diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/data_frame_analytics.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/data_frame_analytics.ts
index 8aba633970a7..42a18d80f958 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/data_frame_analytics.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/data_frame_analytics.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../data_frame_analytics/common';
 import { DeepPartial } from '../../../../common/types/common';
 import { NewJobCapsResponse } from '../../../../common/types/fields';
+import { JobMessage } from '../../../../common/types/audit_message';
 import {
   DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsWithIndexStatus,
   AnalyticsMapReturnType,
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ export const dataFrameAnalytics = {
     });
   },
   getAnalyticsAuditMessages(analyticsId: string) {
-    return http<any>({
+    return http<JobMessage[]>({
       path: `${basePath()}/data_frame/analytics/${analyticsId}/messages`,
       method: 'GET',
     });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/data_frame_analytics/get.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/data_frame_analytics/get.ts
index f8c7009e39db..69f40e46bc7e 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/data_frame_analytics/get.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/data_frame_analytics/get.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
   const supertest = getService('supertestWithoutAuth');
   const ml = getService('ml');
+  const retry = getService('retry');
 
   const jobId = `bm_${Date.now()}`;
 
@@ -273,5 +274,38 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
         expect(body).to.have.keys('elements', 'details', 'error');
       });
     });
+
+    describe('GetDataFrameAnalyticsMessages', () => {
+      it('should fetch single analytics job messages by id', async () => {
+        await retry.tryForTime(5000, async () => {
+          const { body } = await supertest
+            .get(`/api/ml/data_frame/analytics/${jobId}_1/messages`)
+            .auth(USER.ML_VIEWER, ml.securityCommon.getPasswordForUser(USER.ML_VIEWER))
+            .set(COMMON_REQUEST_HEADERS)
+            .expect(200);
+
+          expect(body.length).to.eql(1);
+          expect(body[0].job_id).to.eql(`${jobId}_1`);
+          expect(body[0]).to.have.keys(
+            'job_id',
+            'message',
+            'level',
+            'timestamp',
+            'node_name',
+            'job_type'
+          );
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('should not allow to retrieve job messages without required permissions', async () => {
+        const { body } = await supertest
+          .get(`/api/ml/data_frame/analytics/${jobId}_1/messages`)
+          .auth(USER.ML_UNAUTHORIZED, ml.securityCommon.getPasswordForUser(USER.ML_UNAUTHORIZED))
+          .set(COMMON_REQUEST_HEADERS)
+          .expect(403);
+        expect(body.error).to.eql('Forbidden');
+        expect(body.message).to.eql('Forbidden');
+      });
+    });
   });
 };