GET',
+        path: `/metrics-index_pattern_placeholder`,
+      });
+      expect(resMetricsIndexPatternPlaceholder.statusCode).equal(200);
+    });
+  });
+}