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 583a060ddbc6d..6b0c7d5bf010d 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
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ private static Map<String, RoleDescriptor> initializeReservedRoles() {
                         null, null,
                         MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA, null))
                 .put("monitoring_user", new RoleDescriptor("monitoring_user",
-                        new String[] { "cluster:monitor/main" },
+                        new String[] { "cluster:monitor/main", "cluster:monitor/xpack/info" },
                         new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[] {
                             RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder()
                                 .indices(".monitoring-*").privileges("read", "read_cross_cluster").build()
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 f73c6c52957f8..737f4e7946aaf 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
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.set.Sets;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.action.XPackInfoAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MlMetaIndex;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.CloseJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.DeleteDatafeedAction;
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@ public void testMonitoringUserRole() {
 
         Role monitoringUserRole = Role.builder(roleDescriptor, null).build();
         assertThat(monitoringUserRole.cluster().check(MainAction.NAME, request), is(true));
+        assertThat(monitoringUserRole.cluster().check(XPackInfoAction.NAME, request), is(true));
         assertThat(monitoringUserRole.cluster().check(ClusterHealthAction.NAME, request), is(false));
         assertThat(monitoringUserRole.cluster().check(ClusterStateAction.NAME, request), is(false));
         assertThat(monitoringUserRole.cluster().check(ClusterStatsAction.NAME, request), is(false));