diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/add_to_dashboard_control.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/add_to_dashboard_control.tsx
index eafdd671db6e..51cf98ea2d06 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/add_to_dashboard_control.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/explorer/add_to_dashboard_control.tsx
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ export const AddToDashboardControl: FC<AddToDashboardControlProps> = ({
               search={search}
               pagination={true}
               sorting={true}
+              data-test-subj="mlDashboardSelection"
             />
           </EuiFormRow>
         </EuiModalBody>
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ export const AddToDashboardControl: FC<AddToDashboardControlProps> = ({
                 );
               });
             }}
+            data-test-subj="mlAddAndEditDashboardButton"
           >
             <FormattedMessage
               id="xpack.ml.explorer.dashboardsTable.addAndEditDashboardLabel"
@@ -303,6 +305,7 @@ export const AddToDashboardControl: FC<AddToDashboardControlProps> = ({
             fill
             onClick={onClose.bind(null, addSwimlaneToDashboardCallback)}
             disabled={noSwimlaneSelected || selectedItems.length === 0}
+            data-test-subj="mlAddToDashboardsButton"
           >
             <FormattedMessage
               id="xpack.ml.explorer.dashboardsTable.addToDashboardLabel"
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/anomaly_detection/anomaly_explorer.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/anomaly_detection/anomaly_explorer.ts
index 56d00a4e1139..8f99e0cb1ab1 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/anomaly_detection/anomaly_explorer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/anomaly_detection/anomaly_explorer.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
     before(async () => {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('ml/farequote');
       await ml.testResources.createIndexPatternIfNeeded('ft_farequote', '@timestamp');
+      await ml.testResources.createMLTestDashboardIfNeeded();
       await ml.testResources.setKibanaTimeZoneToUTC();
 
       await ml.securityUI.loginAsMlPowerUser();
@@ -125,6 +126,12 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         it('anomalies table is not empty', async () => {
           await ml.anomaliesTable.assertTableNotEmpty();
         });
+
+        it('should allow to attach anomaly swimlane embeddable to the dashboard', async () => {
+          await ml.anomalyExplorer.openAddToDashboardControl();
+          const dashboardId = await ml.testResources.getDashboardId('ML Test');
+          await ml.anomalyExplorer.addAndEditSwimlaneInDashboard(dashboardId!);
+        });
       });
     }
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/anomaly_explorer.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/anomaly_explorer.ts
index 6ec72c76bb9c..d6937f83bb3f 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/anomaly_explorer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/anomaly_explorer.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export function MachineLearningAnomalyExplorerProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
+  const find = getService('find');
 
   return {
     async assertAnomalyExplorerEmptyListMessageExists() {
@@ -66,5 +67,20 @@ export function MachineLearningAnomalyExplorerProvider({ getService }: FtrProvid
     async assertSwimlaneViewByExists() {
       await testSubjects.existOrFail('mlAnomalyExplorerSwimlaneViewBy');
     },
+
+    async openAddToDashboardControl() {
+      await testSubjects.click('mlAnomalyTimelinePanelMenu');
+      await testSubjects.click('mlAnomalyTimelinePanelAddToDashboardButton');
+      await testSubjects.existOrFail('mlAddToDashboardModal');
+    },
+
+    async addAndEditSwimlaneInDashboard(dashboardId: string) {
+      await testSubjects.isDisplayed('mlDashboardSelection');
+      await testSubjects.isDisplayed(`checkboxSelectRow-${dashboardId}`);
+      await testSubjects.click(`checkboxSelectRow-${dashboardId}`);
+      await testSubjects.clickWhenNotDisabled('mlAddAndEditDashboardButton');
+      const swimlane = await find.byClassName('ml-swimlanes');
+      expect(await swimlane.isDisplayed()).to.be(true);
+    },
   };
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/test_resources.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/test_resources.ts
index 739fd844f119..10f5af9ddc7d 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/test_resources.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/test_resources.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ProvidedType } from '@kbn/test/types/ftr';
-import { savedSearches } from './test_resources_data';
+import { savedSearches, dashboards } from './test_resources_data';
 import { COMMON_REQUEST_HEADERS } from './common';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
 
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ export function MachineLearningTestResourcesProvider({ getService }: FtrProvider
       return this.getSavedObjectIdByTitle(title, SavedObjectType.SEARCH);
     },
 
+    async getDashboardId(title: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+      return this.getSavedObjectIdByTitle(title, SavedObjectType.DASHBOARD);
+    },
+
     async createIndexPattern(title: string, timeFieldName?: string): Promise<string> {
       log.debug(
         `Creating index pattern with title '${title}'${
@@ -127,6 +131,20 @@ export function MachineLearningTestResourcesProvider({ getService }: FtrProvider
       return createResponse.id;
     },
 
+    async createDashboard(title: string, body: object): Promise<string> {
+      log.debug(`Creating dashboard with title '${title}'`);
+
+      const createResponse = await supertest
+        .post(`/api/saved_objects/${SavedObjectType.DASHBOARD}`)
+        .set(COMMON_REQUEST_HEADERS)
+        .send(body)
+        .expect(200)
+        .then((res: any) => res.body);
+
+      log.debug(` > Created with id '${createResponse.id}'`);
+      return createResponse.id;
+    },
+
     async createSavedSearchIfNeeded(savedSearch: any): Promise<string> {
       const title = savedSearch.requestBody.attributes.title;
       const savedSearchId = await this.getSavedSearchId(title);
@@ -171,6 +189,21 @@ export function MachineLearningTestResourcesProvider({ getService }: FtrProvider
       await this.createSavedSearchIfNeeded(savedSearches.farequoteFilter);
     },
 
+    async createMLTestDashboardIfNeeded() {
+      await this.createDashboardIfNeeded(dashboards.mlTestDashboard);
+    },
+
+    async createDashboardIfNeeded(dashboard: any) {
+      const title = dashboard.requestBody.attributes.title;
+      const dashboardId = await this.getDashboardId(title);
+      if (dashboardId !== undefined) {
+        log.debug(`Dashboard with title '${title}' already exists. Nothing to create.`);
+        return dashboardId;
+      } else {
+        return await this.createDashboard(title, dashboard.requestBody);
+      }
+    },
+
     async createSavedSearchFarequoteLuceneIfNeeded() {
       await this.createSavedSearchIfNeeded(savedSearches.farequoteLucene);
     },
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/test_resources_data.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/test_resources_data.ts
index dd600077182f..2ab1f4de5422 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/test_resources_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/test_resources_data.ts
@@ -247,3 +247,22 @@ export const savedSearches = {
     },
   },
 };
+
+export const dashboards = {
+  mlTestDashboard: {
+    requestBody: {
+      attributes: {
+        title: 'ML Test',
+        hits: 0,
+        description: '',
+        panelsJSON: '[]',
+        optionsJSON: '{"hidePanelTitles":false,"useMargins":true}',
+        version: 1,
+        timeRestore: false,
+        kibanaSavedObjectMeta: {
+          searchSourceJSON: '{"query":{"language":"kuery","query":""},"filter":[]}',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};