diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 1ffeb6bce29..51966f84c33 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
+            <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
+            <type>zip</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Provided dependencies by elasticsearch itself  -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba5ecff87d0..0a642164b6c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@
                 <type>test-jar</type>
             </dependency>
 
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
+                <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
+                <version>${elasticsearch.version}</version>
+                <type>zip</type>
+            </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                 <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>