diff --git a/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.ts b/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.ts
index af40e4137f75f2..fb0be8ffdd2f3d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.ts
@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ export class DataViewsService {
       body,
       {
         id: dataView.id,
+        initialNamespaces: dataView.namespaces.length > 0 ? dataView.namespaces : undefined,
       }
     )) as SavedObject<DataViewAttributes>;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_views/common/types.ts b/src/plugins/data_views/common/types.ts
index 4e2d308692afe9..d44f8fd34df47e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_views/common/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_views/common/types.ts
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export interface SavedObjectsClientCommon {
   create: (
     type: string,
     attributes: DataViewAttributes,
-    options: SavedObjectsCreateOptions
+    options: SavedObjectsCreateOptions & { initialNamespaces?: string[] }
   ) => Promise<SavedObject>;
   /**
    * Delete a saved object by id
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_views/server/rest_api_routes/create_data_view.ts b/src/plugins/data_views/server/rest_api_routes/create_data_view.ts
index 00897c364e0855..58bc36ed1c8693 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_views/server/rest_api_routes/create_data_view.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_views/server/rest_api_routes/create_data_view.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ const dataViewSpecSchema = schema.object({
   allowNoIndex: schema.maybe(schema.boolean()),
   runtimeFieldMap: schema.maybe(schema.recordOf(schema.string(), runtimeFieldSchema)),
   name: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
+  namespaces: schema.maybe(schema.arrayOf(schema.string())),
 });
 
 const registerCreateDataViewRouteFactory =
@@ -124,7 +125,10 @@ const registerCreateDataViewRouteFactory =
               'content-type': 'application/json',
             },
             body: {
-              [serviceKey]: dataView.toSpec(),
+              [serviceKey]: {
+                ...dataView.toSpec(),
+                namespaces: dataView.namespaces,
+              },
             },
           });
         })