diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/common/search/es_search/es_search_rxjs_utils.ts b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/common/search/es_search/es_search_rxjs_utils.ts
index 2d5d09fd0205e3..2f510146e08699 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/common/search/es_search/es_search_rxjs_utils.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/common/search/es_search/es_search_rxjs_utils.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  */
 
 import { of, merge, timer, throwError } from 'rxjs';
-import { takeWhile, switchMap, expand, mergeMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { map, takeWhile, switchMap, expand, mergeMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { ApiResponse } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 
 import {
   AbortError,
@@ -35,6 +36,15 @@ export const doPartialSearch = <SearchResponse = any>(
     takeWhile((response) => !isCompleteResponse(response), true)
   );
 
+export const normalizeEqlResponse = <SearchResponse extends ApiResponse = ApiResponse>() =>
+  map<SearchResponse, SearchResponse>((eqlResponse) => ({
+    ...eqlResponse,
+    body: {
+      ...eqlResponse.body,
+      ...eqlResponse,
+    },
+  }));
+
 export const throwOnEsError = () =>
   mergeMap((r: IKibanaSearchResponse) =>
     isErrorResponse(r) ? merge(of(r), throwError(new AbortError())) : of(r)
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/eql_search_strategy.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/eql_search_strategy.test.ts
index 88aaee8eb7da2d..cd8428efa48511 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/eql_search_strategy.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/eql_search_strategy.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ const getMockEqlResponse = () => ({
       sequences: [],
     },
   },
+  meta: {},
+  statusCode: 200,
 });
 
 describe('EQL search strategy', () => {
@@ -193,5 +195,24 @@ describe('EQL search strategy', () => {
         expect(requestOptions).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ ignore: [400] }));
       });
     });
+
+    describe('response', () => {
+      it('contains a rawResponse with body and meta', async () => {
+        const eqlSearch = await eqlSearchStrategyProvider(mockLogger);
+        const response = await eqlSearch
+          .search({ id: 'my-search-id', options: { ignore: [400] } }, {}, mockDeps)
+          .toPromise();
+
+        expect(response).toEqual(
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            rawResponse: expect.objectContaining({
+              body: expect.any(Object),
+              meta: expect.any(Object),
+              statusCode: 200,
+            }),
+          })
+        );
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/eql_search_strategy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/eql_search_strategy.ts
index a75f2617a9bf35..7b3d0db450b044 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/eql_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/eql_search_strategy.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import type { Logger } from 'kibana/server';
 import type { ApiResponse } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 
 import { search } from '../../../../../src/plugins/data/server';
-import { doPartialSearch } from '../../common/search/es_search/es_search_rxjs_utils';
+import {
+  doPartialSearch,
+  normalizeEqlResponse,
+} from '../../common/search/es_search/es_search_rxjs_utils';
 import { getAsyncOptions, getDefaultSearchParams } from './get_default_search_params';
 
 import type { ISearchStrategy, IEsRawSearchResponse } from '../../../../../src/plugins/data/server';
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ export const eqlSearchStrategyProvider = (
         (response) => response.body.id,
         request.id,
         options
-      ).pipe(utils.toKibanaSearchResponse());
+      ).pipe(normalizeEqlResponse(), utils.toKibanaSearchResponse());
     },
   };
 };