diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/plugin.ts
index 05bfba27420c..cd9e8360cf87 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/plugin.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin as CorePlugin } from 'src/core/public';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { ReactElement } from 'react';
 import { FeaturesPluginStart } from '../../features/public';
+import { KibanaFeature } from '../../features/common';
 import { registerBuiltInActionTypes } from './application/components/builtin_action_types';
 import { ActionTypeModel, AlertTypeModel } from './types';
 import { TypeRegistry } from './application/type_registry';
@@ -122,7 +123,17 @@ export class Plugin
         ];
 
         const { renderApp } = await import('./application/app');
-        const kibanaFeatures = await pluginsStart.features.getFeatures();
+
+        // The `/api/features` endpoint requires the "Global All" Kibana privilege. Users with a
+        // subset of this privilege are not authorized to access this endpoint and will receive a 404
+        // error that causes the Alerting view to fail to load.
+        let kibanaFeatures: KibanaFeature[];
+        try {
+          kibanaFeatures = await pluginsStart.features.getFeatures();
+        } catch (err) {
+          kibanaFeatures = [];
+        }
+
         return renderApp({
           ...coreStart,
           data: pluginsStart.data,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/home_page.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/home_page.ts
index 029209ec2024..87fd2d41c4e2 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/home_page.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/home_page.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { getTestAlertData, getTestActionData } from '../../lib/get_test_data';
 
 export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
+  const security = getService('security');
   const pageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'triggersActionsUI', 'header']);
   const log = getService('log');
   const browser = getService('browser');
@@ -18,80 +19,97 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const objectRemover = new ObjectRemover(supertest);
 
   describe('Home page', function () {
-    before(async () => {
-      await pageObjects.common.navigateToApp('triggersActions');
-    });
+    describe('Loads the app with limited privileges', () => {
+      before(async () => {
+        await security.testUser.setRoles(['alerts_and_actions_role'], true);
+      });
+      after(async () => {
+        await security.testUser.restoreDefaults();
+      });
 
-    after(async () => {
-      await objectRemover.removeAll();
-    });
-
-    it('Loads the app', async () => {
-      await log.debug('Checking for section heading to say Triggers and Actions.');
-
-      const headingText = await pageObjects.triggersActionsUI.getSectionHeadingText();
-      expect(headingText).to.be('Alerts and Actions');
-    });
-
-    describe('Connectors tab', () => {
-      it('renders the connectors tab', async () => {
-        // Navigate to the connectors tab
-        await pageObjects.triggersActionsUI.changeTabs('connectorsTab');
-
-        await pageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
-
-        // Verify url
-        const url = await browser.getCurrentUrl();
-        expect(url).to.contain(`/connectors`);
-
-        // Verify content
-        await testSubjects.existOrFail('actionsList');
+      it('Loads the Alerts page', async () => {
+        await pageObjects.common.navigateToApp('triggersActions');
+        const headingText = await pageObjects.triggersActionsUI.getSectionHeadingText();
+        expect(headingText).to.be('Alerts and Actions');
       });
     });
 
-    describe('Alerts tab', () => {
-      it('renders the alerts tab', async () => {
-        // Navigate to the alerts tab
-        await pageObjects.triggersActionsUI.changeTabs('alertsTab');
-
-        await pageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
-
-        // Verify url
-        const url = await browser.getCurrentUrl();
-        expect(url).to.contain(`/alerts`);
-
-        // Verify content
-        await testSubjects.existOrFail('alertsList');
+    describe('Loads the app', () => {
+      before(async () => {
+        await pageObjects.common.navigateToApp('triggersActions');
       });
 
-      it('navigates to an alert details page', async () => {
-        const { body: createdAction } = await supertest
-          .post(`/api/actions/action`)
-          .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
-          .send(getTestActionData())
-          .expect(200);
-        objectRemover.add(createdAction.id, 'action', 'actions');
+      after(async () => {
+        await objectRemover.removeAll();
+      });
 
-        const { body: createdAlert } = await supertest
-          .post(`/api/alerts/alert`)
-          .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
-          .send(getTestAlertData())
-          .expect(200);
-        objectRemover.add(createdAlert.id, 'alert', 'alerts');
+      it('Loads the Alerts page', async () => {
+        await log.debug('Checking for section heading to say Triggers and Actions.');
 
-        // refresh to see alert
-        await browser.refresh();
+        const headingText = await pageObjects.triggersActionsUI.getSectionHeadingText();
+        expect(headingText).to.be('Alerts and Actions');
+      });
 
-        await pageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+      describe('Connectors tab', () => {
+        it('renders the connectors tab', async () => {
+          // Navigate to the connectors tab
+          await pageObjects.triggersActionsUI.changeTabs('connectorsTab');
 
-        // Verify content
-        await testSubjects.existOrFail('alertsList');
+          await pageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
 
-        // click on first alert
-        await pageObjects.triggersActionsUI.clickOnAlertInAlertsList(createdAlert.name);
+          // Verify url
+          const url = await browser.getCurrentUrl();
+          expect(url).to.contain(`/connectors`);
 
-        // Verify url
-        expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).to.contain(`/alert/${createdAlert.id}`);
+          // Verify content
+          await testSubjects.existOrFail('actionsList');
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('Alerts tab', () => {
+        it('renders the alerts tab', async () => {
+          // Navigate to the alerts tab
+          await pageObjects.triggersActionsUI.changeTabs('alertsTab');
+
+          await pageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+
+          // Verify url
+          const url = await browser.getCurrentUrl();
+          expect(url).to.contain(`/alerts`);
+
+          // Verify content
+          await testSubjects.existOrFail('alertsList');
+        });
+
+        it('navigates to an alert details page', async () => {
+          const { body: createdAction } = await supertest
+            .post(`/api/actions/action`)
+            .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
+            .send(getTestActionData())
+            .expect(200);
+          objectRemover.add(createdAction.id, 'action', 'actions');
+
+          const { body: createdAlert } = await supertest
+            .post(`/api/alerts/alert`)
+            .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
+            .send(getTestAlertData())
+            .expect(200);
+          objectRemover.add(createdAlert.id, 'alert', 'alerts');
+
+          // refresh to see alert
+          await browser.refresh();
+
+          await pageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+
+          // Verify content
+          await testSubjects.existOrFail('alertsList');
+
+          // click on first alert
+          await pageObjects.triggersActionsUI.clickOnAlertInAlertsList(createdAlert.name);
+
+          // Verify url
+          expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).to.contain(`/alert/${createdAlert.id}`);
+        });
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/config.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/config.ts
index 08a44b5040a4..706c4151d777 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/config.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,22 @@ export default async function ({ readConfigFile }: FtrConfigProviderContext) {
         })}`,
       ],
     },
+    security: {
+      roles: {
+        alerts_and_actions_role: {
+          kibana: [
+            {
+              feature: {
+                actions: ['all'],
+                stackAlerts: ['all'],
+              },
+              spaces: ['*'],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+      defaultRoles: ['superuser'],
+    },
   };
 
   return returnedObject;