diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/constants/epm.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/constants/epm.ts
index 571580e81258f..a2ce7703de039 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/constants/epm.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/constants/epm.ts
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ export const PACKAGES_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE = 'epm-packages';
 export const INDEX_PATTERN_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE = 'index-pattern';
 export const INDEX_PATTERN_PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX = '-index_pattern_placeholder';
 export const MAX_TIME_COMPLETE_INSTALL = 60000;
+
+export const requiredPackages = {
+  System: 'system',
+  Endpoint: 'endpoint',
+} as const;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/types/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/types/index.ts
index e9271c24456b5..ba76194b1d9b9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/types/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/types/index.ts
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ export interface IngestManagerConfigType {
 // and https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/12253#issuecomment-263132208
 // and https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/21826#issuecomment-479851685
 export const entries = Object.entries as <T>(o: T) => Array<[keyof T, T[keyof T]]>;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a Union Type for all the values of an object
+ */
+export type ValueOf<T> = T[keyof T];
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/types/models/epm.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/types/models/epm.ts
index 2ec9d7be6c882..cd6b9059fa091 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/types/models/epm.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/types/models/epm.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 // Follow pattern from https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/52447
 // TODO: Update when https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/53021 is closed
 import { SavedObject, SavedObjectAttributes, SavedObjectReference } from 'src/core/public';
+import { requiredPackages } from '../../constants';
 
 export enum InstallationStatus {
   installed = 'installed',
@@ -277,6 +278,8 @@ export type EsAssetReference = Pick<SavedObjectReference, 'id'> & {
   type: ElasticsearchAssetType;
 };
 
+export type RequiredPackage = typeof requiredPackages;
+
 export enum DefaultPackages {
   system = 'system',
   endpoint = 'endpoint',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/packages/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/packages/index.ts
index 92070f3c2fafc..15c45e7449fec 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/packages/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/packages/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import { SavedObject } from 'src/core/server';
+import { RequiredPackage, requiredPackages, ValueOf } from '../../../../common';
 import {
   AssetType,
   Installable,
@@ -35,14 +36,8 @@ export {
 } from './install';
 export { removeInstallation } from './remove';
 
-type RequiredPackage = 'system' | 'endpoint';
-const requiredPackages: Record<RequiredPackage, boolean> = {
-  system: true,
-  endpoint: true,
-};
-
-export function isRequiredPackage(value: string): value is RequiredPackage {
-  return value in requiredPackages;
+export function isRequiredPackage(value: string): value is ValueOf<RequiredPackage> {
+  return Object.values(requiredPackages).some((required) => value === required);
 }
 
 export class PackageNotInstalledError extends Error {