diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 79287144d00..9158760ab50 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Report faulting file when config reload fails. {pull}[11304]11304
 - Fix a typo in libbeat/outputs/transport/client.go by updating `c.conn.LocalAddr()` to `c.conn.RemoteAddr()`. {pull}11242[11242]
 - Management configuration backup file will now have a timestamps in their name. {pull}11034[11034]
+- Relax validation of the X-Pack license UID value. {issue}11640[11640]
+- Fix a parsing error with the X-Pack license check on 32-bit system. {issue}11650[11650]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index b795898812d..a851be38692 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -69,17 +69,19 @@ if [ -d "/vagrant" ]  && [ ! -e "beats" ]; then ln -s /vagrant beats; fi
 SCRIPT
 
 # Linux GVM
-$linuxGvmProvision = <<SCRIPT
+def linuxGvmProvision(arch="amd64")
+  return <<SCRIPT
 mkdir -p ~/bin
 if [ ! -e "~/bin/gvm" ]; then
-  curl -sL -o ~/bin/gvm https://github.com/andrewkroh/gvm/releases/download/v0.1.0/gvm-linux-amd64
+  curl -sL -o ~/bin/gvm https://github.com/andrewkroh/gvm/releases/download/v0.1.0/gvm-linux-#{arch}
   chmod +x ~/bin/gvm
-  ~/bin/gvm $GO_VERSION
+  ~/bin/gvm #{GO_VERSION}
   echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bash_profile
   echo 'export PATH=$HOME/bin:$GOPATH/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
   echo 'eval "$(gvm #{GO_VERSION})"' >> ~/.bash_profile
 fi
 SCRIPT
+end
 
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
 
@@ -141,7 +143,17 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     c.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 22,   host: 2226,  id: "ssh", auto_correct: true
 
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $unixProvision, privileged: false
-    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
+    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
+
+    c.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "virtualbox"
+  end
+
+  config.vm.define "precise32", primary: true do |c|
+    c.vm.box = "ubuntu/precise32"
+    c.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 22,   host: 2226,  id: "ssh", auto_correct: true
+
+    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $unixProvision, privileged: false
+    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: linuxGvmProvision("386"), privileged: false
 
     c.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "virtualbox"
   end
@@ -151,7 +163,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     c.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 22,   host: 2229,  id: "ssh", auto_correct: true
 
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $unixProvision, privileged: false
-    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
+    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: "yum install -y make gcc python-pip python-virtualenv git"
 
     c.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "virtualbox"
@@ -162,7 +174,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     c.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 22,   host: 2227,  id: "ssh", auto_correct: true
 
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $unixProvision, privileged: false
-    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
+    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: "dnf install -y make gcc python-pip python-virtualenv git"
 
     c.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "virtualbox"
@@ -173,7 +185,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     c.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 22,   host: 2228,  id: "ssh", auto_correct: true
 
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $unixProvision, privileged: false
-    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
+    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: "pacman -Sy && pacman -S --noconfirm make gcc python-pip python-virtualenv git"
 
     c.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "virtualbox"
@@ -184,7 +196,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     c.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 22,   host: 2229,  id: "ssh", auto_correct: true
 
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $unixProvision, privileged: false
-    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
+    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: "apt-get update && apt-get install -y make gcc python-pip python-virtualenv git"
 
     c.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "virtualbox"
@@ -195,7 +207,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     c.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 22,   host: 2230,  id: "ssh", auto_correct: true
 
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $unixProvision, privileged: false
-    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: $linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
+    c.vm.provision "shell", inline: linuxGvmProvision, privileged: false
     c.vm.provision "shell", inline: "pip install virtualenv"
 
     c.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "virtualbox"
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/elastic_fetcher.go b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/elastic_fetcher.go
index 854591ccb08..520da391393 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/elastic_fetcher.go
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/elastic_fetcher.go
@@ -72,11 +72,7 @@ func (st *State) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 
 // UnmarshalJSON takes a bytes array and transform the int64 to a golang time.
 func (et *expiryTime) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
-	if len(b) < 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid value for expiry time, received: '%s'", string(b))
-	}
-
-	ts, err := strconv.Atoi(string(b))
+	ts, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(b), 0, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not parse value for expiry time")
 	}
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/elastic_fetcher_test.go b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/elastic_fetcher_test.go
index 708ae1d833f..6d07eae30a4 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/elastic_fetcher_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/elastic_fetcher_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/outputs/elasticsearch"
@@ -133,8 +132,7 @@ func TestParseJSON(t *testing.T) {
 					return
 				}
 
-				id, _ := uuid.FromString("936183d8-f48c-4a3f-959a-a52aa2563279")
-				assert.Equal(t, id, license.UUID)
+				assert.True(t, len(license.UUID) > 0)
 
 				assert.NotNil(t, license.Type)
 				assert.NotNil(t, license.Mode)
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/license.go b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/license.go
index 5634a86a28a..09a2d19597f 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/license.go
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/license.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ package licenser
 
 import (
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
 )
 
 // License represents the license of this beat, the license is fetched and returned from
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 // mode is the license in operation. (effective license)
 // status is the type installed is active or not.
 type License struct {
-	UUID        uuid.UUID   `json:"uid"`
+	UUID        string      `json:"uid"`
 	Type        LicenseType `json:"type"`
 	Mode        LicenseType `json:"mode"`
 	Status      State       `json:"status"`
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ type Base struct {
 	Available bool `json:"available"`
 }
 
-// Defines all the avaiables features
+// Defines all the available features
 type graph struct{ *Base }
 type logstash struct{ *Base }
 type ml struct{ *Base }
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/manager.go b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/manager.go
index 632d988a399..29495311c54 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/manager.go
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/manager.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func mustUUIDV4() uuid.UUID {
 // OSSLicense default license to use.
 var (
 	OSSLicense = &License{
-		UUID:   mustUUIDV4(),
+		UUID:   mustUUIDV4().String(),
 		Type:   OSS,
 		Mode:   OSS,
 		Status: Active,
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/manager_test.go b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/manager_test.go
index f17994179e1..a18e56bedca 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/manager_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/manager_test.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (m *mockFetcher) Close() {
 
 func TestRetrieveLicense(t *testing.T) {
 	i := &License{
-		UUID:   mustUUIDV4(),
+		UUID:   mustUUIDV4().String(),
 		Type:   Basic,
 		Mode:   Basic,
 		Status: Active,
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestRetrieveLicense(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		i := &License{
-			UUID:   mustUUIDV4(),
+			UUID:   mustUUIDV4().String(),
 			Type:   Platinum,
 			Mode:   Platinum,
 			Status: Active,
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func TestRetrieveLicense(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestWatcher(t *testing.T) {
 	i := &License{
-		UUID:   mustUUIDV4(),
+		UUID:   mustUUIDV4().String(),
 		Type:   Basic,
 		Mode:   Basic,
 		Status: Active,
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func TestWatcher(t *testing.T) {
 				if c == 0 {
 					assert.Equal(t, Basic, license.Get())
 					mock.Insert(&License{
-						UUID:   mustUUIDV4(),
+						UUID:   mustUUIDV4().String(),
 						Type:   Platinum,
 						Mode:   Platinum,
 						Status: Active,
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func TestWatcher(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestWaitForLicense(t *testing.T) {
 	i := &License{
-		UUID:   mustUUIDV4(),
+		UUID:   mustUUIDV4().String(),
 		Type:   Basic,
 		Mode:   Basic,
 		Status: Active,
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/xpack-6.4.0.json b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/xpack-6.4.0.json
index a527dec82f3..116247ae632 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/xpack-6.4.0.json
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/xpack-6.4.0.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "uid": "936183d8-f48c-4a3f-959a-a52aa2563279",
     "type": "platinum",
     "mode": "platinum",
-    "status": "active"
+    "status": "active",
+    "expiry_date_in_millis": 1588291199999
   },
   "features": {
     "graph": {
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/x-pack-trial-6.4.0.json b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/xpack-trial-6.4.0.json
similarity index 94%
rename from x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/x-pack-trial-6.4.0.json
rename to x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/xpack-trial-6.4.0.json
index b0741cc9d19..36368420891 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/x-pack-trial-6.4.0.json
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/xpack-trial-6.4.0.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "type": "trial",
     "mode": "trial",
     "status": "active",
-    "expiry_date_in_millis": 1538060781728
+    "expiry_date_in_millis": 1588291199999
   },
   "features": {
     "graph": {
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/xpack-with-relax-license-uuid.json b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/xpack-with-relax-license-uuid.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2208b470a81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/licenser/testdata/xpack-with-relax-license-uuid.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "build": {
+    "hash": "053779d",
+    "date": "2018-07-20T05:25:16.206115Z"
+  },
+  "license": {
+    "uid": "hello-license",
+    "type": "platinum",
+    "mode": "platinum",
+    "status": "active",
+    "expiry_date_in_millis": 1588291199999
+  },
+  "features": {
+    "graph": {
+      "available": false,
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    "logstash": {
+      "available": false,
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    "ml": {
+      "available": false,
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    "monitoring": {
+      "available": true,
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    "rollup": {
+      "available": true,
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    "security": {
+      "available": false,
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    "watcher": {
+      "available": false,
+      "enabled": true
+    }
+  }
+}