diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index c1b5f38c045..74511b91213 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.4.0...v6.5.0[View commits]
 - Added support for extra TLS/x509 metadata. {pull}7944[7944]
 - Added stats and state metrics for number of monitors and endpoints started. {pull}8621[8621]
 - Add last monitor status to dashboard table. Further break out monitors in dashboard table by monitor.ip. {pull}9022[9022]
+- Add central management support. {pull}9254[9254]
 
 *Journalbeat*
 
diff --git a/heartbeat/beater/heartbeat.go b/heartbeat/beater/heartbeat.go
index d494b555f62..162f4870bde 100644
--- a/heartbeat/beater/heartbeat.go
+++ b/heartbeat/beater/heartbeat.go
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/cfgfile"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common/reload"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/management"
 )
 
 // Heartbeat represents the root datastructure of this beat.
@@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ func (bt *Heartbeat) Run(b *beat.Beat) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if b.ConfigManager.Enabled() {
+		bt.RunCentralMgmtMonitors(b)
+	}
+
 	if bt.config.ConfigMonitors.Enabled() {
 		bt.monitorReloader = cfgfile.NewReloader(b.Publisher, bt.config.ConfigMonitors)
 		defer bt.monitorReloader.Stop()
@@ -127,6 +133,12 @@ func (bt *Heartbeat) RunStaticMonitors(b *beat.Beat) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// RunCentralMgmtMonitors loads any central management configured configs.
+func (bt *Heartbeat) RunCentralMgmtMonitors(b *beat.Beat) {
+	monitors := cfgfile.NewRunnerList(management.DebugK, bt.dynamicFactory, b.Publisher)
+	reload.Register.MustRegisterList(b.Info.Beat+".monitors", monitors)
+}
+
 // RunReloadableMonitors runs the `heartbeat.config.monitors` portion of the yaml config if present.
 func (bt *Heartbeat) RunReloadableMonitors(b *beat.Beat) (err error) {
 	// Check monitor configs
diff --git a/libbeat/docs/shared-central-management.asciidoc b/libbeat/docs/shared-central-management.asciidoc
index d76d61dbb95..f2095ca2c57 100644
--- a/libbeat/docs/shared-central-management.asciidoc
+++ b/libbeat/docs/shared-central-management.asciidoc
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ environment. The `development` tag might have:
 another that reads metrics from Apache HTTP servers
 * Two Filebeat module configuration blocks: one that reads Apache HTTP server
 logs and another that reads system logs
+* One heartbeat monitor configuration block: checks that a public facing website
+is live.
 * One Elasticsearch output configuration block that sends the output to your
 {es} development cluster