diff --git a/src/ui/public/persisted_log/create_log_key.js b/src/ui/public/persisted_log/create_log_key.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bbc91d65f11127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/public/persisted_log/create_log_key.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Sha256 } from '../crypto';
+
+export function createLogKey(type, optionalIdentifier) {
+  const baseKey = `kibana.history.${type}`;
+
+  if (!optionalIdentifier) {
+    return baseKey;
+  }
+
+  const protectedIdentifier = new Sha256().update(optionalIdentifier, 'utf8').digest('base64');
+  return `${baseKey}-${protectedIdentifier}`;
+}
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diff --git a/src/ui/public/persisted_log/create_log_key.test.js b/src/ui/public/persisted_log/create_log_key.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3f7f69a5271e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/public/persisted_log/create_log_key.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { createLogKey } from './create_log_key';
+
+describe('createLogKey', () => {
+  it('should create a key starting with "kibana.history"', () => {
+    expect(createLogKey('foo', 'bar')).toMatch(/^kibana\.history/);
+  });
+
+  it('should include a hashed suffix of the identifier when present', () => {
+    const expectedSuffix = `/N4rLtula/QIYB+3If6bXDONEO5CnqBPrlURto+/j7k=`;
+    expect(createLogKey('foo', 'bar')).toMatch(`kibana.history.foo-${expectedSuffix}`);
+  });
+
+  it('should not include a hashed suffix if the identifier is not present', () => {
+    expect(createLogKey('foo')).toEqual('kibana.history.foo');
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/src/ui/public/persisted_log/persisted_log.test.js b/src/ui/public/persisted_log/persisted_log.test.js
index ec0a659d6d063a..5d5409a035a044 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/persisted_log/persisted_log.test.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/persisted_log/persisted_log.test.js
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ import sinon from 'sinon';
 import expect from 'expect.js';
 import { PersistedLog } from './';
 
+jest.mock('../chrome', () => {
+  return {
+    getBasePath: () => `/some/base/path`
+  };
+});
+
 const historyName = 'testHistory';
 const historyLimit = 10;
 const payload = [
diff --git a/src/ui/public/persisted_log/recently_accessed.js b/src/ui/public/persisted_log/recently_accessed.js
index af8280f6ab5b70..9392e276dbeb99 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/persisted_log/recently_accessed.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/persisted_log/recently_accessed.js
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-
+import chrome from '../chrome';
 import { PersistedLog } from './';
+import { createLogKey } from './create_log_key';
 
 class RecentlyAccessed {
   constructor() {
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ class RecentlyAccessed {
         return oldItem.id === newItem.id;
       }
     };
-    this.history = new PersistedLog('kibana.history.recentlyAccessed', historyOptions);
+    const logKey = createLogKey('recentlyAccessed', chrome.getBasePath());
+    this.history = new PersistedLog(logKey, historyOptions);
   }
 
   add(link, label, id) {