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 864c4ec2df3b3..df1a115b83923 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 4e2d308692afe..d44f8fd34df47 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 00897c364e085..58bc36ed1c869 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,
+              },
             },
           });
         })
diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/data_views_crud/create_data_view/main.ts b/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/data_views_crud/create_data_view/main.ts
index 6b6a84e539da3..f93ebea4bbe3f 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/data_views_crud/create_data_view/main.ts
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/data_views_crud/create_data_view/main.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../ftr_provider_context';
-import { configArray } from '../../constants';
+import { configArray, dataViewConfig } from '../../constants';
 
 export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
@@ -290,5 +290,59 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    describe('spaces', () => {
+      const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
+      const fooNamespace = 'foo-namespace';
+
+      before(async () => {
+        await kibanaServer.spaces.create({
+          id: fooNamespace,
+          name: fooNamespace,
+        });
+      });
+
+      after(async () => {
+        await kibanaServer.spaces.delete(fooNamespace);
+      });
+
+      it('can specify optional namespaces array when creating a data view', async () => {
+        const title = `foo-${Date.now()}-${Math.random()}*`;
+        const namespaces = ['default', fooNamespace];
+        const createResponse = await supertest.post(dataViewConfig.path).send({
+          [dataViewConfig.serviceKey]: {
+            title,
+            namespaces,
+          },
+        });
+
+        expect(createResponse.status).to.be(200);
+        expect(createResponse.body[dataViewConfig.serviceKey].namespaces).to.eql(namespaces);
+
+        const getResponse = await supertest.get(dataViewConfig.basePath);
+        const dataView = getResponse.body.data_view.find((dv: any) => dv.title === title);
+
+        expect(dataView.namespaces).to.eql(namespaces);
+      });
+
+      it('sets namespaces to the current space if namespaces array is not specified', async () => {
+        const title = `foo-${Date.now()}-${Math.random()}*`;
+        const createResponse = await supertest
+          .post(`/s/${fooNamespace}${dataViewConfig.path}`)
+          .send({
+            [dataViewConfig.serviceKey]: {
+              title,
+            },
+          });
+
+        expect(createResponse.status).to.be(200);
+        expect(createResponse.body[dataViewConfig.serviceKey].namespaces).to.eql([fooNamespace]);
+
+        const getResponse = await supertest.get(`/s/${fooNamespace}${dataViewConfig.basePath}`);
+        const dataView = getResponse.body.data_view.find((dv: any) => dv.title === title);
+
+        expect(dataView.namespaces).to.eql([fooNamespace]);
+      });
+    });
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/integration/integration.ts b/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/integration/integration.ts
index 22f0755373323..5c6faa292d928 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/integration/integration.ts
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/integration/integration.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       expect(response6.status).to.be(200);
       const recreatedIndexPattern = response6.body.index_pattern;
 
-      expect(_.omit(recreatedIndexPattern, 'version')).to.eql(
+      expect(_.omit(recreatedIndexPattern, 'version', 'namespaces')).to.eql(
         _.omit(resultIndexPattern, 'version')
       );
     });