diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/ml_api_service/index.d.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/ml_api_service/index.d.ts
index 2e7da6fb9cc69..3789a228567a4 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/ml_api_service/index.d.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/ml_api_service/index.d.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { AggFieldNamePair } from '../../../common/types/fields';
 import { ExistingJobsAndGroups } from '../job_service';
 import { PrivilegesResponse } from '../../../common/types/privileges';
 import { MlSummaryJobs } from '../../../common/types/jobs';
-import { MlServerDefaults, MlServerLimits } from '../../jobs/new_job_new/utils/new_job_defaults';
+import { MlServerDefaults, MlServerLimits } from '../ml_server_info';
 import { ES_AGGREGATION } from '../../../common/constants/aggregation_types';
 
 // TODO This is not a complete representation of all methods of `ml.*`.
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export interface MlInfoResponse {
     version: string;
   };
   upgrade_mode: boolean;
+  cloudId?: string;
 }
 
 declare interface Ml {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/system.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/system.js
index 8ca285eb23608..a686971672c58 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/system.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/system.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { isSecurityDisabled } from '../lib/security_utils';
 export function systemRoutes({
   commonRouteConfig,
   elasticsearchPlugin,
+  config,
   route,
   xpackMainPlugin,
   spacesPlugin
@@ -168,10 +169,17 @@ export function systemRoutes({
   route({
     method: 'GET',
     path: '/api/ml/info',
-    handler(request) {
+    async handler(request) {
       const callWithRequest = callWithRequestFactory(elasticsearchPlugin, request);
-      return callWithRequest('ml.info')
-        .catch(resp => wrapError(resp));
+
+      try {
+        const info = await callWithRequest('ml.info');
+        const cloudIdKey = 'xpack.cloud.id';
+        const cloudId = config.has(cloudIdKey) && config.get(cloudIdKey);
+        return { ...info, cloudId };
+      } catch (error) {
+        return wrapError(error);
+      }
     },
     config: {
       ...commonRouteConfig