diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/plugin.ts
index 0a2318daded029c..3c7f9b521aad6fc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/plugin.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type {
   ReportingStart,
   ReportingStartDeps,
 } from './types';
+import { reportingStatusSavedObjectType, updateLastReported } from './saved_objects';
 import { registerReportingUsageCollector } from './usage';
 
 export class ReportingPlugin
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ export class ReportingPlugin
   }
 
   public setup(core: CoreSetup, plugins: ReportingSetupDeps) {
+    core.savedObjects.registerType(reportingStatusSavedObjectType);
+
     const { http } = core;
     const { features, licensing, security, spaces, taskManager } = plugins;
 
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ export class ReportingPlugin
     // async background start
     (async () => {
       await reportingCore.pluginSetsUp();
+      await updateLastReported(core.savedObjects, this.initContext.env.packageInfo);
 
       const store = new ReportingStore(reportingCore, this.logger);
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/saved_objects/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/saved_objects/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..21a092487b05e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/saved_objects/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { PackageInfo, SavedObjectsServiceStart, SavedObjectsType } from 'kibana/server';
+import { PLUGIN_ID } from '../../common/constants';
+
+interface ReportingStatusSavedObjectAttributes {
+  lastReported: string;
+  lastVersionChecked: string;
+}
+
+const SAVED_OBJECT_ID = 'reporting-status';
+
+export const reportingStatusSavedObjectType: SavedObjectsType<ReportingStatusSavedObjectAttributes> =
+  {
+    name: PLUGIN_ID,
+    namespaceType: 'agnostic',
+    hidden: true,
+    mappings: {
+      properties: {
+        lastReported: {
+          type: 'date',
+        },
+        lastVersionChecked: {
+          ignore_above: 256,
+          type: 'keyword',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  };
+
+export async function updateLastReported(
+  savedObjects: SavedObjectsServiceStart,
+  { version }: PackageInfo
+) {
+  const reportingStatus: ReportingStatusSavedObjectAttributes = {
+    lastReported: new Date().toISOString(),
+    lastVersionChecked: version,
+  };
+
+  const scopedClient = savedObjects.createInternalRepository([PLUGIN_ID]);
+  await scopedClient.update<ReportingStatusSavedObjectAttributes>(
+    PLUGIN_ID,
+    SAVED_OBJECT_ID,
+    reportingStatus,
+    { upsert: reportingStatus }
+  );
+}