diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/plugin.ts
index b281bb645c2c2..47463f4891831 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/plugin.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 import { first, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { UsageCollectionSetup } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/server';
 import { SecurityPluginSetup } from '../../security/server';
-import { EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginSetup } from '../../encrypted_saved_objects/server';
+import {
+  EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginSetup,
+  EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginStart,
+} from '../../encrypted_saved_objects/server';
 import { TaskManagerSetupContract, TaskManagerStartContract } from '../../task_manager/server';
 import { SpacesPluginSetup, SpacesServiceSetup } from '../../spaces/server';
 import { AlertsClient } from './alerts_client';
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ export interface AlertingPluginsSetup {
 export interface AlertingPluginsStart {
   actions: ActionsPluginStartContract;
   taskManager: TaskManagerStartContract;
+  encryptedSavedObjects: EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginStart;
 }
 
 export class AlertingPlugin {