diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/index_management/index.js b/x-pack/plugins/index_management/index.js
index c48eaa6ba15c..6e29b91882d4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/index_management/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/index_management/index.js
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ export function indexManagement(kibana)  {
       styleSheetPaths: `${__dirname}/public/index.scss`,
       managementSections: [
         'plugins/index_management',
-      ]
+      ],
+      injectDefaultVars(server) {
+        const config = server.config();
+        return {
+          indexManagementUiEnabled: config.get(`${PLUGIN.ID}.enabled`)
+        };
+      },
     },
     init: function (server) {
       server.expose('addIndexManagementDataEnricher', addIndexManagementDataEnricher);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/register_management_section.js b/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/register_management_section.js
index 78dec3515a89..3f084da770e1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/register_management_section.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/register_management_section.js
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@
 import { management } from 'ui/management';
 import { i18n }  from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { BASE_PATH } from '../common/constants';
+import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
+if (chrome.getInjected('indexManagementUiEnabled')) {
+  const esSection = management.getSection('elasticsearch');
+  esSection.register('index_management', {
+    visible: true,
+    display: i18n.translate('xpack.idxMgmt.appTitle', { defaultMessage: 'Index Management' }),
+    order: 1,
+    url: `#${BASE_PATH}home`
+  });
+}
 
-const esSection = management.getSection('elasticsearch');
-esSection.register('index_management', {
-  visible: true,
-  display: i18n.translate('xpack.idxMgmt.appTitle', { defaultMessage: 'Index Management' }),
-  order: 1,
-  url: `#${BASE_PATH}home`
-});
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/register_routes.js b/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/register_routes.js
index 02666e81a0b5..acae726940b0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/register_routes.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/index_management/public/register_routes.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import routes from 'ui/routes';
 import template from './main.html';
 import { manageAngularLifecycle } from './lib/manage_angular_lifecycle';
 import { indexManagementStore } from './store';
+import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
 
 const renderReact = async (elem) => {
   render(
@@ -32,21 +33,22 @@ const renderReact = async (elem) => {
     elem
   );
 };
-
-routes.when(`${BASE_PATH}:view?/:id?`, {
-  template: template,
-  controllerAs: 'indexManagement',
-  controller: class IndexManagementController {
-    constructor($scope, $route, $http) {
+if (chrome.getInjected('indexManagementUiEnabled')) {
+  routes.when(`${BASE_PATH}:view?/:id?`, {
+    template: template,
+    controllerAs: 'indexManagement',
+    controller: class IndexManagementController {
+      constructor($scope, $route, $http) {
       // NOTE: We depend upon Angular's $http service because it's decorated with interceptors,
       // e.g. to check license status per request.
-      setHttpClient($http);
+        setHttpClient($http);
 
-      $scope.$$postDigest(() => {
-        const elem = document.getElementById('indexManagementReactRoot');
-        renderReact(elem);
-        manageAngularLifecycle($scope, $route, elem);
-      });
+        $scope.$$postDigest(() => {
+          const elem = document.getElementById('indexManagementReactRoot');
+          renderReact(elem);
+          manageAngularLifecycle($scope, $route, elem);
+        });
+      }
     }
-  }
-});
+  });
+}