diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 820caa9243dcb30..b398864d1ffefe4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@
     "good-squeeze": "2.1.0",
     "gridster": "0.5.6",
     "grunt-run": "0.6.0",
-    "hapi": "8.8.1",
+    "h2o2": "5.1.1",
+    "hapi": "14.2.0",
     "imports-loader": "0.6.4",
+    "inert": "4.0.2",
     "jade": "1.11.0",
     "jade-loader": "0.7.1",
     "joi": "6.6.1",
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@
     "style-loader": "0.12.3",
     "tar": "2.2.0",
     "url-loader": "0.5.6",
+    "vision": "4.1.0",
     "webpack": "1.12.15",
     "webpack-directory-name-as-main": "1.0.0",
     "whatwg-fetch": "0.9.0",
diff --git a/src/optimize/lazy/LazyServer.js b/src/optimize/lazy/LazyServer.js
index 7527cf1505d515b..61a8b2bfe3b9826 100644
--- a/src/optimize/lazy/LazyServer.js
+++ b/src/optimize/lazy/LazyServer.js
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@
 let { Server } = require('hapi');
 let { fromNode } = require('bluebird');
 let Boom = require('boom');
-
+let registerHapiPlugins = require('../../server/http/register_hapi_plugins');
 
 module.exports = class LazyServer {
   constructor(host, port, optimizer) {
     this.optimizer = optimizer;
     this.server = new Server();
+
+    registerHapiPlugins(null, this.server);
+
     this.server.connection({
       host: host,
       port: port
     });
+
   }
 
   async init() {
diff --git a/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/routes.js b/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/routes.js
index ff681438623e5b5..0bf18867900370f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/routes.js
+++ b/src/plugins/elasticsearch/lib/__tests__/routes.js
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
     });
 
 
-    function testRoute(options) {
+    function testRoute(options, statusCode = 200) {
       if (typeof options.payload === 'object') {
         options.payload = JSON.stringify(options.payload);
       }
 
-      const statusCode = options.statusCode || 200;
       describe(format('%s %s', options.method, options.url), function () {
         it('should should return ' + statusCode, function (done) {
           kbnTestServer.makeRequest(kbnServer, options, function (res) {
@@ -61,21 +60,18 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
 
     testRoute({
       method: 'POST',
-      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana',
-      statusCode: 405
-    });
+      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana'
+    }, 405);
 
     testRoute({
       method: 'PUT',
-      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana',
-      statusCode: 405
-    });
+      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana'
+    }, 405);
 
     testRoute({
       method: 'DELETE',
-      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana',
-      statusCode: 405
-    });
+      url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana'
+    }, 405);
 
     testRoute({
       method: 'GET',
@@ -85,9 +81,8 @@ describe('plugins/elasticsearch', function () {
     testRoute({
       method: 'POST',
       url: '/elasticsearch/.kibana/_bulk',
-      payload: '{}',
-      statusCode: 400
-    });
+      payload: '{}'
+    }, 400);
 
     testRoute({
       method: 'POST',
diff --git a/src/server/http/index.js b/src/server/http/index.js
index 06d8f28588b547a..cf3830e764bff95 100644
--- a/src/server/http/index.js
+++ b/src/server/http/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module.exports = function (kbnServer, server, config) {
   server = kbnServer.server = new Hapi.Server();
 
   const shortUrlLookup = require('./short_url_lookup')(server);
+  kbnServer.mixin(require('./register_hapi_plugins'));
 
   // Create a new connection
   let connectionOptions = {
diff --git a/src/server/http/register_hapi_plugins.js b/src/server/http/register_hapi_plugins.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..395beb0d37a6c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/http/register_hapi_plugins.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import HapiTemplates from 'vision';
+import HapiStaticFiles from 'inert';
+import HapiProxy from 'h2o2';
+import { fromNode } from 'bluebird';
+
+const plugins = [HapiTemplates, HapiStaticFiles, HapiProxy];
+
+async function registerPlugins(server) {
+  await fromNode(cb => {
+    server.register(plugins, cb);
+  });
+}
+
+export default function (kbnServer, server, config) {
+  registerPlugins(server);
+}