diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
index 82f421646..79b2acf05 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -394,13 +394,17 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations, Applicati
 		Assert.notNull(indexName, "No index defined for Query");
 		Assert.notNull(type, "No type define for Query");
 		Assert.notNull(query.getId(), "No Id define for Query");
-		Assert.notNull(query.getIndexRequest(), "No IndexRequest define for Query");
+		Assert.notNull(query.getUpdateRequest(), "No IndexRequest define for Query");
 		UpdateRequestBuilder updateRequestBuilder = client.prepareUpdate(indexName, type, query.getId());
 		if (query.DoUpsert()) {
 			updateRequestBuilder.setDocAsUpsert(true)
-					.setUpsert(query.getIndexRequest()).setDoc(query.getIndexRequest());
+					.setUpsert(query.getUpdateRequest())
+					.setDoc(query.getUpdateRequest().doc())
+					.setScript(query.getUpdateRequest().script())
+					.setScriptParams(query.getUpdateRequest().scriptParams())
+					.setScriptLang(query.getUpdateRequest().scriptLang());
 		} else {
-			updateRequestBuilder.setDoc(query.getIndexRequest());
+			updateRequestBuilder.setDoc(query.getUpdateRequest().doc());
 		}
 		return updateRequestBuilder.execute().actionGet();
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/UpdateQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/UpdateQuery.java
index 3e0d57db2..846036f4b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/UpdateQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/UpdateQuery.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.update.UpdateRequest;
 
 /**
  * @author Rizwan Idrees
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
 public class UpdateQuery {
 
 	private String id;
-	private IndexRequest indexRequest;
+	private UpdateRequest updateRequest;
 	private String indexName;
 	private String type;
 	private Class clazz;
@@ -38,14 +39,14 @@ public class UpdateQuery {
 		this.id = id;
 	}
 
-	public IndexRequest getIndexRequest() {
-		return indexRequest;
+	public UpdateRequest getUpdateRequest() {
+		return updateRequest;
 	}
 
-	public void setIndexRequest(IndexRequest indexRequest) {
-		this.indexRequest = indexRequest;
+	public void setUpdateRequest(UpdateRequest updateRequest) {
+		this.updateRequest = updateRequest;
 	}
-
+	
 	public String getIndexName() {
 		return indexName;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/UpdateQueryBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/UpdateQueryBuilder.java
index ed07724c3..7708c7841 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/UpdateQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/UpdateQueryBuilder.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.update.UpdateRequest;
 
 /**
  * @author Rizwan Idrees
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
 public class UpdateQueryBuilder {
 
 	private String id;
+	private UpdateRequest updateRequest;
 	private IndexRequest indexRequest;
 	private String indexName;
 	private String type;
@@ -35,6 +37,11 @@ public class UpdateQueryBuilder {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	public UpdateQueryBuilder withUpdateRequest(UpdateRequest updateRequest) {
+		this.updateRequest = updateRequest;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
 	public UpdateQueryBuilder withIndexRequest(IndexRequest indexRequest) {
 		this.indexRequest = indexRequest;
 		return this;
@@ -66,7 +73,13 @@ public class UpdateQueryBuilder {
 		updateQuery.setIndexName(indexName);
 		updateQuery.setType(type);
 		updateQuery.setClazz(clazz);
-		updateQuery.setIndexRequest(indexRequest);
+		if (this.indexRequest != null) {
+			if (this.updateRequest == null) {
+				updateRequest = new UpdateRequest();
+			} 
+			updateRequest.doc(indexRequest);
+		}
+		updateQuery.setUpdateRequest(updateRequest);
 		updateQuery.setDoUpsert(doUpsert);
 		return updateQuery;
 	}