diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/epm/server/registry/index.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/epm/server/registry/index.test.ts
index 2b653d556ddd96..a65b6ecf4a8342 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/epm/server/registry/index.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/epm/server/registry/index.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ const testPaths = [
       type: 'visualization',
     },
   },
+  {
+    path: 'coredns-1.0.1/dataset/stats/fields/coredns.stats.yml',
+    assetParts: {
+      dataset: 'stats',
+      file: 'coredns.stats.yml',
+      path: 'coredns-1.0.1/dataset/stats/fields/coredns.stats.yml',
+      pkgkey: 'coredns-1.0.1',
+      service: '',
+      type: 'fields',
+    },
+  },
 ];
 
 test('testPathParts', () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/epm/server/registry/index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/epm/server/registry/index.ts
index f612a61ec8ec8e..1953817a404d47 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/epm/server/registry/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/epm/server/registry/index.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ export function pathParts(path: string): AssetParts {
     [pkgkey, service, type, file] = path.replace(`dataset/${dataset}/`, '').split('/');
   }
 
+  // This is to cover for the fields.yml files inside the "fields" directory
+  if (file === undefined && type.endsWith('.yml')) {
+    file = type;
+    type = 'fields';
+    service = '';
+  }
+
   return {
     pkgkey,
     service,