diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/public/application/services/ui_metric.ts b/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/public/application/services/ui_metric.ts
index ca6c0b44d5804b..ca987441c7ce9a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/public/application/services/ui_metric.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/public/application/services/ui_metric.ts
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ import {
 
 import { defaultColdPhase, defaultWarmPhase, defaultHotPhase } from '../store/defaults';
 
-export let trackUiMetric: (metricType: UiStatsMetricType, eventName: string) => void;
+export let trackUiMetric = (metricType: UiStatsMetricType, eventName: string) => {};
 
-export function init(usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup): void {
-  trackUiMetric = usageCollection.reportUiStats.bind(usageCollection, UIM_APP_NAME);
+export function init(usageCollection?: UsageCollectionSetup): void {
+  if (usageCollection) {
+    trackUiMetric = usageCollection.reportUiStats.bind(usageCollection, UIM_APP_NAME);
+  }
 }
 
 export function getUiMetricsForPhases(phases: any): any {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/public/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/public/types.ts
index f9e0abae56cb40..178884a7ee6790 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/public/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/public/types.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { ManagementSetup } from '../../../../src/plugins/management/public';
 import { IndexManagementPluginSetup } from '../../index_management/public';
 
 export interface PluginsDependencies {
-  usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup;
+  usageCollection?: UsageCollectionSetup;
   management: ManagementSetup;
   indexManagement?: IndexManagementPluginSetup;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/server/plugin.ts
index 48c50f9a48ee5d..faeac67f62a21c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/server/plugin.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class IndexLifecycleManagementServerPlugin implements Plugin<void, void,
     });
 
     if (config.ui.enabled) {
-      if (indexManagement.indexDataEnricher) {
+      if (indexManagement && indexManagement.indexDataEnricher) {
         indexManagement.indexDataEnricher.add(indexLifecycleDataEnricher);
       }
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/server/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/server/types.ts
index 7f64c1a47197a7..734d05a82000e2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/server/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/server/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { isEsError } from './lib/is_es_error';
 
 export interface Dependencies {
   licensing: LicensingPluginSetup;
-  indexManagement: IndexManagementPluginSetup;
+  indexManagement?: IndexManagementPluginSetup;
 }
 
 export interface RouteDependencies {