diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportAnalyzeAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportAnalyzeAction.java
index d4bc3d3adf2..66d21d04cb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportAnalyzeAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportAnalyzeAction.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockLevel;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardsIterator;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.Lucene;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.*;
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ public class TransportAnalyzeAction extends TransportSingleCustomOperationAction
             closeAnalyzer = true;
         } else if (analyzer == null) {
             if (indexService == null) {
-                analyzer = Lucene.STANDARD_ANALYZER;
+                analyzer = indicesAnalysisService.analyzer("standard");
             } else {
                 analyzer = indexService.analysisService().defaultIndexAnalyzer();
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analyze/AnalyzeActionTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analyze/AnalyzeActionTests.java
index cdd15cf2e8f..48dfeded927 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analyze/AnalyzeActionTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analyze/AnalyzeActionTests.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -172,4 +174,23 @@ public class AnalyzeActionTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
             assertThat(token.getEndOffset(), equalTo(14));
         }
     }
+
+    @Test // issue #5974
+    public void testThatStandardAndDefaultAnalyzersAreSame() throws Exception {
+        AnalyzeResponse response = client().admin().indices().prepareAnalyze("this is a test").setAnalyzer("standard").get();
+        assertTokens(response, "this", "is", "a", "test");
+
+        response = client().admin().indices().prepareAnalyze("this is a test").setAnalyzer("default").get();
+        assertTokens(response, "this", "is", "a", "test");
+
+        response = client().admin().indices().prepareAnalyze("this is a test").get();
+        assertTokens(response, "this", "is", "a", "test");
+    }
+
+    private void assertTokens(AnalyzeResponse response, String ... tokens) {
+        assertThat(response.getTokens(), hasSize(tokens.length));
+        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) {
+            assertThat(response.getTokens().get(i).getTerm(), is(tokens[i]));
+        }
+    }
 }