diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
index d2745e4ef8e2e..d9fded1fb2bdd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
@@ -57,8 +57,12 @@ private static Map<String, RoleDescriptor> initializeReservedRoles() {
                         new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[] {
                             RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder()
                                 .indices(".monitoring-*").privileges("read", "read_cross_cluster").build()
-                },
-                        null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA))
+                        },
+                        new RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges[] {
+                            RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges.builder()
+                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_monitoring").build()
+                        },
+                        null, null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA, null))
                 .put("remote_monitoring_agent", new RoleDescriptor("remote_monitoring_agent",
                         new String[] {
                                 "manage_index_templates", "manage_ingest_pipelines", "monitor",
@@ -146,7 +150,11 @@ private static Map<String, RoleDescriptor> initializeReservedRoles() {
                                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices(".ml-annotations*")
                                         .privileges("view_index_metadata", "read", "write").build()
                         },
-                        null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA))
+                        new RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges[] {
+                            RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges.builder()
+                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_ml").build()
+                        },
+                        null, null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA, null))
                 .put("machine_learning_admin", new RoleDescriptor("machine_learning_admin", new String[] { "manage_ml" },
                         new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[] {
                                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder()
@@ -155,7 +163,11 @@ private static Map<String, RoleDescriptor> initializeReservedRoles() {
                                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices(".ml-annotations*")
                                         .privileges("view_index_metadata", "read", "write").build()
                         },
-                        null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA))
+                        new RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges[] {
+                            RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges.builder()
+                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_ml").build()
+                        },
+                        null, null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA, null))
                 .put("data_frame_transforms_admin", new RoleDescriptor("data_frame_transforms_admin",
                         new String[] { "manage_data_frame_transforms" },
                         new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[]{
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
index 9d970cca55119..c4c2ec871a548 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
@@ -452,6 +452,18 @@ public void testMonitoringUserRole() {
         assertThat(monitoringUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(READ_CROSS_CLUSTER_NAME).test(index), is(true));
 
         assertNoAccessAllowed(monitoringUserRole, RestrictedIndicesNames.RESTRICTED_NAMES);
+
+        final String kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex = "kibana-" + randomFrom(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24), ".kibana");
+        assertThat(monitoringUserRole.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
+        assertThat(monitoringUserRole.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_monitoring", "reserved_monitoring"), "*"), is(true));
+
+        final String otherApplication = "logstash-" + randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24);
+        assertThat(monitoringUserRole.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
+        assertThat(monitoringUserRole.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_monitoring", "reserved_monitoring"), "*"), is(false));
     }
 
     public void testRemoteMonitoringAgentRole() {
@@ -957,6 +969,18 @@ public void testMachineLearningAdminRole() {
         assertReadWriteDocsButNotDeleteIndexAllowed(role, AnnotationIndex.INDEX_NAME);
 
         assertNoAccessAllowed(role, RestrictedIndicesNames.RESTRICTED_NAMES);
+
+        final String kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex = "kibana-" + randomFrom(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24), ".kibana");
+        assertThat(role.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
+        assertThat(role.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(true));
+
+        final String otherApplication = "logstash-" + randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24);
+        assertThat(role.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
+        assertThat(role.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(false));
     }
 
     public void testMachineLearningUserRole() {
@@ -1028,6 +1052,19 @@ public void testMachineLearningUserRole() {
         assertReadWriteDocsButNotDeleteIndexAllowed(role, AnnotationIndex.INDEX_NAME);
 
         assertNoAccessAllowed(role, RestrictedIndicesNames.RESTRICTED_NAMES);
+
+
+        final String kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex = "kibana-" + randomFrom(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24), ".kibana");
+        assertThat(role.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
+        assertThat(role.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(true));
+
+        final String otherApplication = "logstash-" + randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24);
+        assertThat(role.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
+        assertThat(role.application().grants(
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(false));
     }
 
     public void testDataFrameTransformsAdminRole() {