diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/TransportClusterHealthAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/TransportClusterHealthAction.java
index 68bc768b6ba..cfec9399251 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/TransportClusterHealthAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/TransportClusterHealthAction.java
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ public class TransportClusterHealthAction extends TransportMasterNodeOperationAc
         return new ClusterHealthResponse();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected boolean localExecute(ClusterHealthRequest request) {
+        return request.local();
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected ClusterHealthResponse masterOperation(ClusterHealthRequest request, ClusterState unusedState) throws ElasticSearchException {
         long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + request.timeout().millis();