diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/configs/datafeed.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/configs/datafeed.ts
index e35f3056ce43..538b225926f6 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/configs/datafeed.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/job_creator/configs/datafeed.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export interface Datafeed {
   script_fields?: object;
   scroll_size?: number;
   delayed_data_check_config?: object;
+  indices_options?: IndicesOptions;
 }
 
 export interface ChunkingConfig {
@@ -42,3 +43,10 @@ interface Aggregation {
     aggs?: { [key: string]: any };
   };
 }
+
+interface IndicesOptions {
+  expand_wildcards?: 'all' | 'open' | 'closed' | 'hidden' | 'none';
+  ignore_unavailable?: boolean;
+  allow_no_indices?: boolean;
+  ignore_throttled?: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/datafeeds_schema.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/datafeeds_schema.ts
index 02677dcb107c..ee49da653846 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/datafeeds_schema.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/datafeeds_schema.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ export const datafeedConfigSchema = schema.object({
   feed_id: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
   aggregations: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
   aggs: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
-  chunking_config: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
+  chunking_config: schema.maybe(
+    schema.object({
+      mode: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
+      time_span: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
+    })
+  ),
   frequency: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
   indices: schema.arrayOf(schema.string()),
   indexes: schema.maybe(schema.arrayOf(schema.string())),
@@ -28,4 +33,12 @@ export const datafeedConfigSchema = schema.object({
   script_fields: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
   scroll_size: schema.maybe(schema.number()),
   delayed_data_check_config: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
+  indices_options: schema.maybe(
+    schema.object({
+      expand_wildcards: schema.maybe(schema.arrayOf(schema.string())),
+      ignore_unavailable: schema.maybe(schema.boolean()),
+      allow_no_indices: schema.maybe(schema.boolean()),
+      ignore_throttled: schema.maybe(schema.boolean()),
+    })
+  ),
 });