diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/worker/webpack.config.ts b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/worker/webpack.config.ts
index 0ec6483a08283..ecb16ff1c8899 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/worker/webpack.config.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/worker/webpack.config.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const BABEL_PRESET_PATH = require.resolve('@kbn/babel-preset/webpack_preset');
 const STATIC_BUNDLE_PLUGINS = [
   { id: 'data', dirname: 'data' },
   { id: 'kibanaReact', dirname: 'kibana_react' },
+  { id: 'kibanaUtils', dirname: 'kibana_utils' },
   { id: 'esUiShared', dirname: 'es_ui_shared' },
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/template.js.hbs b/src/legacy/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/template.js.hbs
index f0be821b52754..ba38851921a98 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/template.js.hbs
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/template.js.hbs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ if (window.__kbnStrictCsp__ && window.__kbnCspNotEnforced__) {
         {{/each}}
         '{{regularBundlePath}}/commons.bundle.js',
         '{{regularBundlePath}}/plugin/data/data.plugin.js',
+        '{{regularBundlePath}}/plugin/kibanaUtils/kibanaUtils.plugin.js',
         '{{regularBundlePath}}/plugin/esUiShared/esUiShared.plugin.js',
         '{{regularBundlePath}}/plugin/kibanaReact/kibanaReact.plugin.js'
     ], function () {
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/kibana.json b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/kibana.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6fa39d82d1021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/kibana.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "id": "kibanaUtils",
+  "version": "kibana",
+  "ui": true
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/index.ts
index 13f8fe75d17b6..2f139050e994a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/index.ts
@@ -76,3 +76,11 @@ export {
 } from './state_sync';
 export { removeQueryParam, redirectWhenMissing, ensureDefaultIndexPattern } from './history';
 export { applyDiff } from './state_management/utils/diff_object';
+
+/** dummy plugin, we just want kibanaUtils to have its own bundle */
+export function plugin() {
+  return new (class KibanaUtilsPlugin {
+    setup() {}
+    start() {}
+  })();
+}