diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/common/constants.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/common/constants.ts
index 16397d340d951..80d433873d2a0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/common/constants.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/common/constants.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ export function getBasePath() {
 export function getEditPath(id: string) {
   return `#/edit/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`;
 }
+
+export function getFullPath(id: string) {
+  return `/app/${PLUGIN_ID}#/edit/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`;
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/mounter.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/mounter.tsx
index 398d01af7f1b3..b233a1154b081 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/mounter.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/mounter.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export async function mountApp(
         editorFrame={instance}
         storage={new Storage(localStorage)}
         docId={routeProps.match.params.id}
-        docStorage={new SavedObjectIndexStore(savedObjectsClient)}
+        docStorage={new SavedObjectIndexStore(savedObjectsClient, coreStart.chrome)}
         redirectTo={(id, returnToOrigin, newlyCreated) =>
           redirectTo(routeProps, id, returnToOrigin, newlyCreated)
         }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/persistence/saved_object_store.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/persistence/saved_object_store.ts
index e4609213ec792..a74d3fc97eea7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/persistence/saved_object_store.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/persistence/saved_object_store.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ import {
   SavedObjectAttributes,
   SavedObjectsClientContract,
   SavedObjectReference,
+  ChromeStart,
 } from 'kibana/public';
 import { Query } from '../../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
-import { PersistableFilter } from '../../common';
+import { getFullPath, PersistableFilter } from '../../common';
 
 export interface Document {
   id?: string;
@@ -40,11 +41,7 @@ export interface DocumentLoader {
 export type SavedObjectStore = DocumentLoader & DocumentSaver;
 
 export class SavedObjectIndexStore implements SavedObjectStore {
-  private client: SavedObjectsClientContract;
-
-  constructor(client: SavedObjectsClientContract) {
-    this.client = client;
-  }
+  constructor(private client: SavedObjectsClientContract, private chrome: ChromeStart) {}
 
   async save(vis: Document) {
     const { id, type, references, ...rest } = vis;
@@ -58,6 +55,8 @@ export class SavedObjectIndexStore implements SavedObjectStore {
           references,
         }));
 
+    this.chrome.recentlyAccessed.add(getFullPath(result.id), vis.title, result.id);
+
     return { ...vis, id: result.id };
   }
 
@@ -90,12 +89,14 @@ export class SavedObjectIndexStore implements SavedObjectStore {
     if (error) {
       throw error;
     }
-
-    return {
+    const document = {
       ...(attributes as SavedObjectAttributes),
       references,
       id,
       type,
     } as Document;
+    this.chrome.recentlyAccessed.add(getFullPath(id), document.title, id);
+
+    return document;
   }
 }