diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
index dc1397338b6..585176f6c62 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ public class ReservedRolesStore {
                  // reporting_user doesn't have any privileges in Elasticsearch, and Kibana authorizes privileges based on this role
                 .put("reporting_user", new RoleDescriptor("reporting_user", null, null,
                         null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA))
+                .put("kibana_dashboard_only_user", new RoleDescriptor(
+                        "kibana_dashboard_only_user",
+                        null,
+                        new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[] {
+                                RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder()
+                                        .indices(".kibana*").privileges("read", "view_index_metadata").build()
+                        },
+                        null,
+                        MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA))
                 .put(KibanaUser.ROLE_NAME, new RoleDescriptor(KibanaUser.ROLE_NAME, new String[] { "monitor", MonitoringBulkAction.NAME},
                         new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[] {
                             RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices(".kibana*", ".reporting-*").privileges("all").build(),
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
index 61a4f0e0448..d1741ca2b0e 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(ReservedRolesStore.isReserved("machine_learning_admin"), is(true));
         assertThat(ReservedRolesStore.isReserved("watcher_user"), is(true));
         assertThat(ReservedRolesStore.isReserved("watcher_admin"), is(true));
+        assertThat(ReservedRolesStore.isReserved("kibana_dashboard_only_user"), is(true));
     }
 
     public void testIngestAdminRole() {
@@ -355,6 +356,36 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(reportingUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(BulkAction.NAME).test(index), is(false));
     }
 
+    public void testKibanaDashboardOnlyUserRole() {
+        RoleDescriptor roleDescriptor = new ReservedRolesStore().roleDescriptor("kibana_dashboard_only_user");
+        assertNotNull(roleDescriptor);
+        assertThat(roleDescriptor.getMetadata(), hasEntry("_reserved", true));
+
+        Role dashboardsOnlyUserRole = Role.builder(roleDescriptor, null).build();
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.cluster().check(ClusterHealthAction.NAME), is(false));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.cluster().check(ClusterStateAction.NAME), is(false));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.cluster().check(ClusterStatsAction.NAME), is(false));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.cluster().check(PutIndexTemplateAction.NAME), is(false));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.cluster().check(ClusterRerouteAction.NAME), is(false));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.cluster().check(ClusterUpdateSettingsAction.NAME), is(false));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.cluster().check(MonitoringBulkAction.NAME), is(false));
+
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.runAs().check(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 12)), is(false));
+
+        final String index = ".kibana";
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher("indices:foo").test(index), is(false));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher("indices:bar").test(index), is(false));
+
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(DeleteAction.NAME).test(index), is(false));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(DeleteIndexAction.NAME).test(index), is(false));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(CreateIndexAction.NAME).test(index), is(false));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(UpdateSettingsAction.NAME).test(index), is(false));
+
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(GetIndexAction.NAME).test(index), is(true));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(SearchAction.NAME).test(index), is(true));
+        assertThat(dashboardsOnlyUserRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(MultiSearchAction.NAME).test(index), is(true));
+    }
+
     public void testSuperuserRole() {
         RoleDescriptor roleDescriptor = new ReservedRolesStore().roleDescriptor("superuser");
         assertNotNull(roleDescriptor);
@@ -618,7 +649,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(logstashAdminRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(IndexAction.NAME).test(".reporting"), is(false));
         assertThat(logstashAdminRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher(IndexAction.NAME).test(".logstash"), is(true));
         assertThat(logstashAdminRole.indices().allowedIndicesMatcher("indices:foo").test(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24)),
-            is(false));
+                   is(false));
 
         final String index = ".logstash-" + randomIntBetween(0, 5);