diff --git a/packetbeat/cmd/root.go b/packetbeat/cmd/root.go
index db742e9fe91..bb8479f5e5f 100644
--- a/packetbeat/cmd/root.go
+++ b/packetbeat/cmd/root.go
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ func init() {
 	runFlags.AddGoFlag(flag.CommandLine.Lookup("l"))
 	runFlags.AddGoFlag(flag.CommandLine.Lookup("dump"))
 
-	RootCmd = cmd.GenRootCmdWithSettings(beater.New, instance.Settings{RunFlags: runFlags, Name: Name})
+	settings := instance.Settings{
+		RunFlags:      runFlags,
+		Name:          Name,
+		HasDashboards: true,
+	}
+	RootCmd = cmd.GenRootCmdWithSettings(beater.New, settings)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(genDevicesCommand())
 }
diff --git a/winlogbeat/cmd/root.go b/winlogbeat/cmd/root.go
index 67cffcf9b8e..2b230790915 100644
--- a/winlogbeat/cmd/root.go
+++ b/winlogbeat/cmd/root.go
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ import (
 var Name = "winlogbeat"
 
 // RootCmd to handle beats cli
-var RootCmd = cmd.GenRootCmdWithSettings(beater.New, instance.Settings{Name: Name})
+var RootCmd = cmd.GenRootCmdWithSettings(beater.New, instance.Settings{Name: Name, HasDashboards: true})
diff --git a/x-pack/functionbeat/manager/cmd/root.go b/x-pack/functionbeat/manager/cmd/root.go
index aec51050213..1c4bafc6656 100644
--- a/x-pack/functionbeat/manager/cmd/root.go
+++ b/x-pack/functionbeat/manager/cmd/root.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var RootCmd *cmd.BeatsRootCmd
 func init() {
 	RootCmd = cmd.GenRootCmdWithSettings(beater.New, instance.Settings{
 		Name:            Name,
+		HasDashboards:   false,
 		ConfigOverrides: config.Overrides,
 	})
 
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/cmd/root.go b/x-pack/metricbeat/cmd/root.go
index 0acd6dbdc01..0a4584889c6 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/cmd/root.go
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/cmd/root.go
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ var RootCmd *cmd.BeatsRootCmd
 func init() {
 	var runFlags = pflag.NewFlagSet(Name, pflag.ExitOnError)
 	runFlags.AddGoFlag(flag.CommandLine.Lookup("system.hostfs"))
-	RootCmd = cmd.GenRootCmdWithSettings(beater.DefaultCreator(), instance.Settings{RunFlags: runFlags, Name: Name})
+	settings := instance.Settings{
+		RunFlags:      runFlags,
+		Name:          Name,
+		HasDashboards: true,
+	}
+	RootCmd = cmd.GenRootCmdWithSettings(beater.DefaultCreator(), settings)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(cmd.GenModulesCmd(Name, "", mbcmd.BuildModulesManager))
 	RootCmd.TestCmd.AddCommand(test.GenTestModulesCmd(Name, "", beater.DefaultTestModulesCreator()))
 	xpackcmd.AddXPack(RootCmd, Name)