diff --git a/src/server/index_patterns/service/lib/field_capabilities/field_caps_response.js b/src/server/index_patterns/service/lib/field_capabilities/field_caps_response.js
index bd8dd14426ce5..41521614ffe40 100644
--- a/src/server/index_patterns/service/lib/field_capabilities/field_caps_response.js
+++ b/src/server/index_patterns/service/lib/field_capabilities/field_caps_response.js
@@ -120,5 +120,7 @@ export function readFieldCapsResponse(fieldCapsResponse) {
       aggregatable: isAggregatable,
       readFromDocValues: shouldReadFieldFromDocValues(isAggregatable, esType),
     };
+  }).filter(field => {
+    return !['object', 'nested'].includes(field.type);
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/public/field_editor/__snapshots__/field_editor.test.js.snap b/src/ui/public/field_editor/__snapshots__/field_editor.test.js.snap
index 4bea15b1b5f7d..a79c70b4db52c 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/field_editor/__snapshots__/field_editor.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/ui/public/field_editor/__snapshots__/field_editor.test.js.snap
@@ -922,6 +922,14 @@ exports[`FieldEditor should show deprecated lang warning 1`] = `
               "text": "geo_point",
               "value": "geo_point",
             },
+            Object {
+              "text": "object",
+              "value": "object",
+            },
+            Object {
+              "text": "nested",
+              "value": "nested",
+            },
             Object {
               "text": "geo_shape",
               "value": "geo_shape",
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/kbn_field_types.js b/src/utils/__tests__/kbn_field_types.js
index c703d14749d54..af4e633c98c1f 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/kbn_field_types.js
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/kbn_field_types.js
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ describe('utils/kbn_field_types', () => {
         'geo_shape',
         'ip',
         'murmur3',
+        'nested',
         'number',
+        'object',
         'string',
         'unknown',
       ]);
diff --git a/src/utils/kbn_field_types.js b/src/utils/kbn_field_types.js
index ddf14bb516221..8dc04ea2eb361 100644
--- a/src/utils/kbn_field_types.js
+++ b/src/utils/kbn_field_types.js
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ export const KBN_FIELD_TYPES = [
     name: 'geo_point',
     esTypes: ['geo_point'],
   }),
+  new KbnFieldType({
+    name: 'object',
+    esTypes: ['object'],
+  }),
+  new KbnFieldType({
+    name: 'nested',
+    esTypes: ['nested'],
+  }),
   new KbnFieldType({
     name: 'geo_shape',
     esTypes: ['geo_shape'],