diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/PluginBuildPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/PluginBuildPlugin.groovy
index 418f8524665..878fb0c21ee 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/PluginBuildPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/PluginBuildPlugin.groovy
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class PluginBuildPlugin extends BuildPlugin {
     static final Pattern GIT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(/git@([^:]+):([^\.]+)\.git/)
 
     /** Find the reponame. */
-    protected static String urlFromOrigin(String origin) {
+    static String urlFromOrigin(String origin) {
         if (origin.startsWith('https')) {
             return origin
         }
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class PluginBuildPlugin extends BuildPlugin {
         }
     }
 
-    /** Adds a task to generate a*/
+    /** Adds a task to generate a pom file for the zip distribution. */
     protected void addZipPomGeneration(Project project) {
         project.plugins.apply(MavenPublishPlugin.class)
 
diff --git a/distribution/integ-test-zip/build.gradle b/distribution/integ-test-zip/build.gradle
index 19999ab484e..0a92b0b058f 100644
--- a/distribution/integ-test-zip/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/integ-test-zip/build.gradle
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.plugin.PluginBuildPlugin
+
 task buildZip(type: Zip) {
   baseName = 'elasticsearch'
   with archivesFiles
@@ -33,9 +35,18 @@ publishing {
       artifactId 'elasticsearch'
       artifact buildZip
     }
+    // TODO explain why we can't use the pom build by nebula
     nebulaRealPom(MavenPublication) {
       artifactId 'elasticsearch'
       pom.packaging = 'pom'
+      pom.withXml { XmlProvider xml ->
+        Node root = xml.asNode()
+        root.appendNode('name', 'Elasticsearch')
+        root.appendNode('description', 'A Distributed RESTful Search Engine')
+        root.appendNode('url', PluginBuildPlugin.urlFromOrigin(project.scminfo.origin))
+        Node scmNode = root.appendNode('scm')
+        scmNode.appendNode('url', project.scminfo.origin)
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/distribution/zip/build.gradle b/distribution/zip/build.gradle
index 8b7bb385298..0a92b0b058f 100644
--- a/distribution/zip/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/zip/build.gradle
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.plugin.PluginBuildPlugin
+
 task buildZip(type: Zip) {
   baseName = 'elasticsearch'
   with archivesFiles
@@ -33,12 +35,20 @@ publishing {
       artifactId 'elasticsearch'
       artifact buildZip
     }
+    // TODO explain why we can't use the pom build by nebula
     nebulaRealPom(MavenPublication) {
       artifactId 'elasticsearch'
       pom.packaging = 'pom'
+      pom.withXml { XmlProvider xml ->
+        Node root = xml.asNode()
+        root.appendNode('name', 'Elasticsearch')
+        root.appendNode('description', 'A Distributed RESTful Search Engine')
+        root.appendNode('url', PluginBuildPlugin.urlFromOrigin(project.scminfo.origin))
+        Node scmNode = root.appendNode('scm')
+        scmNode.appendNode('url', project.scminfo.origin)
+      }
     }
   }
 }
 
 integTest.dependsOn buildZip
-