diff --git a/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard.go b/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard.go
index 39eb9c89fc8..4847c6af884 100644
--- a/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/dashboards"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/errutil"
 )
 
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ type DashboardProvisioner interface {
 }
 
 // DashboardProvisionerFactory creates DashboardProvisioners based on input
-type DashboardProvisionerFactory func(string, dashboards.Store, plugins.DataRequestHandler) (DashboardProvisioner, error)
+type DashboardProvisionerFactory func(string, dashboards.Store) (DashboardProvisioner, error)
 
 // Provisioner is responsible for syncing dashboard from disk to Grafana's database.
 type Provisioner struct {
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ type Provisioner struct {
 }
 
 // New returns a new DashboardProvisioner
-func New(configDirectory string, store dashboards.Store, reqHandler plugins.DataRequestHandler) (DashboardProvisioner, error) {
+func New(configDirectory string, store dashboards.Store) (DashboardProvisioner, error) {
 	logger := log.New("provisioning.dashboard")
 	cfgReader := &configReader{path: configDirectory, log: logger}
 	configs, err := cfgReader.readConfig()
diff --git a/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go b/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go
index a3b373b1a0d..b1ffc66ca17 100644
--- a/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go
+++ b/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ProvisioningService interface {
+	registry.BackgroundService
+	RunInitProvisioners() error
 	ProvisionDatasources() error
 	ProvisionPlugins() error
 	ProvisionNotifications() error
@@ -28,17 +30,24 @@ type ProvisioningService interface {
 
 func init() {
 	registry.Register(&registry.Descriptor{
-		Name: "ProvisioningService",
-		Instance: newProvisioningServiceImpl(
-			dashboards.New,
-			notifiers.Provision,
-			datasources.Provision,
-			plugins.Provision,
-		),
+		Name:         "ProvisioningService",
+		Instance:     NewProvisioningServiceImpl(),
 		InitPriority: registry.Low,
 	})
 }
 
+// Add a public constructor for overriding service to be able to instantiate OSS as fallback
+func NewProvisioningServiceImpl() *provisioningServiceImpl {
+	return &provisioningServiceImpl{
+		log:                     log.New("provisioning"),
+		newDashboardProvisioner: dashboards.New,
+		provisionNotifiers:      notifiers.Provision,
+		provisionDatasources:    datasources.Provision,
+		provisionPlugins:        plugins.Provision,
+	}
+}
+
+// Used for testing purposes
 func newProvisioningServiceImpl(
 	newDashboardProvisioner dashboards.DashboardProvisionerFactory,
 	provisionNotifiers func(string) error,
@@ -55,10 +64,9 @@ func newProvisioningServiceImpl(
 }
 
 type provisioningServiceImpl struct {
-	Cfg                     *setting.Cfg                  `inject:""`
-	RequestHandler          plugifaces.DataRequestHandler `inject:""`
-	SQLStore                *sqlstore.SQLStore            `inject:""`
-	PluginManager           plugifaces.Manager            `inject:""`
+	Cfg                     *setting.Cfg       `inject:""`
+	SQLStore                *sqlstore.SQLStore `inject:""`
+	PluginManager           plugifaces.Manager `inject:""`
 	log                     log.Logger
 	pollingCtxCancel        context.CancelFunc
 	newDashboardProvisioner dashboards.DashboardProvisionerFactory
@@ -70,6 +78,10 @@ type provisioningServiceImpl struct {
 }
 
 func (ps *provisioningServiceImpl) Init() error {
+	return ps.RunInitProvisioners()
+}
+
+func (ps *provisioningServiceImpl) RunInitProvisioners() error {
 	err := ps.ProvisionDatasources()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -137,7 +149,7 @@ func (ps *provisioningServiceImpl) ProvisionNotifications() error {
 
 func (ps *provisioningServiceImpl) ProvisionDashboards() error {
 	dashboardPath := filepath.Join(ps.Cfg.ProvisioningPath, "dashboards")
-	dashProvisioner, err := ps.newDashboardProvisioner(dashboardPath, ps.SQLStore, ps.RequestHandler)
+	dashProvisioner, err := ps.newDashboardProvisioner(dashboardPath, ps.SQLStore)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errutil.Wrap("Failed to create provisioner", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning_mock.go b/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning_mock.go
index 0fbb518440c..4a8c2de0017 100644
--- a/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning_mock.go
+++ b/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning_mock.go
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 package provisioning
 
+import "context"
+
 type Calls struct {
+	RunInitProvisioners                 []interface{}
 	ProvisionDatasources                []interface{}
 	ProvisionPlugins                    []interface{}
 	ProvisionNotifications              []interface{}
 	ProvisionDashboards                 []interface{}
 	GetDashboardProvisionerResolvedPath []interface{}
 	GetAllowUIUpdatesFromConfig         []interface{}
+	Run                                 []interface{}
 }
 
 type ProvisioningServiceMock struct {
 	Calls                                   *Calls
+	RunInitProvisionersFunc                 func() error
 	ProvisionDatasourcesFunc                func() error
 	ProvisionPluginsFunc                    func() error
 	ProvisionNotificationsFunc              func() error
 	ProvisionDashboardsFunc                 func() error
 	GetDashboardProvisionerResolvedPathFunc func(name string) string
 	GetAllowUIUpdatesFromConfigFunc         func(name string) bool
+	RunFunc                                 func(ctx context.Context) error
 }
 
 func NewProvisioningServiceMock() *ProvisioningServiceMock {
@@ -25,6 +31,14 @@ func NewProvisioningServiceMock() *ProvisioningServiceMock {
 	}
 }
 
+func (mock *ProvisioningServiceMock) RunInitProvisioners() error {
+	mock.Calls.RunInitProvisioners = append(mock.Calls.RunInitProvisioners, nil)
+	if mock.RunInitProvisionersFunc != nil {
+		return mock.RunInitProvisionersFunc()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (mock *ProvisioningServiceMock) ProvisionDatasources() error {
 	mock.Calls.ProvisionDatasources = append(mock.Calls.ProvisionDatasources, nil)
 	if mock.ProvisionDatasourcesFunc != nil {
@@ -72,3 +86,11 @@ func (mock *ProvisioningServiceMock) GetAllowUIUpdatesFromConfig(name string) bo
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func (mock *ProvisioningServiceMock) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
+	mock.Calls.Run = append(mock.Calls.Run, nil)
+	if mock.RunFunc != nil {
+		return mock.RunFunc(ctx)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning_test.go b/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning_test.go
index 67ee77d8b3d..ebbe162d21d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	dboards "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/dashboards"
-	plugifaces "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/provisioning/dashboards"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ func setup() *serviceTestStruct {
 	}
 
 	serviceTest.service = newProvisioningServiceImpl(
-		func(string, dboards.Store, plugifaces.DataRequestHandler) (dashboards.DashboardProvisioner, error) {
+		func(string, dboards.Store) (dashboards.DashboardProvisioner, error) {
 			return serviceTest.mock, nil
 		},
 		nil,