diff --git a/libs/geo/src/main/eclipse-build.gradle b/libs/geo/src/main/eclipse-build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4864452846b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/geo/src/main/eclipse-build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+// this is just shell gradle file for eclipse to have separate projects for geo src and tests
+apply from: '../../build.gradle'
diff --git a/libs/geo/src/test/eclipse-build.gradle b/libs/geo/src/test/eclipse-build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8dc16debdde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/geo/src/test/eclipse-build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+// this is just shell gradle file for eclipse to have separate projects for geo src and tests
+apply from: '../../build.gradle'
+dependencies {
+  testCompile project(':libs:elasticsearch-geo')
+}
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