diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cache/filter/IndicesNodeFilterCache.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cache/filter/IndicesNodeFilterCache.java
index 4730b9cc88c..9a37dd980bd 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cache/filter/IndicesNodeFilterCache.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cache/filter/IndicesNodeFilterCache.java
@@ -24,15 +24,17 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.concurrentlinkedhashmap.ConcurrentLinkedHashMap;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.concurrentlinkedhashmap.EvictionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.docset.DocSet;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.cache.filter.support.AbstractWeightedFilterCache;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.cache.filter.support.FilterCacheValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.monitor.jvm.JvmInfo;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 public class IndicesNodeFilterCache extends AbstractComponent implements EvictionListener<AbstractWeightedFilterCache.FilterCacheKey, FilterCacheValue<DocSet>> {
 
@@ -43,11 +45,7 @@ public class IndicesNodeFilterCache extends AbstractComponent implements Evictio
     private final CopyOnWriteArrayList<EvictionListener<AbstractWeightedFilterCache.FilterCacheKey, FilterCacheValue<DocSet>>> evictionListeners =
             new CopyOnWriteArrayList<EvictionListener<AbstractWeightedFilterCache.FilterCacheKey, FilterCacheValue<DocSet>>>();
 
-    public IndicesNodeFilterCache() {
-        this(ImmutableSettings.Builder.EMPTY_SETTINGS);
-    }
-
-    @Inject public IndicesNodeFilterCache(Settings settings) {
+    @Inject public IndicesNodeFilterCache(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool) {
         super(settings);
 
         String size = componentSettings.get("size", "20%");
@@ -57,6 +55,7 @@ public class IndicesNodeFilterCache extends AbstractComponent implements Evictio
         } else {
             sizeInBytes = ByteSizeValue.parseBytesSizeValue(size).bytes();
         }
+        TimeValue catchupTime = componentSettings.getAsTime("catchup", TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(10));
 
         int weightedSize = (int) Math.min(sizeInBytes / AbstractWeightedFilterCache.FilterCacheValueWeigher.FACTOR, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
 
@@ -64,6 +63,7 @@ public class IndicesNodeFilterCache extends AbstractComponent implements Evictio
                 .maximumWeightedCapacity(weightedSize)
                 .weigher(new AbstractWeightedFilterCache.FilterCacheValueWeigher())
                 .listener(this)
+                .catchup(threadPool.scheduler(), catchupTime.millis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
                 .build();
 
         logger.debug("using [node] filter cache with size [{}]", new ByteSizeValue(sizeInBytes));
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
index 66b0394bdb7..c0f52a29f78 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ public class ThreadPool extends AbstractComponent {
         return executor;
     }
 
+    public ScheduledExecutorService scheduler() {
+        return this.scheduler;
+    }
+
     public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable command, TimeValue interval) {
         return scheduler.scheduleWithFixedDelay(new LoggingRunnable(command), interval.millis(), interval.millis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }