diff --git a/oas_docs/output/kibana.yaml b/oas_docs/output/kibana.yaml
index 3fe73a417aae1..b0b2b64693433 100644
--- a/oas_docs/output/kibana.yaml
+++ b/oas_docs/output/kibana.yaml
@@ -39170,6 +39170,8 @@ components:
     Security_Entity_Analytics_API_EngineDescriptor:
       type: object
       properties:
+        error:
+          type: object
         fieldHistoryLength:
           type: integer
         filter:
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/api/entity_analytics/entity_store/common.gen.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/api/entity_analytics/entity_store/common.gen.ts
index 2dd83ca89bee0..228bf1e515675 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/api/entity_analytics/entity_store/common.gen.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/api/entity_analytics/entity_store/common.gen.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export const EngineDescriptor = z.object({
   status: EngineStatus,
   filter: z.string().optional(),
   fieldHistoryLength: z.number().int(),
+  error: z.object({}).optional(),
 });
 
 export type InspectQuery = z.infer<typeof InspectQuery>;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/api/entity_analytics/entity_store/common.schema.yaml b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/api/entity_analytics/entity_store/common.schema.yaml
index 810961392aad1..00b100516b76c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/api/entity_analytics/entity_store/common.schema.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/api/entity_analytics/entity_store/common.schema.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ components:
           type: string
         fieldHistoryLength:
           type: integer
+        error:
+          type: object
 
     EngineStatus:
       type: string
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/docs/openapi/ess/security_solution_entity_analytics_api_2023_10_31.bundled.schema.yaml b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/docs/openapi/ess/security_solution_entity_analytics_api_2023_10_31.bundled.schema.yaml
index 1c7be495492c6..1dfa9becae7db 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/docs/openapi/ess/security_solution_entity_analytics_api_2023_10_31.bundled.schema.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/docs/openapi/ess/security_solution_entity_analytics_api_2023_10_31.bundled.schema.yaml
@@ -770,6 +770,8 @@ components:
     EngineDescriptor:
       type: object
       properties:
+        error:
+          type: object
         fieldHistoryLength:
           type: integer
         filter:
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/docs/openapi/serverless/security_solution_entity_analytics_api_2023_10_31.bundled.schema.yaml b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/docs/openapi/serverless/security_solution_entity_analytics_api_2023_10_31.bundled.schema.yaml
index 9d736030856d9..a941f7215a972 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/docs/openapi/serverless/security_solution_entity_analytics_api_2023_10_31.bundled.schema.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/docs/openapi/serverless/security_solution_entity_analytics_api_2023_10_31.bundled.schema.yaml
@@ -770,6 +770,8 @@ components:
     EngineDescriptor:
       type: object
       properties:
+        error:
+          type: object
         fieldHistoryLength:
           type: integer
         filter:
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/components/dashboard_panels.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/components/dashboard_panels.tsx
index 3b4f661e949f2..476d9aa350d97 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/components/dashboard_panels.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/components/dashboard_panels.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   EuiLoadingLogo,
   EuiPanel,
   EuiImage,
+  EuiCallOut,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 
 import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n-react';
@@ -50,9 +51,25 @@ const EntityStoreDashboardPanelsComponent = () => {
   const entityStore = useEntityEngineStatus();
   const riskEngineStatus = useRiskEngineStatus();
 
-  const { enable: enableStore } = useEntityStoreEnablement();
+  const { enable: enableStore, query } = useEntityStoreEnablement();
+
   const { mutate: initRiskEngine } = useInitRiskEngineMutation();
 
+  const callouts = entityStore.errors.map((err, i) => (
+    <EuiCallOut
+      title={
+        <FormattedMessage
+          id="xpack.securitySolution.entityAnalytics.entityStore.enablement.errors.title"
+          defaultMessage={'An error occurred during entity store resource initialization'}
+        />
+      }
+      color="danger"
+      iconType="error"
+    >
+      <p>{err?.message}</p>
+    </EuiCallOut>
+  ));
+
   const enableEntityStore = (enable: Enablements) => () => {
     setModalState({ visible: false });
     if (enable.riskScore) {
@@ -73,6 +90,26 @@ const EntityStoreDashboardPanelsComponent = () => {
     }
   };
 
+  if (query.error) {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <EuiCallOut
+          title={
+            <FormattedMessage
+              id="xpack.securitySolution.entityAnalytics.entityStore.enablement.errors.queryErrorTitle"
+              defaultMessage={'There was a problem initializing the entity store'}
+            />
+          }
+          color="danger"
+          iconType="error"
+        >
+          <p>{(query.error as { body: { message: string } }).body.message}</p>
+        </EuiCallOut>
+        {callouts}
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+
   if (entityStore.status === 'loading') {
     return (
       <EuiPanel hasBorder>
@@ -109,6 +146,29 @@ const EntityStoreDashboardPanelsComponent = () => {
 
   return (
     <EuiFlexGroup direction="column" data-test-subj="entityStorePanelsGroup">
+      {entityStore.status === 'error' && isRiskScoreAvailable && (
+        <>
+          {callouts}
+          <EuiFlexItem>
+            <EntityAnalyticsRiskScores riskEntity={RiskScoreEntity.user} />
+          </EuiFlexItem>
+          <EuiFlexItem>
+            <EntityAnalyticsRiskScores riskEntity={RiskScoreEntity.host} />
+          </EuiFlexItem>
+        </>
+      )}
+      {entityStore.status === 'error' && !isRiskScoreAvailable && (
+        <>
+          {callouts}
+          <EuiFlexItem>
+            <EnableEntityStore
+              onEnable={() => setModalState({ visible: true })}
+              loadingRiskEngine={riskEngineInitializing}
+              enablements="riskScore"
+            />
+          </EuiFlexItem>
+        </>
+      )}
       {entityStore.status === 'enabled' && isRiskScoreAvailable && (
         <>
           <EuiFlexItem>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/hooks/use_entity_engine_status.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/hooks/use_entity_engine_status.ts
index ef6ccd5d6fe20..8a1760728074b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/hooks/use_entity_engine_status.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/hooks/use_entity_engine_status.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ interface Options {
   polling?: UseQueryOptions<ListEntityEnginesResponse>['refetchInterval'];
 }
 
+interface EngineError {
+  message: string;
+}
+
 export const useEntityEngineStatus = (opts: Options = {}) => {
   // QUESTION: Maybe we should have an `EnablementStatus` API route for this?
   const { listEntityEngines } = useEntityStoreRoutes();
@@ -33,6 +37,10 @@ export const useEntityEngineStatus = (opts: Options = {}) => {
       return 'not_installed';
     }
 
+    if (data?.engines?.some((engine) => engine.status === 'error')) {
+      return 'error';
+    }
+
     if (data?.engines?.every((engine) => engine.status === 'stopped')) {
       return 'stopped';
     }
@@ -52,7 +60,12 @@ export const useEntityEngineStatus = (opts: Options = {}) => {
     return 'enabled';
   })();
 
+  const errors = (data?.engines
+    ?.filter((engine) => engine.status === 'error')
+    .map((engine) => engine.error) ?? []) as EngineError[];
+
   return {
     status,
+    errors,
   };
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/hooks/use_entity_store.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/hooks/use_entity_store.ts
index 2d9fa716faf1c..f66db30ce21b1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/hooks/use_entity_store.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/entity_analytics/components/entity_store/hooks/use_entity_store.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const useEntityStoreEnablement = () => {
   });
 
   const { initEntityStore } = useEntityStoreRoutes();
-  const { refetch: initialize } = useQuery({
+  const { refetch: initialize, ...query } = useQuery({
     queryKey: [ENTITY_STORE_ENABLEMENT_INIT],
     queryFn: () => Promise.all([initEntityStore('user'), initEntityStore('host')]),
     enabled: false,
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ export const useEntityStoreEnablement = () => {
     telemetry?.reportEntityStoreInit({
       timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
     });
-    initialize().then(() => setPolling(true));
+    return initialize().then(() => setPolling(true));
   }, [initialize, telemetry]);
 
-  return { enable };
+  return { enable, query };
 };
 
 export const INIT_ENTITY_ENGINE_STATUS_KEY = ['POST', 'INIT_ENTITY_ENGINE'];
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/entity_analytics/entity_store/entity_store_data_client.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/entity_analytics/entity_store/entity_store_data_client.ts
index 63d065a7f9d3c..95e04784c8e64 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/entity_analytics/entity_store/entity_store_data_client.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/entity_analytics/entity_store/entity_store_data_client.ts
@@ -280,7 +280,14 @@ export class EntityStoreDataClient {
         error: err.message,
       });
 
-      await this.engineClient.update(entityType, ENGINE_STATUS.ERROR);
+      await this.engineClient.update(entityType, {
+        status: ENGINE_STATUS.ERROR,
+        error: {
+          message: err.message,
+          stack: err.stack,
+          action: 'init',
+        },
+      });
 
       await this.delete(entityType, taskManager, { deleteData: true, deleteEngine: false });
     }
@@ -319,7 +326,7 @@ export class EntityStoreDataClient {
     const fullEntityDefinition = await this.getExistingEntityDefinition(entityType);
     await this.entityClient.startEntityDefinition(fullEntityDefinition);
 
-    return this.engineClient.update(entityType, ENGINE_STATUS.STARTED);
+    return this.engineClient.updateStatus(entityType, ENGINE_STATUS.STARTED);
   }
 
   public async stop(entityType: EntityType) {
@@ -339,7 +346,7 @@ export class EntityStoreDataClient {
     const fullEntityDefinition = await this.getExistingEntityDefinition(entityType);
     await this.entityClient.stopEntityDefinition(fullEntityDefinition);
 
-    return this.engineClient.update(entityType, ENGINE_STATUS.STOPPED);
+    return this.engineClient.updateStatus(entityType, ENGINE_STATUS.STOPPED);
   }
 
   public async get(entityType: EntityType) {
@@ -510,7 +517,7 @@ export class EntityStoreDataClient {
         }
 
         // Update savedObject status
-        await this.engineClient.update(engine.type, ENGINE_STATUS.UPDATING);
+        await this.engineClient.updateStatus(engine.type, ENGINE_STATUS.UPDATING);
 
         try {
           // Update entity manager definition
@@ -523,12 +530,12 @@ export class EntityStoreDataClient {
           });
 
           // Restore the savedObject status and set the new index pattern
-          await this.engineClient.update(engine.type, originalStatus);
+          await this.engineClient.updateStatus(engine.type, originalStatus);
 
           return { type: engine.type, changes: { indexPatterns } };
         } catch (error) {
           // Rollback the engine initial status when the update fails
-          await this.engineClient.update(engine.type, originalStatus);
+          await this.engineClient.updateStatus(engine.type, originalStatus);
 
           throw error;
         }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/entity_analytics/entity_store/saved_object/engine_descriptor.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/entity_analytics/entity_store/saved_object/engine_descriptor.ts
index af7b4ba80dde5..cfaea1b1da0ff 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/entity_analytics/entity_store/saved_object/engine_descriptor.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/entity_analytics/entity_store/saved_object/engine_descriptor.ts
@@ -78,17 +78,21 @@ export class EngineDescriptorClient {
     return attributes;
   }
 
-  async update(entityType: EntityType, status: EngineStatus) {
+  async update(entityType: EntityType, engine: Partial<EngineDescriptor>) {
     const id = this.getSavedObjectId(entityType);
     const { attributes } = await this.deps.soClient.update<EngineDescriptor>(
       entityEngineDescriptorTypeName,
       id,
-      { status },
+      engine,
       { refresh: 'wait_for' }
     );
     return attributes;
   }
 
+  async updateStatus(entityType: EntityType, status: EngineStatus) {
+    return this.update(entityType, { status });
+  }
+
   async find(entityType: EntityType): Promise<SavedObjectsFindResponse<EngineDescriptor>> {
     return this.deps.soClient.find<EngineDescriptor>({
       type: entityEngineDescriptorTypeName,