diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.js
index bd8dacb53f534..0d318c41a7fd1 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function getUniqueLayerCounts(layerCountsList, mapsCount) {
   }, {});
 }
 
-export function buildMapsTelemetry(savedObjects) {
+export function buildMapsTelemetry(savedObjects, settings) {
   const layerLists = savedObjects
     .map(savedMapObject =>
       JSON.parse(savedMapObject.attributes.layerListJSON));
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ export function buildMapsTelemetry(savedObjects) {
 
   const dataSourcesCountSum = _.sum(dataSourcesCount);
   const layersCountSum = _.sum(layersCount);
-  const mapsTelem = {
+  return {
+    settings,
     // Total count of maps
     mapsTotalCount: mapsCount,
     // Time of capture
@@ -85,7 +86,6 @@ export function buildMapsTelemetry(savedObjects) {
       }
     }
   };
-  return mapsTelem;
 }
 
 async function getSavedObjects(savedObjectsClient) {
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ async function getSavedObjects(savedObjectsClient) {
 export async function getMapsTelemetry(server, callCluster) {
   const savedObjectsClient = getSavedObjectsClient(server, callCluster);
   const savedObjects = await getSavedObjects(savedObjectsClient);
-  const mapsTelemetry = buildMapsTelemetry(savedObjects);
+  const settings = {
+    showMapVisualizationTypes: server.config().get('xpack.maps.showMapVisualizationTypes')
+  };
+  const mapsTelemetry = buildMapsTelemetry(savedObjects, settings);
 
   return await savedObjectsClient.create('maps-telemetry',
     mapsTelemetry, {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.test.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.test.js
index d2f7b47577005..4f2b983a54028 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.test.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.test.js
@@ -10,79 +10,87 @@ import { buildMapsTelemetry } from './maps_telemetry';
 
 describe('buildMapsTelemetry', () => {
 
+  const settings = { showMapVisualizationTypes: false };
+
   test('returns zeroed telemetry data when there are no saved objects',
     async () => {
 
       const gisMaps = [];
-      const result = buildMapsTelemetry(gisMaps);
+      const result = buildMapsTelemetry(gisMaps, settings);
 
       expect(result).toMatchObject({
-        'attributesPerMap': {
-          'dataSourcesCount': {
-            'avg': 0,
-            'max': 0,
-            'min': 0
+        attributesPerMap: {
+          dataSourcesCount: {
+            avg: 0,
+            max: 0,
+            min: 0
           },
-          'emsVectorLayersCount': {},
-          'layerTypesCount': {},
-          'layersCount': {
-            'avg': 0,
-            'max': 0,
-            'min': 0
+          emsVectorLayersCount: {},
+          layerTypesCount: {},
+          layersCount: {
+            avg: 0,
+            max: 0,
+            min: 0
           }
         },
-        'mapsTotalCount': 0
+        mapsTotalCount: 0,
+        settings: {
+          showMapVisualizationTypes: false
+        }
       });
     });
 
   test('returns expected telemetry data from saved objects', async () => {
 
     const gisMaps = savedObjectsPayload.saved_objects;
-    const result = buildMapsTelemetry(gisMaps);
+    const result = buildMapsTelemetry(gisMaps, settings);
 
     expect(result).toMatchObject({
-      'attributesPerMap': {
-        'dataSourcesCount': {
-          'avg': 2.6666666666666665,
-          'max': 3,
-          'min': 2
+      attributesPerMap: {
+        dataSourcesCount: {
+          avg: 2.6666666666666665,
+          max: 3,
+          min: 2
         },
-        'emsVectorLayersCount': {
-          'canada_provinces': {
-            'avg': 0.3333333333333333,
-            'max': 1,
-            'min': 1
+        emsVectorLayersCount: {
+          canada_provinces: {
+            avg: 0.3333333333333333,
+            max: 1,
+            min: 1
           },
-          'france_departments': {
-            'avg': 0.3333333333333333,
-            'max': 1,
-            'min': 1
+          france_departments: {
+            avg: 0.3333333333333333,
+            max: 1,
+            min: 1
           },
-          'italy_provinces': {
-            'avg': 0.3333333333333333,
-            'max': 1,
-            'min': 1
+          italy_provinces: {
+            avg: 0.3333333333333333,
+            max: 1,
+            min: 1
           }
         },
-        'layerTypesCount': {
-          'TILE': {
-            'avg': 1,
-            'max': 1,
-            'min': 1
+        layerTypesCount: {
+          TILE: {
+            avg: 1,
+            max: 1,
+            min: 1
           },
-          'VECTOR': {
-            'avg': 1.6666666666666667,
-            'max': 2,
-            'min': 1
+          VECTOR: {
+            avg: 1.6666666666666667,
+            max: 2,
+            min: 1
           }
         },
-        'layersCount': {
-          'avg': 2.6666666666666665,
-          'max': 3,
-          'min': 2
+        layersCount: {
+          avg: 2.6666666666666665,
+          max: 3,
+          min: 2
         }
       },
-      'mapsTotalCount': 3
+      mapsTotalCount: 3,
+      settings: {
+        showMapVisualizationTypes: false
+      }
     });
   });
 });