diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/overview.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/overview.ts
index 2ef6a381a6a30..73b91a61196bf 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/overview.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/overview.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
 
-export default ({ getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) => {
-  // TODO: add UI functional tests
+export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const pageObjects = getPageObjects(['uptime']);
+  const retry = getService('retry');
 
   describe('overview page', function() {
     const DEFAULT_DATE_START = 'Sep 10, 2019 @ 12:40:08.078';
@@ -84,16 +84,18 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) => {
       ]);
     });
 
-    // Flakey, see https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/54541
-    describe.skip('snapshot counts', () => {
+    describe('snapshot counts', () => {
       it('updates the snapshot count when status filter is set to down', async () => {
         await pageObjects.uptime.goToUptimePageAndSetDateRange(
           DEFAULT_DATE_START,
           DEFAULT_DATE_END
         );
         await pageObjects.uptime.setStatusFilter('down');
-        const counts = await pageObjects.uptime.getSnapshotCount();
-        expect(counts).to.eql({ up: '0', down: '7' });
+
+        await retry.tryForTime(12000, async () => {
+          const counts = await pageObjects.uptime.getSnapshotCount();
+          expect(counts).to.eql({ up: '0', down: '7' });
+        });
       });
 
       it('updates the snapshot count when status filter is set to up', async () => {
@@ -102,8 +104,10 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) => {
           DEFAULT_DATE_END
         );
         await pageObjects.uptime.setStatusFilter('up');
-        const counts = await pageObjects.uptime.getSnapshotCount();
-        expect(counts).to.eql({ up: '93', down: '0' });
+        await retry.tryForTime(12000, async () => {
+          const counts = await pageObjects.uptime.getSnapshotCount();
+          expect(counts).to.eql({ up: '93', down: '0' });
+        });
       });
     });
   });