diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.ts
index 33119b947bcee..204ae4df10fcd 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.ts
@@ -176,11 +176,12 @@ export async function importSavedObjectsFromStream({
   });
   const errorResults = errorAccumulator.map((error) => {
     const icon = typeRegistry.getType(error.type)?.management?.icon;
+    const namespaceType = typeRegistry.getType(error.type)?.namespaceType;
     const attemptedOverwrite = pendingOverwrites.has(getObjKey(error));
     return {
       ...error,
       namespaces: importNamespaces ? error.namespaces : undefined,
-      meta: { ...error.meta, icon },
+      meta: { ...error.meta, icon, namespaceType },
       ...(attemptedOverwrite && { overwrite: true }),
     };
   });
diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/saved_objects/import.ts b/test/api_integration/apis/saved_objects/import.ts
index c899f082ec4d3..32e3b0ec86b7b 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/saved_objects/import.ts
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/saved_objects/import.ts
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
     const indexPattern = {
       type: 'index-pattern',
       id: '91200a00-9efd-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab',
-      meta: { title: 'logstash-*', icon: 'indexPatternApp' },
+      meta: { title: 'logstash-*', icon: 'indexPatternApp', namespaceType: 'single' as const },
     };
     const visualization = {
       type: 'visualization',
       id: 'dd7caf20-9efd-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab',
-      meta: { title: 'Count of requests', icon: 'visualizeApp' },
+      meta: { title: 'Count of requests', icon: 'visualizeApp', namespaceType: 'single' as const },
     };
     const dashboard = {
       type: 'dashboard',
       id: 'be3733a0-9efe-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab',
-      meta: { title: 'Requests', icon: 'dashboardApp' },
+      meta: { title: 'Requests', icon: 'dashboardApp', namespaceType: 'single' as const },
     };
 
     describe('with basic data existing', () => {
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
               meta: {
                 icon: 'dashboardApp',
                 title: 'dashboard-b',
+                namespaceType: 'single',
               },
               type: 'dashboard',
             },
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
               meta: {
                 icon: 'dashboardApp',
                 title: 'dashboard-a',
+                namespaceType: 'single',
               },
               type: 'dashboard',
             },
@@ -222,7 +224,11 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
                   type: 'visualization',
                   id: '1',
                   title: 'My visualization',
-                  meta: { title: 'My visualization', icon: 'visualizeApp' },
+                  meta: {
+                    title: 'My visualization',
+                    icon: 'visualizeApp',
+                    namespaceType: 'single',
+                  },
                   error: {
                     type: 'missing_references',
                     references: [
diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/saved_objects/resolve_import_errors.ts b/test/api_integration/apis/saved_objects/resolve_import_errors.ts
index 7ca61a26a11c1..f9a634719ea72 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/saved_objects/resolve_import_errors.ts
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/saved_objects/resolve_import_errors.ts
@@ -14,22 +14,22 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
   const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
 
-  describe('resolve_import_errors', () => {
+  describe('TOTO resolve_import_errors', () => {
     // mock success results including metadata
     const indexPattern = {
       type: 'index-pattern',
       id: '91200a00-9efd-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab',
-      meta: { title: 'logstash-*', icon: 'indexPatternApp' },
+      meta: { title: 'logstash-*', icon: 'indexPatternApp', namespaceType: 'single' },
     };
     const visualization = {
       type: 'visualization',
       id: 'dd7caf20-9efd-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab',
-      meta: { title: 'Count of requests', icon: 'visualizeApp' },
+      meta: { title: 'Count of requests', icon: 'visualizeApp', namespaceType: 'single' },
     };
     const dashboard = {
       type: 'dashboard',
       id: 'be3733a0-9efe-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab',
-      meta: { title: 'Requests', icon: 'dashboardApp' },
+      meta: { title: 'Requests', icon: 'dashboardApp', namespaceType: 'single' },
     };
     const SPACE_ID = 'ftr-so-resolve_import_errors';
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
                 {
                   type: 'visualization',
                   id: '1',
-                  meta: { title: 'My favorite vis', icon: 'visualizeApp' },
+                  meta: { title: 'My favorite vis', icon: 'visualizeApp', namespaceType: 'single' },
                 },
               ],
               warnings: [],