diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd314b5fdfa39..e20446f3b2bf9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -114,10 +114,12 @@
     "glob-all": "3.0.1",
     "good-squeeze": "2.1.0",
     "gridster": "0.5.6",
-    "hapi": "8.8.1",
+    "h2o2": "5.1.1",
+    "hapi": "14.2.0",
     "highland": "2.7.2",
     "httpolyglot": "0.1.1",
     "imports-loader": "0.6.4",
+    "inert": "4.0.2",
     "jade": "1.11.0",
     "jade-loader": "0.7.1",
     "joi": "6.6.1",
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@
     "trunc-text": "1.0.2",
     "url-loader": "0.5.6",
     "validate-npm-package-name": "2.2.2",
+    "vision": "4.1.0",
     "webpack": "1.12.15",
     "webpack-directory-name-as-main": "1.0.0",
     "whatwg-fetch": "0.9.0",
diff --git a/src/cli/cluster/base_path_proxy.js b/src/cli/cluster/base_path_proxy.js
index 803afeffdc36e..252cc40442778 100644
--- a/src/cli/cluster/base_path_proxy.js
+++ b/src/cli/cluster/base_path_proxy.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 
 import Config from '../../server/config/config';
 import setupConnection from '../../server/http/setup_connection';
+import registerHapiPlugins from '../../server/http/register_hapi_plugins';
 import setupLogging from '../../server/logging';
 import { DEV_SSL_CERT_PATH } from '../dev_ssl';
 
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ export default class BasePathProxy {
 
     setupLogging(null, this.server, config);
     setupConnection(null, this.server, config);
+    registerHapiPlugins(null, this.server, config);
+
     this.setupRoutes();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core_plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/routes.js b/src/core_plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/routes.js
index 1c4397fbe6ae2..74bee4e71532b 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/routes.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/routes.js
@@ -30,12 +30,11 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
       return kbnServer.close();
     });
 
-    function testRoute(options) {
+    function testRoute(options, statusCode = 200) {
       if (typeof options.payload === 'object') {
         options.payload = JSON.stringify(options.payload);
       }
 
-      const statusCode = options.statusCode || 200;
       describe(format('%s %s', options.method, options.url), function () {
         it('should should return ' + statusCode, function (done) {
           kbnTestServer.makeRequest(kbnServer, options, function (res) {
@@ -62,21 +61,18 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
 
     testRoute({
       method: 'POST',
-      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana',
-      statusCode: 405
-    });
+      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana'
+    }, 405);
 
     testRoute({
       method: 'PUT',
-      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana',
-      statusCode: 405
-    });
+      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana'
+    }, 405);
 
     testRoute({
       method: 'DELETE',
-      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana',
-      statusCode: 405
-    });
+      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana'
+    }, 405);
 
     testRoute({
       method: 'GET',
@@ -86,9 +82,8 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
     testRoute({
       method: 'POST',
       url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana/_bulk',
-      payload: '{}',
-      statusCode: 400
-    });
+      payload: '{}'
+    }, 400);
 
     testRoute({
       method: 'POST',
diff --git a/src/optimize/lazy/lazy_server.js b/src/optimize/lazy/lazy_server.js
index 2f9fc1cde81bf..0b6440645dec4 100644
--- a/src/optimize/lazy/lazy_server.js
+++ b/src/optimize/lazy/lazy_server.js
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 import Boom from 'boom';
 import { Server } from 'hapi';
 import { fromNode } from 'bluebird';
-
+import registerHapiPlugins from '../../server/http/register_hapi_plugins';
 
 module.exports = class LazyServer {
   constructor(host, port, optimizer) {
     this.optimizer = optimizer;
     this.server = new Server();
+
+    registerHapiPlugins(null, this.server);
+
     this.server.connection({
       host: host,
       port: port
diff --git a/src/server/http/index.js b/src/server/http/index.js
index 46e19e07aa4d6..f8d9df1512cd7 100644
--- a/src/server/http/index.js
+++ b/src/server/http/index.js
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import Boom from 'boom';
 import Hapi from 'hapi';
+import HapiTemplates from 'vision';
+import HapiStaticFiles from 'inert';
+import HapiProxy from 'h2o2';
 import getDefaultRoute from './get_default_route';
 import versionCheckMixin from './version_check';
 
 module.exports = async function (kbnServer, server, config) {
 
-
   server = kbnServer.server = new Hapi.Server();
 
   const shortUrlLookup = require('./short_url_lookup')(server);
+  await kbnServer.mixin(require('./register_hapi_plugins'));
   await kbnServer.mixin(require('./setup_connection'));
 
   // provide a simple way to expose static directories
diff --git a/src/server/http/register_hapi_plugins.js b/src/server/http/register_hapi_plugins.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..395beb0d37a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/http/register_hapi_plugins.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import HapiTemplates from 'vision';
+import HapiStaticFiles from 'inert';
+import HapiProxy from 'h2o2';
+import { fromNode } from 'bluebird';
+
+const plugins = [HapiTemplates, HapiStaticFiles, HapiProxy];
+
+async function registerPlugins(server) {
+  await fromNode(cb => {
+    server.register(plugins, cb);
+  });
+}
+
+export default function (kbnServer, server, config) {
+  registerPlugins(server);
+}
diff --git a/src/server/kbn_server.js b/src/server/kbn_server.js
index 8ad9d9c0709d8..96ece10cc93df 100644
--- a/src/server/kbn_server.js
+++ b/src/server/kbn_server.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import Hapi from 'hapi';
 import { constant, once, compact, flatten } from 'lodash';
 import { promisify, resolve, fromNode } from 'bluebird';
 import { isWorker } from 'cluster';