diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/public/plugin.ts
index 144c157d0198b7..e63904e07d8c77 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/public/plugin.ts
@@ -75,19 +75,27 @@ export class IngestManagerPlugin
   }
 
   public async start(core: CoreStart): Promise<IngestManagerStart> {
-    const permissionsResponse = await core.http.get<CheckPermissionsResponse>(
-      appRoutesService.getCheckPermissionsPath()
-    );
-    if (permissionsResponse.success) {
-      const successPromise = core.http
-        .post<PostIngestSetupResponse>(setupRouteService.getSetupPath())
-        .then(({ isInitialized }: { isInitialized: boolean }) => Promise.resolve(isInitialized))
-        .catch(Promise.reject);
+    let successPromise = Promise.resolve(false);
+    try {
+      const permissionsResponse = await core.http.get<CheckPermissionsResponse>(
+        appRoutesService.getCheckPermissionsPath()
+      );
 
-      return { success: successPromise, registerDatasource };
-    } else {
+      if (permissionsResponse.success) {
+        successPromise = core.http
+          .post<PostIngestSetupResponse>(setupRouteService.getSetupPath())
+          .then(({ isInitialized }: { isInitialized: boolean }) => Promise.resolve(isInitialized));
+      } else {
+        successPromise = Promise.reject(new Error(permissionsResponse.error));
+      }
+
+      return {
+        success: successPromise,
+        registerDatasource,
+      };
+    } catch (error) {
       return {
-        success: Promise.reject(new Error(permissionsResponse.error)),
+        success: Promise.reject(error),
         registerDatasource,
       };
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/endpoint/policy.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/endpoint/policy.ts
index 711762cc20abbd..eac05852a7b8f9 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/endpoint/policy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/endpoint/policy.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
   describe('Endpoint policy api', () => {
     describe('GET /api/endpoint/policy_response', () => {
-      before(async () => await esArchiver.load('endpoint/policy', { useCreate: true }));
+      before(async () => {
+        const ingestManager = getService('ingestManager');
+        await ingestManager.setup();
+        await esArchiver.load('endpoint/policy', { useCreate: true });
+      });
 
       // the endpoint uses data streams and es archiver does not support deleting them at the moment so we need
       // to do it manually
diff --git a/x-pack/test/security_solution_endpoint/apps/endpoint/index.ts b/x-pack/test/security_solution_endpoint/apps/endpoint/index.ts
index 199d138d1c450a..d94ee260b27820 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/security_solution_endpoint/apps/endpoint/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/security_solution_endpoint/apps/endpoint/index.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
  */
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
 
-export default function ({ loadTestFile }: FtrProviderContext) {
+export default function ({ loadTestFile, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   describe('endpoint', function () {
     this.tags('ciGroup7');
-
+    const ingestManager = getService('ingestManager');
+    before(async () => {
+      await ingestManager.setup();
+    });
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./endpoint_list'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./policy_list'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./policy_details'));
diff --git a/x-pack/test/security_solution_endpoint/services/index.ts b/x-pack/test/security_solution_endpoint/services/index.ts
index 0247d9b00968a1..90b4bc0b4d0457 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/security_solution_endpoint/services/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/security_solution_endpoint/services/index.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
+import { services as apiIntegrationServices } from '../../api_integration/services';
 import { services as xPackFunctionalServices } from '../../functional/services';
 import { EndpointPolicyTestResourcesProvider } from './endpoint_policy';
 
 export const services = {
   ...xPackFunctionalServices,
+  ingestManager: apiIntegrationServices.ingestManager,
   policyTestResources: EndpointPolicyTestResourcesProvider,
 };