diff --git a/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/exporter/http/HttpExporter.java b/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/exporter/http/HttpExporter.java
index 42f29a83a81..2b846ca20c1 100644
--- a/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/exporter/http/HttpExporter.java
+++ b/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/exporter/http/HttpExporter.java
@@ -671,6 +671,6 @@ public class HttpExporter extends Exporter {
     public static List<Setting.AffixSetting<?>> getSettings() {
         return Arrays.asList(HOST_SETTING, TEMPLATE_CREATE_LEGACY_VERSIONS_SETTING, AUTH_PASSWORD_SETTING, AUTH_USERNAME_SETTING,
                 BULK_TIMEOUT_SETTING, CONNECTION_READ_TIMEOUT_SETTING, CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SETTING, PIPELINE_CHECK_TIMEOUT_SETTING,
-                PROXY_BASE_PATH_SETTING, SNIFF_ENABLED_SETTING, TEMPLATE_CHECK_TIMEOUT_SETTING, SSL_SETTING);
+                PROXY_BASE_PATH_SETTING, SNIFF_ENABLED_SETTING, TEMPLATE_CHECK_TIMEOUT_SETTING, SSL_SETTING, HEADERS_SETTING);
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/exporter/http/HttpExporterIT.java b/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/exporter/http/HttpExporterIT.java
index a23755cfaf1..1ced4cd7208 100644
--- a/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/exporter/http/HttpExporterIT.java
+++ b/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/exporter/http/HttpExporterIT.java
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ public class HttpExporterIT extends MonitoringIntegTestCase {
                        .put(super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal))
                        .put(MonitoringService.INTERVAL.getKey(), "-1")
                        .put("xpack.monitoring.exporters._http.type", "http")
-                       .put("xpack.monitoring.exporters._http.ssl.truststore.password", "foobar")
+                       .put("xpack.monitoring.exporters._http.ssl.truststore.password", "foobar") // ensure that ssl can be used by settings
+                       .put("xpack.monitoring.exporters._http.headers.ignored", "value") // ensure that headers can be used by settings
                        .put("xpack.monitoring.exporters._http.enabled", false)
                        .build();
     }