diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/courier.js b/src/ui/public/courier/courier.js
index e8e5e34a5b4e5..6e6818308c051 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/courier/courier.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/courier.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import Notifier from 'ui/notify/notifier';
 import DocSourceProvider from './data_source/doc_source';
 import SearchSourceProvider from './data_source/search_source';
 import EsSearchStrategyProvider from './fetch_types/es_search_strategy';
+import GenericStrategyProvider from './fetch_types/generic_strategy';
 import RequestQueueProvider from './_request_queue';
 import ErrorHandlersProvider from './_error_handlers';
 import FetchProvider from './fetch';
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ uiModules.get('kibana/courier')
     var DocSource = Private(DocSourceProvider);
     var SearchSource = Private(SearchSourceProvider);
     var esSearchStrategy = Private(EsSearchStrategyProvider);
+    var genericStrategy = Private(GenericStrategyProvider);
 
     var requestQueue = Private(RequestQueueProvider);
     var errorHandlers = Private(ErrorHandlersProvider);
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ uiModules.get('kibana/courier')
      * individual errors are routed to their respective requests.
      */
     self.fetch = function () {
-      fetch.fetchQueued(esSearchStrategy).then(function () {
+      fetch.fetchQueued(esSearchStrategy, genericStrategy).then(function () {
         searchLooper.restart();
       });
     };
diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch_types/generic_request.js b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch_types/generic_request.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3deb6602bd810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch_types/generic_request.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import _ from 'lodash';
+
+import GenericStrategyProvider from './generic_strategy';
+import AbstractRequestProvider from './abstract_request';
+
+export default function GenericRequestProvider(Private) {
+  const genericStrategy = Private(GenericStrategyProvider);
+  const AbstractRequest = Private(AbstractRequestProvider);
+
+  return class GenericRequest extends AbstractRequest {
+    constructor(fn) {
+      super();
+
+      this.fn = fn;
+      this.type = 'generic';
+      this.strategy = genericStrategy;
+    }
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch_types/generic_strategy.js b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch_types/generic_strategy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1cd139fb27704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch_types/generic_strategy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import IsRequestProvider from '../fetch/is_request';
+import AbstractStrategyProvider from './abstract_strategy';
+
+export default function GenericStrategyProvider(Promise, Private) {
+  const isRequest = Private(IsRequestProvider);
+  const AbstractStrategy = Private(AbstractStrategyProvider);
+
+  return new class GenericStrategy extends AbstractStrategy {
+    execute(requests) {
+      return Promise.map(requests, req => {
+        if (isRequest(req)) {
+          return Promise.try(req.fn);
+        } else {
+          return req;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/looper/search.js b/src/ui/public/courier/looper/search.js
index cd324aae07988..b1578b70b3d37 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/courier/looper/search.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/looper/search.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import FetchProvider from '../fetch';
 import EsSearchStrategyProvider from '../fetch_types/es_search_strategy';
+import GenericStrategyProvider from '../fetch_types/generic_strategy';
 import RequestQueueProvider from '../_request_queue';
 import LooperProvider from './_looper';
 
 export default function SearchLooperService(Private, Promise, Notifier, $rootScope) {
   var fetch = Private(FetchProvider);
   var esSearchStrategy = Private(EsSearchStrategyProvider);
+  var genericStrategy = Private(GenericStrategyProvider);
   var requestQueue = Private(RequestQueueProvider);
 
   var Looper = Private(LooperProvider);
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ export default function SearchLooperService(Private, Promise, Notifier, $rootSco
   var searchLooper = new Looper(null, function () {
     $rootScope.$broadcast('courier:searchRefresh');
     return fetch.these(
-      requestQueue.getInactive(esSearchStrategy)
+      requestQueue.getInactive(esSearchStrategy, genericStrategy)
     );
   });