diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/resident/ResidentFilterCache.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/resident/ResidentFilterCache.java
index 82c15ed49d2..a5dd46c4f47 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/resident/ResidentFilterCache.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/resident/ResidentFilterCache.java
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ public class ResidentFilterCache extends AbstractConcurrentMapFilterCache implem
 
     @Inject public ResidentFilterCache(Index index, @IndexSettings Settings indexSettings) {
         super(index, indexSettings);
-        this.maxSize = componentSettings.getAsInt("max_size", 1000);
-        this.expire = componentSettings.getAsTime("expire", null);
+        this.maxSize = indexSettings.getAsInt("index.cache.filter.max_size", componentSettings.getAsInt("max_size", 1000));
+        this.expire = indexSettings.getAsTime("index.cache.filter.expire", componentSettings.getAsTime("expire", null));
+        logger.debug("using [resident] filter cache with max_size [{}], expire [{}]", maxSize, expire);
     }
 
-
     @Override protected ConcurrentMap<Filter, DocSet> buildFilterMap() {
         MapMaker mapMaker = new MapMaker();
         if (maxSize != -1) {
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/soft/SoftFilterCache.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/soft/SoftFilterCache.java
index 8e4f8dea3a2..69c7a71e5c2 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/soft/SoftFilterCache.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/soft/SoftFilterCache.java
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ public class SoftFilterCache extends AbstractConcurrentMapFilterCache implements
 
     @Inject public SoftFilterCache(Index index, @IndexSettings Settings indexSettings) {
         super(index, indexSettings);
-        this.maxSize = componentSettings.getAsInt("max_size", -1);
-        this.expire = componentSettings.getAsTime("expire", null);
+        this.maxSize = indexSettings.getAsInt("index.cache.filter.max_size", componentSettings.getAsInt("max_size", -1));
+        this.expire = indexSettings.getAsTime("index.cache.filter.expire", componentSettings.getAsTime("expire", null));
+        logger.debug("using [soft] filter cache with max_size [{}], expire [{}]", maxSize, expire);
     }
 
     @Override protected ConcurrentMap<Object, ReaderValue> buildCache() {
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/weak/WeakFilterCache.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/weak/WeakFilterCache.java
index 62dd7006390..5f6253b37bf 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/weak/WeakFilterCache.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/filter/weak/WeakFilterCache.java
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ public class WeakFilterCache extends AbstractConcurrentMapFilterCache implements
 
     @Inject public WeakFilterCache(Index index, @IndexSettings Settings indexSettings) {
         super(index, indexSettings);
-        this.maxSize = componentSettings.getAsInt("max_size", -1);
-        this.expire = componentSettings.getAsTime("expire", null);
+        this.maxSize = indexSettings.getAsInt("index.cache.filter.max_size", componentSettings.getAsInt("max_size", -1));
+        this.expire = indexSettings.getAsTime("index.cache.filter.expire", componentSettings.getAsTime("expire", null));
+        logger.debug("using [weak] filter cache with max_size [{}], expire [{}]", maxSize, expire);
     }
 
     @Override protected ConcurrentMap<Object, ReaderValue> buildCache() {