diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 88e7764327a8..d3c53b539e65 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
     "leaflet": "1.5.1",
     "leaflet-draw": "0.4.14",
     "leaflet-responsive-popup": "0.6.4",
-    "leaflet-vega": "^0.8.6",
+    "leaflet-vega": "npm:@amoo-miki/leaflet-vega@0.8.8",
     "leaflet.heat": "0.2.0",
     "less": "npm:@elastic/less@2.7.3-kibana",
     "license-checker": "^16.0.0",
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@
     "typescript": "4.0.2",
     "ui-select": "0.19.8",
     "vega": "^5.17.3",
+    "vega-interpreter": "npm:@amoo-miki/vega-forced-csp-compliant-interpreter@1.0.6",
     "vega-lite": "^4.16.8",
     "vega-schema-url-parser": "^2.1.0",
     "vega-tooltip": "^0.24.2",
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/lib/vega.js b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/lib/vega.js
index dbd3a90cd29f..d178d25c5057 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/lib/vega.js
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/lib/vega.js
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@
 
 import * as vegaLite from 'vega-lite/build-es5/vega-lite';
 import * as vega from 'vega/build-es5/vega';
+import { expressionInterpreter as vegaExpressionInterpreter } from 'vega-interpreter/build/vega-interpreter.module';
 
-export { vega, vegaLite };
+export { vega, vegaLite, vegaExpressionInterpreter };
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_base_view.js b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_base_view.js
index 2120f58f2c7a..0487f251d219 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_base_view.js
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_base_view.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 import $ from 'jquery';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import dateMath from '@elastic/datemath';
-import { vega, vegaLite } from '../lib/vega';
+import { vega, vegaLite, vegaExpressionInterpreter } from '../lib/vega';
 import { Utils } from '../data_model/utils';
 import { euiPaletteColorBlind } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class VegaBaseView {
     this._timefilter = opts.timefilter;
     this._view = null;
     this._vegaViewConfig = null;
+    this._vegaViewOptions = null;
     this._$messages = null;
     this._destroyHandlers = [];
     this._initialized = false;
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ export class VegaBaseView {
       });
 
       this._vegaViewConfig = this.createViewConfig();
+      this._vegaViewOptions = { ast: true };
 
       // The derived class should create this method
       await this._initViewCustomizations();
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ export class VegaBaseView {
       // eslint-disable-next-line import/namespace
       logLevel: vega.Warn, // note: eslint has a false positive here
       renderer: this._parser.renderer,
+      expr: vegaExpressionInterpreter,
     };
 
     // Override URL sanitizer to prevent external data loading (if disabled)
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_map_view.js b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_map_view.js
index 51518b4d9f7e..185eddae8642 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_map_view.js
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_map_view.js
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ export class VegaMapView extends VegaBaseView {
         bindingsContainer: this._$controls.get(0),
         delayRepaint: mapConfig.delayRepaint,
         viewConfig: this._vegaViewConfig,
+        viewOptions: this._vegaViewOptions,
         onWarning: this.onWarn.bind(this),
         onError: this.onError.bind(this),
       },
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_view.js b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_view.js
index 80ed4e5edc11..d60a953b2385 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_view.js
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_view.js
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ export class VegaView extends VegaBaseView {
     // In some cases, Vega may be initialized twice... TBD
     if (!this._$container) return;
 
-    const view = new vega.View(vega.parse(this._parser.spec), this._vegaViewConfig);
+    const view = new vega.View(
+      vega.parse(this._parser.spec, null, this._vegaViewOptions),
+      this._vegaViewConfig
+    );
 
     view.warn = this.onWarn.bind(this);
     view.error = this.onError.bind(this);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index adbf8c4f5aa8..70e6ff0e2834 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -15731,10 +15731,10 @@ leaflet-responsive-popup@0.6.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/leaflet-responsive-popup/-/leaflet-responsive-popup-0.6.4.tgz#b93d9368ef9f96d6dc911cf5b96d90e08601c6b3"
   integrity sha512-2D8G9aQA6NHkulDBPN9kqbUCkCpWQQ6dF0xFL11AuEIWIbsL4UC/ZPP5m8GYM0dpU6YTlmyyCh1Tz+cls5Q4dg==
 
-leaflet-vega@^0.8.6:
-  version "0.8.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/leaflet-vega/-/leaflet-vega-0.8.6.tgz#dd4090a6123cb983c2b732d53ec9e4daa53736b2"
-  integrity sha1-3UCQphI8uYPCtzLVPsnk2qU3NrI=
+"leaflet-vega@npm:@amoo-miki/leaflet-vega@0.8.8":
+  version "0.8.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@amoo-miki/leaflet-vega/-/leaflet-vega-0.8.8.tgz#675abf37d72fbea859755e982f4fd19dea776557"
+  integrity sha512-W2gGgFDxzy/XUx+fQJfz0NYVXsKl7V+G6QywiMcOV5NEodDId9c60up7NNf+cfM7ggpo+5BuLqrKmosuGO1CsA==
   dependencies:
     vega-spec-injector "^0.0.2"
 
@@ -24432,6 +24432,11 @@ vega-hierarchy@~4.0.9:
     vega-dataflow "^5.7.3"
     vega-util "^1.15.2"
 
+"vega-interpreter@npm:@amoo-miki/vega-forced-csp-compliant-interpreter@1.0.6":
+  version "1.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@amoo-miki/vega-forced-csp-compliant-interpreter/-/vega-forced-csp-compliant-interpreter-1.0.6.tgz#5cffdf12b7fe12dc936194edd9e8519506c38716"
+  integrity sha512-9S5nTTVd8JVKobcWp5iwirIeePiamwH1J9uSZPuG5kcF0TUBvGu++ERKjNdst5Qck7e4R6/7vjx2wVf58XUarg==
+
 vega-label@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vega-label/-/vega-label-1.0.0.tgz#c3bea3a608a62217ca554ecc0f7fe0395d81bd1b"