diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a396fa4f8c9..cc0f43de08d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -616,6 +616,8 @@
                                 <tests.timeoutSuite>${tests.timeoutSuite}</tests.timeoutSuite>
                                 <tests.showSuccess>${tests.showSuccess}</tests.showSuccess>
                                 <tests.integration>${tests.integration}</tests.integration>
+                                <tests.thirdparty>${tests.thirdparty}</tests.thirdparty>
+                                <tests.config>${tests.config}</tests.config>
                                 <tests.client.ratio>${tests.client.ratio}</tests.client.ratio>
                                 <tests.enable_mock_modules>${tests.enable_mock_modules}</tests.enable_mock_modules>
                                 <tests.assertion.disabled>${tests.assertion.disabled}</tests.assertion.disabled>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.java
index 67991a896ea..d862a4635e2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.java
@@ -243,6 +243,26 @@ public abstract class ElasticsearchIntegrationTest extends ElasticsearchTestCase
     public @interface Integration {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Property that controls whether ThirdParty Integration tests are run (not the default).
+     */
+    public static final String SYSPROP_THIRDPARTY = "tests.thirdparty";
+
+    /**
+     * Annotation for third-party integration tests.
+     * <p>
+     * These are tests the require a third-party service in order to run. They
+     * may require the user to manually configure an external process (such as rabbitmq),
+     * or may additionally require some external configuration (e.g. AWS credentials)
+     * via the {@code tests.config} system property.
+     */
+    @Inherited
+    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+    @Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+    @TestGroup(enabled = false, sysProperty = ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.SYSPROP_THIRDPARTY)
+    public @interface ThirdParty {
+    }
+
     /** node names of the corresponding clusters will start with these prefixes */
     public static final String SUITE_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX = "node_s";
     public static final String TEST_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX = "node_t";