diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/kibana/index_pattern/install.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/kibana/index_pattern/install.ts
index 61a82578f12a38..b212721fc105f0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/kibana/index_pattern/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/kibana/index_pattern/install.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export interface IndexPatternField {
 export enum IndexPatternType {
   logs = 'logs',
   metrics = 'metrics',
+  events = 'events',
 }
 
 export async function installIndexPatterns(
@@ -85,7 +86,11 @@ export async function installIndexPatterns(
   const installedPackagesInfo = await Promise.all(installedPackagesFetchInfoPromise);
 
   // for each index pattern type, create an index pattern
-  const indexPatternTypes = [IndexPatternType.logs, IndexPatternType.metrics];
+  const indexPatternTypes = [
+    IndexPatternType.logs,
+    IndexPatternType.metrics,
+    IndexPatternType.events,
+  ];
   indexPatternTypes.forEach(async indexPatternType => {
     // if this is an update because a package is being unisntalled (no pkgkey argument passed) and no other packages are installed, remove the index pattern
     if (!pkgkey && installedPackages.length === 0) {