diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/engine_creation/engine_creation.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/engine_creation/engine_creation.tsx
index 913aa4f0ec8452..18b8390081467e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/engine_creation/engine_creation.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/engine_creation/engine_creation.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   EuiButton,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 
+import { ENGINES_TITLE } from '../engines';
 import { AppSearchPageTemplate } from '../layout';
 
 import {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ export const EngineCreation: React.FC = () => {
 
   return (
     <AppSearchPageTemplate
-      pageChrome={[ENGINE_CREATION_TITLE]}
+      pageChrome={[ENGINES_TITLE, ENGINE_CREATION_TITLE]}
       pageHeader={{ pageTitle: ENGINE_CREATION_TITLE }}
       data-test-subj="EngineCreation"
     >
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/engines/components/empty_state.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/engines/components/empty_state.test.tsx
index 159a986096ae2a..9117fdd0be87dd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/engines/components/empty_state.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/engines/components/empty_state.test.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('EmptyState', () => {
       });
 
       it('sends a user to engine creation', () => {
-        expect(button.prop('to')).toEqual('/engine_creation');
+        expect(button.prop('to')).toEqual('/engines/new');
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation.tsx
index 325e557acec0cd..1455444ab2b4bb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 
 import { AppLogic } from '../../app_logic';
+import { ENGINES_TITLE } from '../engines';
 import { AppSearchPageTemplate } from '../layout';
 
 import {
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export const MetaEngineCreation: React.FC = () => {
 
   return (
     <AppSearchPageTemplate
-      pageChrome={[META_ENGINE_CREATION_TITLE]}
+      pageChrome={[ENGINES_TITLE, META_ENGINE_CREATION_TITLE]}
       pageHeader={{
         pageTitle: META_ENGINE_CREATION_TITLE,
         description: (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/index.tsx
index 7b3b13aef05d67..191758af267583 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/index.tsx
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ export const AppSearchConfigured: React.FC<Required<InitialAppData>> = (props) =
       <Route exact path={ENGINES_PATH}>
         <EnginesOverview />
       </Route>
-      <Route path={ENGINE_PATH}>
-        <EngineRouter />
-      </Route>
       {canManageEngines && (
         <Route exact path={ENGINE_CREATION_PATH}>
           <EngineCreation />
@@ -117,6 +114,9 @@ export const AppSearchConfigured: React.FC<Required<InitialAppData>> = (props) =
           <MetaEngineCreation />
         </Route>
       )}
+      <Route path={ENGINE_PATH}>
+        <EngineRouter />
+      </Route>
       {canViewSettings && (
         <Route exact path={SETTINGS_PATH}>
           <Settings />
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/routes.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/routes.ts
index bd5bdb7b2f6651..d9d1935c648f72 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/routes.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/routes.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const CREDENTIALS_PATH = '/credentials';
 export const ROLE_MAPPINGS_PATH = '/role_mappings';
 
 export const ENGINES_PATH = '/engines';
-export const ENGINE_CREATION_PATH = '/engine_creation';
+export const ENGINE_CREATION_PATH = `${ENGINES_PATH}/new`; // This is safe from conflicting with an :engineName path because new is a reserved name
 export const ENGINE_PATH = `${ENGINES_PATH}/:engineName`;
 
 export const ENGINE_ANALYTICS_PATH = `${ENGINE_PATH}/analytics`;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const ENGINE_REINDEX_JOB_PATH = `${ENGINE_SCHEMA_PATH}/reindex_job/:reind
 export const ENGINE_CRAWLER_PATH = `${ENGINE_PATH}/crawler`;
 export const ENGINE_CRAWLER_DOMAIN_PATH = `${ENGINE_CRAWLER_PATH}/domains/:domainId`;
 
-export const META_ENGINE_CREATION_PATH = '/meta_engine_creation';
+export const META_ENGINE_CREATION_PATH = `${ENGINES_PATH}/new_meta_engine`; // This is safe from conflicting with an :engineName path because engine names cannot have underscores
 export const META_ENGINE_SOURCE_ENGINES_PATH = `${ENGINE_PATH}/engines`;
 
 export const ENGINE_RELEVANCE_TUNING_PATH = `${ENGINE_PATH}/relevance_tuning`;