diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/index.js b/x-pack/plugins/apm/index.js
index 4929056878dc4..70e0636c4a41b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ import { initStatusApi } from './server/routes/status_check';
 
 export function apm(kibana) {
   return new kibana.Plugin({
-    require: ['kibana', 'elasticsearch', 'xpack_main', 'apm_oss'],
+    require: [
+      'kibana',
+      'elasticsearch',
+      'xpack_main',
+      'apm_oss',
+      'kuery_autocomplete'
+    ],
     id: 'apm',
     configPrefix: 'xpack.apm',
     publicDir: resolve(__dirname, 'public'),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/index.js b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/index.js
index 4d54dbf02c375..3eff6c6903d41 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { Router } from 'react-router-dom';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import 'ui/autoload/styles';
 import 'ui/autoload/all';
+import 'uiExports/autocompleteProviders';
 import 'react-vis/dist/style.css';
 import './style/global_overrides.css';