diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/SecurityModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/SecurityModule.java
index 05231de6da2..865fbc86585 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/SecurityModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/SecurityModule.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.shield.authc.AuthenticationModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.authz.AuthorizationModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.n2n.N2NModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.SecuredTransportModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredTransportModule;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ public class SecurityModule extends AbstractModule implements SpawnModules, PreP
                 new AuthorizationModule(),
                 new AuditTrailModule(settings),
                 new N2NModule(),
+                new NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule(),
+                new NettySecuredTransportModule(),
                 new SecuredTransportModule(settings));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/plugin/SecurityPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/plugin/SecurityPlugin.java
index f09cff24aaa..462a6c90937 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/plugin/SecurityPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/plugin/SecurityPlugin.java
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ package org.elasticsearch.shield.plugin;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Module;
+import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpServerModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.AbstractPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.SecurityModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredHttpServerTransport;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredTransport;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportModule;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/netty/NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/netty/NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule.java
index 8ff4b764237..9b4f697c1d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/netty/NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/netty/NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule.java
@@ -6,16 +6,23 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
-import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpServerTransport;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Module;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.PreProcessModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpServerModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.plugin.SecurityPlugin;
 
 /**
  *
  */
-public class NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule extends AbstractModule {
+public class NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule extends AbstractModule implements PreProcessModule {
 
     @Override
-    protected void configure() {
-        bind(HttpServerTransport.class).to(NettySecuredHttpServerTransport.class).asEagerSingleton();
+    public void processModule(Module module) {
+        if (module instanceof HttpServerModule) {
+            ((HttpServerModule)module).setHttpServerTransport(NettySecuredHttpServerTransport.class, SecurityPlugin.NAME);
+        }
     }
 
-}
+    @Override
+    protected void configure() {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/netty/NettySecuredTransportModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/netty/NettySecuredTransportModule.java
index 3295a4b5d37..56c0730ba02 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/netty/NettySecuredTransportModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/netty/NettySecuredTransportModule.java
@@ -6,15 +6,24 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
-import org.elasticsearch.transport.Transport;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Module;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.PreProcessModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.plugin.SecurityPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportModule;
 
 /**
  *
  */
-public class NettySecuredTransportModule extends AbstractModule {
+public class NettySecuredTransportModule extends AbstractModule implements PreProcessModule {
 
     @Override
-    protected void configure() {
-        bind(Transport.class).to(NettySecuredTransport.class).asEagerSingleton();
+    public void processModule(Module module) {
+        if (module instanceof TransportModule) {
+            ((TransportModule)module).setTransport(NettySecuredTransport.class, SecurityPlugin.NAME);
+        }
     }
-}
+
+    @Override
+    protected void configure() {}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/n2n/IpFilteringIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/n2n/IpFilteringIntegrationTests.java
index 4fe499f6e62..1acf4bf3ff8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/n2n/IpFilteringIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/n2n/IpFilteringIntegrationTests.java
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.InetSocketTransportAddress;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
 import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpServerTransport;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.plugin.SecurityPlugin;
-import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule;
-import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredTransportModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchIntegrationTest;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.Transport;
-import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportModule;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -46,9 +43,7 @@ public class IpFilteringIntegrationTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
                 .put("node.mode", "network")
                 // todo http tests fail without an explicit IP (needs investigation)
                 .put("network.host", randomBoolean() ? "127.0.0.1" : "::1")
-                .put("http.type", NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule.class.getName())
-                .put(TransportModule.TRANSPORT_TYPE_KEY, NettySecuredTransportModule.class.getName())
-                .put("plugin.types", N2NPlugin.class.getName());
+                .put("plugin.types", SecurityPlugin.class.getName());
                 //.put("shield.n2n.file", configFile.getPath())
 
         if (OsUtils.MAC) {
@@ -67,7 +62,7 @@ public class IpFilteringIntegrationTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
         logger.info("Opening connection to {}", url);
         HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
         connection.connect();
-        connection.getResponseCode();
+        logger.info("HTTP connection response code [{}]", connection.getResponseCode());
     }
 
     @Ignore("Need to investigate further, why this does not fail")
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/ssl/SslIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/ssl/SslIntegrationTests.java
index c161f778b6a..e5c18b92db2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/ssl/SslIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/ssl/SslIntegrationTests.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpServerTransport;
 import org.elasticsearch.node.Node;
 import org.elasticsearch.node.NodeBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.n2n.N2NPlugin;
-import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule;
-import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredTransportModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.plugin.SecurityPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredTransport;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchIntegrationTest;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.annotations.TestLogging;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.Transport;
@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ public class SslIntegrationTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
                 .put("shield.http.ssl.truststore", testnodeStore.getPath())
                 .put("shield.http.ssl.truststore_password", "testnode")
                 // SSL SETUP
-                .put("http.type", NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule.class.getName())
-                .put("plugin.types", N2NPlugin.class.getName())
-                .put(TransportModule.TRANSPORT_TYPE_KEY, NettySecuredTransportModule.class.getName())
+                .put("plugin.types", SecurityPlugin.class.getName())
                 .put("shield.n2n.file", ipFilterFile.getPath());
 
         if (OsUtils.MAC) {
@@ -125,6 +123,7 @@ public class SslIntegrationTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @TestLogging("_root:DEBUG")
     public void testConnectNodeWorks() throws Exception {
         try (Node node = NodeBuilder.nodeBuilder().settings(getSettings("ssl_node")).node().start()) {
             try (Client client = node.client()) {
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ public class SslIntegrationTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
                 .put("shield.transport.ssl.truststore", testClientTrustStore .getPath())
                 .put("shield.transport.ssl.truststore_password", "testclient")
                 .put("discovery.zen.ping.multicast.ping.enabled", false)
-                .put(TransportModule.TRANSPORT_TYPE_KEY, NettySecuredTransportModule.class.getName())
+                .put(TransportModule.TRANSPORT_TYPE_KEY, NettySecuredTransport.class.getName())
                 .put("shield.n2n.file", ipFilterFile.getPath())
                 .put("cluster.name", internalCluster().getClusterName());
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/ssl/SslRequireAuthTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/ssl/SslRequireAuthTests.java
index b5d491be71f..b22777622b7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/ssl/SslRequireAuthTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/transport/ssl/SslRequireAuthTests.java
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.InetSocketTransportAddress;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
 import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpServerTransport;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.n2n.N2NPlugin;
-import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule;
-import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.NettySecuredTransportModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.plugin.SecurityPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchIntegrationTest;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.annotations.TestLogging;
-import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportModule;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -91,11 +89,7 @@ public class SslRequireAuthTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
                 .put("shield.http.ssl.keystore_password", "testnode")
                 .put("shield.http.ssl.truststore", testnodeStore.getPath())
                 .put("shield.http.ssl.truststore_password", "testnode")
-                // SSL SETUP
-                .put("http.type", NettySecuredHttpServerTransportModule.class.getName())
-                .put(TransportModule.TRANSPORT_TYPE_KEY, NettySecuredTransportModule.class.getName())
-                .put("plugins.load_classpath_plugins", false)
-                .put("plugin.types", N2NPlugin.class.getName())
+                .put("plugin.types", SecurityPlugin.class.getName())
                 .put("shield.n2n.file", ipFilterFile.getPath());
 
         if (OsUtils.MAC) {