diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/calculate_model_memory_limit.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/calculate_model_memory_limit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b725996533732f
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+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/calculate_model_memory_limit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+
+import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
+
+const COMMON_HEADERS = {
+  'kbn-xsrf': 'some-xsrf-token',
+};
+
+const testDataList = [
+  {
+    testTitleSuffix: 'with 0 metrics, 0 influencers and no split field',
+    requestBody: {
+      indexPattern: 'ecommerce',
+      splitFieldName: '',
+      query: { bool: { must: [{ match_all: {} }], filter: [], must_not: [] } },
+      fieldNames: ['__ml_event_rate_count__'],
+      influencerNames: [],
+      timeFieldName: 'order_date',
+      earliestMs: 1560297859000,
+      latestMs: 1562975136000,
+    },
+    expected: {
+      responseCode: 400,
+      responseBody: {
+        statusCode: 400,
+        error: 'Bad Request',
+        message: "[illegal_argument_exception] specified fields can't be null or empty",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    testTitleSuffix: 'with 1 metrics and 1 influencers same as split field',
+    requestBody: {
+      indexPattern: 'ecommerce',
+      splitFieldName: 'geoip.city_name',
+      query: { bool: { must: [{ match_all: {} }], filter: [], must_not: [] } },
+      fieldNames: ['products.base_price'],
+      influencerNames: ['geoip.city_name'],
+      timeFieldName: 'order_date',
+      earliestMs: 1560297859000,
+      latestMs: 1562975136000,
+    },
+    expected: {
+      responseCode: 200,
+      responseBody: { modelMemoryLimit: '12MB' },
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    testTitleSuffix: 'with 3 metrics, 3 influencers, split by city',
+    requestBody: {
+      indexPattern: 'ecommerce',
+      splitFieldName: 'geoip.city_name',
+      query: { bool: { must: [{ match_all: {} }], filter: [], must_not: [] } },
+      fieldNames: ['products.base_price', 'taxful_total_price', 'products.discount_amount'],
+      influencerNames: ['geoip.city_name', 'customer_gender', 'customer_full_name.keyword'],
+      timeFieldName: 'order_date',
+      earliestMs: 1560297859000,
+      latestMs: 1562975136000,
+    },
+    expected: {
+      responseCode: 200,
+      responseBody: { modelMemoryLimit: '14MB' },
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    testTitleSuffix: 'with 4 metrics, 4 influencers, split by customer_id',
+    requestBody: {
+      indexPattern: 'ecommerce',
+      splitFieldName: 'customer_id',
+      query: { bool: { must: [{ match_all: {} }], filter: [], must_not: [] } },
+      fieldNames: [
+        'geoip.country_iso_code',
+        'taxless_total_price',
+        'taxful_total_price',
+        'products.discount_amount',
+      ],
+      influencerNames: [
+        'customer_id',
+        'geoip.country_iso_code',
+        'products.discount_percentage',
+        'products.discount_amount',
+      ],
+      timeFieldName: 'order_date',
+      earliestMs: 1560297859000,
+      latestMs: 1562975136000,
+    },
+    expected: {
+      responseCode: 200,
+      responseBody: { modelMemoryLimit: '23MB' },
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    testTitleSuffix:
+      'with 4 metrics, 4 influencers, split by customer_id and filtering by country code',
+    requestBody: {
+      indexPattern: 'ecommerce',
+      splitFieldName: 'customer_id',
+      query: {
+        bool: {
+          filter: {
+            term: {
+              'geoip.country_iso_code': 'US',
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      fieldNames: [
+        'geoip.country_iso_code',
+        'taxless_total_price',
+        'taxful_total_price',
+        'products.discount_amount',
+      ],
+      influencerNames: [
+        'customer_id',
+        'geoip.country_iso_code',
+        'products.discount_percentage',
+        'products.discount_amount',
+      ],
+      timeFieldName: 'order_date',
+      earliestMs: 1560297859000,
+      latestMs: 1562975136000,
+    },
+    expected: {
+      responseCode: 200,
+      responseBody: { modelMemoryLimit: '14MB' },
+    },
+  },
+];
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export
+export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
+  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
+  const supertest = getService('supertest');
+
+  describe('calculate model memory limit', () => {
+    before(async () => {
+      await esArchiver.load('ml/ecommerce');
+    });
+
+    after(async () => {
+      await esArchiver.unload('ml/ecommerce');
+    });
+
+    for (const testData of testDataList) {
+      it(`calculates the model memory limit ${testData.testTitleSuffix}`, async () => {
+        const { body } = await supertest
+          .post('/api/ml/validate/calculate_model_memory_limit')
+          .set(COMMON_HEADERS)
+          .send(testData.requestBody)
+          .expect(testData.expected.responseCode);
+
+        expect(body).to.eql(testData.expected.responseBody);
+      });
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/index.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/index.ts
index 2e0521e2b82737..9fff4ca8436b06 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/index.ts
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ export default function({ loadTestFile }: FtrProviderContext) {
     this.tags(['mlqa']);
 
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./bucket_span_estimator'));
+    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./calculate_model_memory_limit'));
   });
 }