diff --git a/public/plugin.ts b/public/plugin.ts
index 3bd02784d..0dd6d7ea6 100644
--- a/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/public/plugin.ts
@@ -459,7 +459,9 @@ export class SecurityPlugin
     }
 
     // Return methods that should be available to other plugins
-    return {};
+    return {
+      checkHasApiPermission: async () => hasApiPermission(core),
+    };
   }
 
   public start(core: CoreStart, deps: SecurityPluginStartDependencies): SecurityPluginStart {
diff --git a/public/types.ts b/public/types.ts
index d2895f371..77b536989 100644
--- a/public/types.ts
+++ b/public/types.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ import { ManagementOverViewPluginSetup } from '../../../src/plugins/management_o
 import { DataSourcePluginStart } from '../../../src/plugins/data_source/public/types';
 import { DataSourceManagementPluginSetup } from '../../../src/plugins/data_source_management/public';
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
-export interface SecurityPluginSetup {}
+export interface SecurityPluginSetup {
+  checkHasApiPermission: () => Promise<boolean | undefined>;
+}
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
 export interface SecurityPluginStart {}