diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/types.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/types.ts
index 897a8c1e3231..68ab3561d375 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/types.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export interface VisToExpressionAstParams {
   abortSignal?: AbortSignal;
 }
 
-export type VisToExpressionAst = (
-  vis: Vis,
+export type VisToExpressionAst<TVisParams = VisParams> = (
+  vis: Vis<TVisParams>,
   params: VisToExpressionAstParams
 ) => ExpressionAstExpression;
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/base_vis_type.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/base_vis_type.ts
index 283286648ff1..27a4f299c1e9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/base_vis_type.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/base_vis_type.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import { VisToExpressionAst, VisualizationControllerConstructor } from '../types';
+import { VisParams, VisToExpressionAst, VisualizationControllerConstructor } from '../types';
 import { TriggerContextMapping } from '../../../ui_actions/public';
 import { Adapters } from '../../../inspector/public';
 
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ interface CommonBaseVisTypeOptions {
   inspectorAdapters?: Adapters | (() => Adapters);
 }
 
-interface ExpressionBaseVisTypeOptions extends CommonBaseVisTypeOptions {
-  toExpressionAst: VisToExpressionAst;
+interface ExpressionBaseVisTypeOptions<TVisParams> extends CommonBaseVisTypeOptions {
+  toExpressionAst: VisToExpressionAst<TVisParams>;
   visualization?: undefined;
 }
 
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ interface VisualizationBaseVisTypeOptions extends CommonBaseVisTypeOptions {
   visualization: VisualizationControllerConstructor | undefined;
 }
 
-export type BaseVisTypeOptions = ExpressionBaseVisTypeOptions | VisualizationBaseVisTypeOptions;
+export type BaseVisTypeOptions<TVisParams = VisParams> =
+  | ExpressionBaseVisTypeOptions<TVisParams>
+  | VisualizationBaseVisTypeOptions;
 
-export class BaseVisType {
+export class BaseVisType<TVisParams = VisParams> {
   name: string;
   title: string;
   description: string;
@@ -77,9 +79,9 @@ export class BaseVisType {
   setup?: unknown;
   useCustomNoDataScreen: boolean;
   inspectorAdapters?: Adapters | (() => Adapters);
-  toExpressionAst?: VisToExpressionAst;
+  toExpressionAst?: VisToExpressionAst<TVisParams>;
 
-  constructor(opts: BaseVisTypeOptions) {
+  constructor(opts: BaseVisTypeOptions<TVisParams>) {
     if (!opts.icon && !opts.image) {
       throw new Error('vis_type must define its icon or image');
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/types_service.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/types_service.ts
index 157dbd41ce8a..1afbd6901a19 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/types_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/types_service.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class TypesService {
        * registers a visualization type
        * @param config - visualization type definition
        */
-      createBaseVisualization: (config: BaseVisTypeOptions): void => {
+      createBaseVisualization: <TVisParams>(config: BaseVisTypeOptions<TVisParams>): void => {
         const vis = new BaseVisType(config);
         registerVisualization(() => vis);
       },