diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/__mocks__/loader.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/__mocks__/loader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1bb56464138d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/__mocks__/loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+export function getIndexPatterns() {
+  return new Promise(resolve => {
+    resolve([
+      {
+        id: '1',
+        title: 'Fake Index Pattern',
+        timeFieldName: 'timestamp',
+        fields: [
+          {
+            name: 'timestamp',
+            type: 'date',
+            aggregatable: true,
+            searchable: true,
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'bytes',
+            type: 'number',
+            aggregatable: true,
+            searchable: true,
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'source',
+            type: 'string',
+            aggregatable: true,
+            searchable: true,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        id: '2',
+        title: 'Fake Rollup Pattern',
+        timeFieldName: 'timestamp',
+        fields: [
+          {
+            name: 'timestamp',
+            type: 'date',
+            aggregatable: true,
+            searchable: true,
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'bytes',
+            type: 'number',
+            aggregatable: true,
+            searchable: true,
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'source',
+            type: 'string',
+            aggregatable: true,
+            searchable: true,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.test.ts
index b561d9b4463e7..40c119de69667 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.test.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,78 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import { indexPatternDatasource, IndexPatternPersistedState } from './indexpattern';
-import { DatasourcePublicAPI, Operation } from '../types';
+import {
+  getIndexPatternDatasource,
+  IndexPatternPersistedState,
+  IndexPatternPrivateState,
+} from './indexpattern';
+import { DatasourcePublicAPI, Operation, Datasource } from '../types';
+
+jest.mock('./loader');
+
+const expectedIndexPatterns = {
+  1: {
+    id: '1',
+    title: 'Fake Index Pattern',
+    timeFieldName: 'timestamp',
+    fields: [
+      {
+        name: 'timestamp',
+        type: 'date',
+        aggregatable: true,
+        searchable: true,
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'bytes',
+        type: 'number',
+        aggregatable: true,
+        searchable: true,
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'source',
+        type: 'string',
+        aggregatable: true,
+        searchable: true,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  2: {
+    id: '2',
+    title: 'Fake Rollup Pattern',
+    timeFieldName: 'timestamp',
+    fields: [
+      {
+        name: 'timestamp',
+        type: 'date',
+        aggregatable: true,
+        searchable: true,
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'bytes',
+        type: 'number',
+        aggregatable: true,
+        searchable: true,
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'source',
+        type: 'string',
+        aggregatable: true,
+        searchable: true,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+};
 
 describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
   let persistedState: IndexPatternPersistedState;
+  let indexPatternDatasource: Datasource<IndexPatternPrivateState, IndexPatternPersistedState>;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    indexPatternDatasource = getIndexPatternDatasource();
+
     persistedState = {
-      currentIndexPattern: '',
+      currentIndexPattern: '1',
       columnOrder: ['col1'],
       columns: {
         col1: {
@@ -32,8 +95,8 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
     it('should load a default state', async () => {
       const state = await indexPatternDatasource.initialize();
       expect(state).toEqual({
-        currentIndexPattern: '',
-        indexPatterns: {},
+        currentIndexPattern: '1',
+        indexPatterns: expectedIndexPatterns,
         columns: {},
         columnOrder: [],
       });
@@ -44,7 +107,7 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
 
       expect(state).toEqual({
         ...persistedState,
-        indexPatterns: {},
+        indexPatterns: expectedIndexPatterns,
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.tsx
index 29b018320a6db..0355bb8ae18c8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
+import { Chrome } from 'ui/chrome';
+import { ToastNotifications } from 'ui/notify/toasts/toast_notifications';
 import { render } from 'react-dom';
 import { Datasource, DataType } from '..';
 import { DatasourceDimensionPanelProps, DatasourceDataPanelProps } from '../types';
+import { getIndexPatterns } from './loader';
 
 type OperationType = 'value' | 'terms' | 'date_histogram';
 
@@ -24,14 +27,15 @@ interface IndexPatternColumn {
 
 export interface IndexPattern {
   id: string;
-  fields: Field[];
+  fields: IndexPatternField[];
   title: string;
   timeFieldName?: string;
 }
 
-export interface Field {
+export interface IndexPatternField {
   name: string;
   type: string;
+  esTypes?: string[];
   aggregatable: boolean;
   searchable: boolean;
 }
@@ -40,80 +44,101 @@ export interface IndexPatternPersistedState {
   currentIndexPattern: string;
 
   columnOrder: string[];
-  columns: {
-    [columnId: string]: IndexPatternColumn;
-  };
+  columns: Record<string, IndexPatternColumn>;
 }
 
 export type IndexPatternPrivateState = IndexPatternPersistedState & {
-  indexPatterns: { [id: string]: IndexPattern };
+  indexPatterns: Record<string, IndexPattern>;
 };
 
-// Not stateful. State is persisted to the frame
-export const indexPatternDatasource: Datasource<
-  IndexPatternPrivateState,
-  IndexPatternPersistedState
-> = {
-  async initialize(state?: IndexPatternPersistedState) {
-    // TODO: Make fetch request to load indexPatterns from saved objects
-    if (state) {
+export function getIndexPatternDatasource(chrome: Chrome, toastNotifications: ToastNotifications) {
+  // Not stateful. State is persisted to the frame
+  const indexPatternDatasource: Datasource<IndexPatternPrivateState, IndexPatternPersistedState> = {
+    async initialize(state?: IndexPatternPersistedState) {
+      const indexPatternObjects = await getIndexPatterns(chrome, toastNotifications);
+      const indexPatterns: Record<string, IndexPattern> = {};
+
+      if (indexPatternObjects) {
+        indexPatternObjects.forEach(obj => {
+          indexPatterns[obj.id] = obj;
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (state) {
+        return {
+          ...state,
+          indexPatterns,
+        };
+      }
       return {
-        ...state,
-        indexPatterns: {},
+        currentIndexPattern: indexPatternObjects ? indexPatternObjects[0].id : '',
+        indexPatterns,
+        columns: {},
+        columnOrder: [],
       };
-    }
-    return {
-      currentIndexPattern: '',
-      indexPatterns: {},
-      columns: {},
-      columnOrder: [],
-    };
-  },
-
-  getPersistableState({ currentIndexPattern, columns, columnOrder }: IndexPatternPrivateState) {
-    return { currentIndexPattern, columns, columnOrder };
-  },
-
-  toExpression(state: IndexPatternPrivateState) {
-    return `${JSON.stringify(state.columns)}`;
-  },
-
-  renderDataPanel(domElement: Element, props: DatasourceDataPanelProps<IndexPatternPrivateState>) {
-    render(<div>Index Pattern Data Source</div>, domElement);
-  },
-
-  getPublicAPI(state, setState) {
-    return {
-      getTableSpec: () => {
-        return state.columnOrder.map(colId => ({ columnId: colId }));
-      },
-      getOperationForColumnId: (columnId: string) => {
-        const column = state.columns[columnId];
-        if (columnId) {
-          const { dataType, label, isBucketed, operationId } = column;
-          return {
-            id: operationId,
-            label,
-            dataType,
-            isBucketed,
-          };
-        }
-        return null;
-      },
-
-      renderDimensionPanel: (domElement: Element, props: DatasourceDimensionPanelProps) => {},
-
-      removeColumnInTableSpec: (columnId: string) => [],
-      moveColumnTo: (columnId: string, targetIndex: number) => {},
-      duplicateColumn: (columnId: string) => [],
-    };
-  },
-
-  getDatasourceSuggestionsForField() {
-    return [];
-  },
-
-  getDatasourceSuggestionsFromCurrentState() {
-    return [];
-  },
-};
+    },
+
+    getPersistableState({ currentIndexPattern, columns, columnOrder }: IndexPatternPrivateState) {
+      return { currentIndexPattern, columns, columnOrder };
+    },
+
+    toExpression(state: IndexPatternPrivateState) {
+      return `${JSON.stringify(state.columns)}`;
+    },
+
+    renderDataPanel(
+      domElement: Element,
+      props: DatasourceDataPanelProps<IndexPatternPrivateState>
+    ) {
+      render(
+        <div>
+          Index Pattern Data Source
+          <div>
+            {props.state.currentIndexPattern &&
+              Object.keys(props.state.indexPatterns).map(key => (
+                <div key={key}>{props.state.indexPatterns[key].title}</div>
+              ))}
+          </div>
+        </div>,
+        domElement
+      );
+    },
+
+    getPublicAPI(state, setState) {
+      return {
+        getTableSpec: () => {
+          return state.columnOrder.map(colId => ({ columnId: colId }));
+        },
+        getOperationForColumnId: (columnId: string) => {
+          const column = state.columns[columnId];
+          if (columnId) {
+            const { dataType, label, isBucketed, operationId } = column;
+            return {
+              id: operationId,
+              label,
+              dataType,
+              isBucketed,
+            };
+          }
+          return null;
+        },
+
+        renderDimensionPanel: (domElement: Element, props: DatasourceDimensionPanelProps) => {},
+
+        removeColumnInTableSpec: (columnId: string) => [],
+        moveColumnTo: (columnId: string, targetIndex: number) => {},
+        duplicateColumn: (columnId: string) => [],
+      };
+    },
+
+    getDatasourceSuggestionsForField() {
+      return [];
+    },
+
+    getDatasourceSuggestionsFromCurrentState() {
+      return [];
+    },
+  };
+
+  return indexPatternDatasource;
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/loader.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/loader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3de7d511c4b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { Chrome } from 'ui/chrome';
+import { ToastNotifications } from 'ui/notify/toasts/toast_notifications';
+import { SavedObjectAttributes } from 'src/legacy/server/saved_objects/service/saved_objects_client';
+import { IndexPatternField } from './indexpattern';
+
+interface IndexPatternAttributes extends SavedObjectAttributes {
+  title: string;
+  timeFieldName: string | null;
+  fields: string;
+  fieldFormatMap: string;
+}
+
+export const getIndexPatterns = (chrome: Chrome, toastNotifications: ToastNotifications) => {
+  const savedObjectsClient = chrome.getSavedObjectsClient();
+  return savedObjectsClient
+    .find<IndexPatternAttributes>({
+      type: 'index-pattern',
+      perPage: 1000, // TODO: Paginate index patterns
+    })
+    .then(resp => {
+      return resp.savedObjects.map(savedObject => {
+        const { id, attributes } = savedObject;
+        return Object.assign(attributes, {
+          id,
+          title: attributes.title,
+          fields: (JSON.parse(attributes.fields) as IndexPatternField[]).filter(
+            ({ type, esTypes }) => type !== 'string' || (esTypes && esTypes.includes('keyword'))
+          ),
+        });
+      });
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      toastNotifications.addDanger('Failed to load index patterns');
+    });
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/plugin.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/plugin.tsx
index 851beba8ba1ab..38fd82705dfab 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/plugin.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/plugin.tsx
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import { indexPatternDatasource } from './indexpattern';
+import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
+import { toastNotifications } from 'ui/notify';
+import { getIndexPatternDatasource } from './indexpattern';
 
 class IndexPatternDatasourcePlugin {
   constructor() {}
 
   setup() {
-    return indexPatternDatasource;
+    return getIndexPatternDatasource(chrome, toastNotifications);
   }
 
   stop() {}