diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/apps/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/apps/plugin.ts
index e02cf44b0856eb..c34da1bc097bc0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/apps/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/apps/plugin.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import {
   PluginInitializerContext,
   AppMountParameters,
 } from 'kibana/public';
-import { of } from 'rxjs';
+import { from } from 'rxjs';
+import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES } from '../../../../../src/core/public';
 import {
@@ -104,32 +105,41 @@ export class UptimePlugin
     });
 
     plugins.observability.navigation.registerSections(
-      of([
-        {
-          label: 'Uptime',
-          sortKey: 200,
-          entries: [
-            {
-              label: i18n.translate('xpack.uptime.overview.heading', {
-                defaultMessage: 'Monitoring overview',
-              }),
-              app: 'uptime',
-              path: '/',
-              matchFullPath: true,
-              ignoreTrailingSlash: true,
-            },
-            {
-              label: i18n.translate('xpack.uptime.certificatesPage.heading', {
-                defaultMessage: 'TLS Certificates',
-              }),
-              app: 'uptime',
-              path: '/certificates',
-              matchFullPath: true,
-            },
-          ],
-        },
-      ])
+      from(core.getStartServices()).pipe(
+        map(([coreStart]) => {
+          if (coreStart.application.capabilities.uptime.show) {
+            return [
+              {
+                label: 'Uptime',
+                sortKey: 200,
+                entries: [
+                  {
+                    label: i18n.translate('xpack.uptime.overview.heading', {
+                      defaultMessage: 'Monitoring overview',
+                    }),
+                    app: 'uptime',
+                    path: '/',
+                    matchFullPath: true,
+                    ignoreTrailingSlash: true,
+                  },
+                  {
+                    label: i18n.translate('xpack.uptime.certificatesPage.heading', {
+                      defaultMessage: 'TLS Certificates',
+                    }),
+                    app: 'uptime',
+                    path: '/certificates',
+                    matchFullPath: true,
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ];
+          }
+
+          return [];
+        })
+      )
     );
+
     core.application.register({
       id: PLUGIN.ID,
       euiIconType: 'logoObservability',