diff --git a/src/plugins/home/public/application/components/tutorial/instruction_set.js b/src/plugins/home/public/application/components/tutorial/instruction_set.js
index ada9b63b06b9d..250e42c1988db 100644
--- a/src/plugins/home/public/application/components/tutorial/instruction_set.js
+++ b/src/plugins/home/public/application/components/tutorial/instruction_set.js
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ const statusCheckConfigShape = PropTypes.shape({
   title: PropTypes.string,
   text: PropTypes.string,
   btnLabel: PropTypes.string,
+  customStatusCheck: PropTypes.string,
 });
 
 InstructionSetUi.propTypes = {
diff --git a/src/plugins/home/public/application/components/tutorial/tutorial.js b/src/plugins/home/public/application/components/tutorial/tutorial.js
index 81a75d8881e2d..bb8c92fb4f80c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/home/public/application/components/tutorial/tutorial.js
+++ b/src/plugins/home/public/application/components/tutorial/tutorial.js
@@ -171,17 +171,31 @@ class TutorialUi extends React.Component {
   checkInstructionSetStatus = async (instructionSetIndex) => {
     const instructionSet = this.getInstructionSets()[instructionSetIndex];
     const esHitsCheckConfig = _.get(instructionSet, `statusCheck.esHitsCheck`);
+    const customStatusCheck = _.get(instructionSet, `statusCheck.customStatusCheck`);
 
-    if (esHitsCheckConfig) {
-      const statusCheckState = await this.fetchEsHitsStatus(esHitsCheckConfig);
+    const [esHitsStatusCheck, apmFleetStatusCheck] = await Promise.all([
+      ...(esHitsCheckConfig ? [this.fetchEsHitsStatus(esHitsCheckConfig)] : []),
+      ...(customStatusCheck === 'apm-fleet-check' ? [this.fetchApmFleetStatus()] : []),
+    ]);
 
-      this.setState((prevState) => ({
-        statusCheckStates: {
-          ...prevState.statusCheckStates,
-          [instructionSetIndex]: statusCheckState,
-        },
-      }));
-    }
+    const nextStatusCheckState =
+      esHitsStatusCheck === StatusCheckStates.HAS_DATA ||
+      apmFleetStatusCheck === StatusCheckStates.HAS_DATA
+        ? StatusCheckStates.HAS_DATA
+        : StatusCheckStates.NO_DATA;
+
+    this.setState((prevState) => ({
+      statusCheckStates: {
+        ...prevState.statusCheckStates,
+        [instructionSetIndex]: nextStatusCheckState,
+      },
+    }));
+  };
+
+  fetchApmFleetStatus = async () => {
+    const { http } = getServices();
+    const response = await http.get('/api/apm/fleet/has_data');
+    return response?.hasData === true ? StatusCheckStates.HAS_DATA : StatusCheckStates.NO_DATA;
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/plugins/home/server/services/tutorials/lib/tutorial_schema.ts b/src/plugins/home/server/services/tutorials/lib/tutorial_schema.ts
index 89c5c78e82490..63ee2e85cb2b4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/home/server/services/tutorials/lib/tutorial_schema.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/home/server/services/tutorials/lib/tutorial_schema.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ const statusCheckSchema = schema.object({
     index: schema.oneOf([schema.string(), schema.arrayOf(schema.string())]),
     query: schema.recordOf(schema.string(), schema.any()),
   }),
+  customStatusCheck: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
 });
 
 const instructionSchema = schema.object({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/tutorial/envs/on_prem.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/tutorial/envs/on_prem.ts
index 3b1367e64bd06..700126f1b5e8b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/tutorial/envs/on_prem.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/tutorial/envs/on_prem.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ export function onPremInstructions({
                 'No APM Server detected. Please make sure it is running and you have updated to 7.0 or higher.',
             }
           ),
+          customStatusCheck: 'apm-fleet-check',
           esHitsCheck: {
             index: onboardingIndices,
             query: {