diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/credentials/credentials_list/credentials_list.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/credentials/credentials_list/credentials_list.test.tsx
index 7b7d89164662e..b0e9b68ac839f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/credentials/credentials_list/credentials_list.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/credentials/credentials_list/credentials_list.test.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
 
 import { CredentialsList } from './credentials_list';
-import { EuiBasicTable, EuiCopy } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { EuiBasicTable, EuiCopy, EuiEmptyPrompt } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { IApiToken } from '../types';
 import { ApiTokenTypes } from '../constants';
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Credentials', () => {
 
   // Kea mocks
   const values = {
-    apiTokens: [],
+    apiTokens: [apiToken],
     meta: {
       page: {
         current: 1,
@@ -78,6 +78,19 @@ describe('Credentials', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('empty state', () => {
+    it('renders an EuiEmptyState when no credentials are available', () => {
+      setMockValues({
+        ...values,
+        apiTokens: [],
+      });
+
+      const wrapper = shallow(<CredentialsList />);
+      expect(wrapper.exists(EuiEmptyPrompt)).toBe(true);
+      expect(wrapper.exists(EuiBasicTable)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('pagination', () => {
     it('derives pagination from meta object', () => {
       setMockValues({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/credentials/credentials_list/credentials_list.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/credentials/credentials_list/credentials_list.tsx
index 065601feeb4d2..7e754548d7a7d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/credentials/credentials_list/credentials_list.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/credentials/credentials_list/credentials_list.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
  */
 
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
-import { EuiBasicTable, EuiBasicTableColumn, EuiButtonIcon, EuiCopy } from '@elastic/eui';
+import {
+  EuiBasicTable,
+  EuiBasicTableColumn,
+  EuiButtonIcon,
+  EuiCopy,
+  EuiEmptyPrompt,
+} from '@elastic/eui';
 import { CriteriaWithPagination } from '@elastic/eui/src/components/basic_table/basic_table';
 import { useActions, useValues } from 'kea';
 
@@ -118,7 +124,21 @@ export const CredentialsList: React.FC = () => {
     fetchCredentials(current + 1);
   };
 
-  return (
+  return items.length < 1 ? (
+    <EuiEmptyPrompt
+      iconType="editorStrike"
+      title={
+        <h2>
+          {i18n.translate('xpack.enterpriseSearch.appSearch.credentials.empty.title', {
+            defaultMessage: 'No API Keys have been created yet.',
+          })}
+        </h2>
+      }
+      body={i18n.translate('xpack.enterpriseSearch.appSearch.credentials.empty.body', {
+        defaultMessage: 'Click the "Create a key" button to make your first one.',
+      })}
+    />
+  ) : (
     <EuiBasicTable
       columns={columns}
       items={items}