diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/top_nav.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/top_nav.tsx
index b8f274f72da4..6df2f903b9fd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/top_nav.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/top_nav.tsx
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export const TopNav = ({ opts }: TopNavProps) => {
       config={topNavLinks}
       showSearchBar
       showDatePicker={showDatePicker}
+      showSaveQuery
       useDefaultBehaviors
       setMenuMountPoint={opts.setHeaderActionMenu}
       indexPatterns={indexPatterns}