diff --git a/docs/settings/fleet-settings.asciidoc b/docs/settings/fleet-settings.asciidoc
index 084c8c25ad0c7..dfd92f1e9cf99 100644
--- a/docs/settings/fleet-settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/settings/fleet-settings.asciidoc
@@ -318,3 +318,6 @@ The features in this section are experimental and may be changed or removed comp
 Elastic will make a best effort to fix any issues, but experimental features are not supported to the same level as generally available (GA) features.
 ====
 
+`xpack.fleet.enableManagedLogsAndMetricsDataviews`::
+Set to `true` (default), to enable the automatic creation of global `logs-*` and `metrics-*` data views.
+
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/common/types/index.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/common/types/index.ts
index f77ea38dc7b5f..69f150a7ca78a 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/common/types/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/common/types/index.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export interface FleetConfigType {
   outputs?: PreconfiguredOutput[];
   agentIdVerificationEnabled?: boolean;
   enableExperimental?: string[];
+  enableManagedLogsAndMetricsDataviews?: boolean;
   packageVerification?: {
     gpgKeyPath?: string;
   };
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/config.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/config.ts
index 8035f389db488..3a78c20c799fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/config.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor = {
     {
       isAirGapped: schema.maybe(schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false })),
       enableDeleteUnenrolledAgents: schema.maybe(schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false })),
+      enableManagedLogsAndMetricsDataviews: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
       registryUrl: schema.maybe(schema.uri({ scheme: ['http', 'https'] })),
       registryProxyUrl: schema.maybe(schema.uri({ scheme: ['http', 'https'] })),
       agents: schema.object({
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
index 6361aa1bf935b..d5594f54300b2 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { withPackageSpan } from '../../packages/utils';
 
 import { tagKibanaAssets } from './tag_assets';
 import { getSpaceAwareSaveobjectsClients } from './saved_objects';
+import { appContextService } from '../../..';
 
 const MAX_ASSETS_TO_INSTALL_IN_PARALLEL = 1000;
 
@@ -133,8 +134,10 @@ export async function installKibanaAssets(options: {
     return [];
   }
 
-  await createDefaultIndexPatterns(savedObjectsImporter);
-  await makeManagedIndexPatternsGlobal(savedObjectsClient);
+  await installManagedIndexPattern({
+    savedObjectsClient,
+    savedObjectsImporter,
+  });
 
   return await installKibanaSavedObjects({
     logger,
@@ -144,6 +147,19 @@ export async function installKibanaAssets(options: {
   });
 }
 
+export async function installManagedIndexPattern({
+  savedObjectsClient,
+  savedObjectsImporter,
+}: {
+  savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
+  savedObjectsImporter: SavedObjectsImporterContract;
+}) {
+  if (appContextService.getConfig()?.enableManagedLogsAndMetricsDataviews === true) {
+    await createDefaultIndexPatterns(savedObjectsImporter);
+    await makeManagedIndexPatternsGlobal(savedObjectsClient);
+  }
+}
+
 export async function createDefaultIndexPatterns(
   savedObjectsImporter: SavedObjectsImporterContract
 ) {
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install_with_streaming.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install_with_streaming.ts
index 45c4aee73b583..b424d71b00f62 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install_with_streaming.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install_with_streaming.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ import { getPathParts } from '../../archive';
 
 import { saveKibanaAssetsRefs } from '../../packages/install';
 
-import { makeManagedIndexPatternsGlobal } from '../index_pattern/install';
-
 import type { ArchiveAsset } from './install';
 import {
   KibanaSavedObjectTypeMapping,
-  createDefaultIndexPatterns,
   createSavedObjectKibanaAsset,
+  installManagedIndexPattern,
   isKibanaAssetType,
   toAssetReference,
 } from './install';
@@ -45,8 +43,10 @@ export async function installKibanaAssetsWithStreaming({
   const { savedObjectClientWithSpace, savedObjectsImporter } =
     getSpaceAwareSaveobjectsClients(spaceId);
 
-  await createDefaultIndexPatterns(savedObjectsImporter);
-  await makeManagedIndexPatternsGlobal(savedObjectsClient);
+  await installManagedIndexPattern({
+    savedObjectsImporter,
+    savedObjectsClient,
+  });
 
   const assetRefs: KibanaAssetReference[] = [];
   let batch: ArchiveAsset[] = [];