diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/build.gradle
index ea76da209c7..242f16f0eb4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.info.BuildParams
+
 evaluationDependsOn(xpackModule('core'))
 
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.esplugin'
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ task internalClusterTest(type: Test) {
 
   include '**/*IT.class'
   systemProperty 'es.set.netty.runtime.available.processors', 'false'
+  if (BuildParams.isSnapshotBuild() == false) {
+    systemProperty 'es.autoscaling_feature_flag_registered', 'true'
+  }
 }
 
 check.dependsOn internalClusterTest