diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
index 58385fb544a57..0117595bd984e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import type {
   Logger,
 } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { createListStream } from '@kbn/utils';
-import { partition } from 'lodash';
+import { partition, chunk } from 'lodash';
 
 import { getAssetFromAssetsMap, getPathParts } from '../../archive';
 import { KibanaAssetType, KibanaSavedObjectType } from '../../../../types';
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import { withPackageSpan } from '../../packages/utils';
 import { tagKibanaAssets } from './tag_assets';
 import { getSpaceAwareSaveobjectsClients } from './saved_objects';
 
+const MAX_ASSETS_TO_INSTALL_IN_PARALLEL = 1000;
+
 type SavedObjectsImporterContract = Pick<ISavedObjectsImporter, 'import' | 'resolveImportErrors'>;
 const formatImportErrorsForLog = (errors: SavedObjectsImportFailure[]) =>
   JSON.stringify(
@@ -144,11 +146,33 @@ export async function installKibanaAssets(options: {
 
   await makeManagedIndexPatternsGlobal(savedObjectsClient);
 
-  const installedAssets = await installKibanaSavedObjects({
-    logger,
-    savedObjectsImporter,
-    kibanaAssets: assetsToInstall,
-  });
+  let installedAssets: SavedObjectsImportSuccess[] = [];
+
+  if (
+    assetsToInstall.length > MAX_ASSETS_TO_INSTALL_IN_PARALLEL &&
+    !hasReferences(assetsToInstall)
+  ) {
+    // If the package size is too large, we need to install in chunks to avoid
+    // memory issues as the SO import creates a lot of objects in memory
+
+    // NOTE: if there are references, we can't chunk the install because
+    // referenced objects might end up in different chunks leading to import
+    // errors.
+    for (const assetChunk of chunk(assetsToInstall, MAX_ASSETS_TO_INSTALL_IN_PARALLEL)) {
+      const result = await installKibanaSavedObjects({
+        logger,
+        savedObjectsImporter,
+        kibanaAssets: assetChunk,
+      });
+      installedAssets = installedAssets.concat(result);
+    }
+  } else {
+    installedAssets = await installKibanaSavedObjects({
+      logger,
+      savedObjectsImporter,
+      kibanaAssets: assetsToInstall,
+    });
+  }
 
   return installedAssets;
 }
@@ -395,95 +419,94 @@ export async function installKibanaSavedObjects({
   savedObjectsImporter: SavedObjectsImporterContract;
   logger: Logger;
 }) {
-  const toBeSavedObjects = await Promise.all(
-    kibanaAssets.map((asset) => createSavedObjectKibanaAsset(asset))
-  );
+  if (!kibanaAssets.length) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const toBeSavedObjects = kibanaAssets.map((asset) => createSavedObjectKibanaAsset(asset));
 
   let allSuccessResults: SavedObjectsImportSuccess[] = [];
 
-  if (toBeSavedObjects.length === 0) {
-    return [];
-  } else {
-    const {
-      successResults: importSuccessResults = [],
-      errors: importErrors = [],
-      success,
-    } = await retryImportOnConflictError(() =>
-      savedObjectsImporter.import({
-        overwrite: true,
-        readStream: createListStream(toBeSavedObjects),
-        createNewCopies: false,
-        refresh: false,
-        managed: true,
-      })
-    );
+  const {
+    successResults: importSuccessResults = [],
+    errors: importErrors = [],
+    success,
+  } = await retryImportOnConflictError(() => {
+    const readStream = createListStream(toBeSavedObjects);
+    return savedObjectsImporter.import({
+      overwrite: true,
+      readStream,
+      createNewCopies: false,
+      refresh: false,
+      managed: true,
+    });
+  });
 
-    if (success) {
-      allSuccessResults = importSuccessResults;
-    }
+  if (success) {
+    allSuccessResults = importSuccessResults;
+  }
 
-    const [referenceErrors, otherErrors] = partition(
-      importErrors,
-      (e) => e?.error?.type === 'missing_references'
-    );
+  const [referenceErrors, otherErrors] = partition(
+    importErrors,
+    (e) => e?.error?.type === 'missing_references'
+  );
 
-    if (otherErrors?.length) {
-      throw new KibanaSOReferenceError(
-        `Encountered ${
-          otherErrors.length
-        } errors creating saved objects: ${formatImportErrorsForLog(otherErrors)}`
-      );
-    }
+  if (otherErrors?.length) {
+    throw new KibanaSOReferenceError(
+      `Encountered ${otherErrors.length} errors creating saved objects: ${formatImportErrorsForLog(
+        otherErrors
+      )}`
+    );
+  }
 
-    /*
+  /*
     A reference error here means that a saved object reference in the references
     array cannot be found. This is an error in the package its-self but not a fatal
     one. For example a dashboard may still refer to the legacy `metricbeat-*` index
     pattern. We ignore reference errors here so that legacy version of a package
     can still be installed, but if a warning is logged it should be reported to
     the integrations team. */
-    if (referenceErrors.length) {
-      logger.debug(
-        () =>
-          `Resolving ${
-            referenceErrors.length
-          } reference errors creating saved objects: ${formatImportErrorsForLog(referenceErrors)}`
-      );
-
-      const retries = toBeSavedObjects.map(({ id, type }) => {
-        if (referenceErrors.find(({ id: idToSearch }) => idToSearch === id)) {
-          return {
-            id,
-            type,
-            ignoreMissingReferences: true,
-            replaceReferences: [],
-            overwrite: true,
-          };
-        }
-        return { id, type, overwrite: true, replaceReferences: [] };
-      });
+  if (referenceErrors.length) {
+    logger.debug(
+      () =>
+        `Resolving ${
+          referenceErrors.length
+        } reference errors creating saved objects: ${formatImportErrorsForLog(referenceErrors)}`
+    );
 
-      const { successResults: resolveSuccessResults = [], errors: resolveErrors = [] } =
-        await savedObjectsImporter.resolveImportErrors({
-          readStream: createListStream(toBeSavedObjects),
-          createNewCopies: false,
-          managed: true,
-          retries,
-        });
-
-      if (resolveErrors?.length) {
-        throw new KibanaSOReferenceError(
-          `Encountered ${
-            resolveErrors.length
-          } errors resolving reference errors: ${formatImportErrorsForLog(resolveErrors)}`
-        );
+    const retries = toBeSavedObjects.map(({ id, type }) => {
+      if (referenceErrors.find(({ id: idToSearch }) => idToSearch === id)) {
+        return {
+          id,
+          type,
+          ignoreMissingReferences: true,
+          replaceReferences: [],
+          overwrite: true,
+        };
       }
+      return { id, type, overwrite: true, replaceReferences: [] };
+    });
+
+    const { successResults: resolveSuccessResults = [], errors: resolveErrors = [] } =
+      await savedObjectsImporter.resolveImportErrors({
+        readStream: createListStream(toBeSavedObjects),
+        createNewCopies: false,
+        managed: true,
+        retries,
+      });
 
-      allSuccessResults = allSuccessResults.concat(resolveSuccessResults);
+    if (resolveErrors?.length) {
+      throw new KibanaSOReferenceError(
+        `Encountered ${
+          resolveErrors.length
+        } errors resolving reference errors: ${formatImportErrorsForLog(resolveErrors)}`
+      );
     }
 
-    return allSuccessResults;
+    allSuccessResults = allSuccessResults.concat(resolveSuccessResults);
   }
+
+  return allSuccessResults;
 }
 
 // Filter out any reserved index patterns
@@ -498,3 +521,7 @@ export function toAssetReference({ id, type }: SavedObject) {
 
   return reference;
 }
+
+function hasReferences(assetsToInstall: ArchiveAsset[]) {
+  return assetsToInstall.some((asset) => asset.references?.length);
+}