diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@settings.yaml b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@settings.yaml
index 75671948de11a..29eb115efac0b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@settings.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@settings.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ template:
       ignore_malformed: true
       total_fields:
         ignore_dynamic_beyond_limit: true
+  data_stream_options:
+    failure_store:
+      enabled: true