diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IndicesQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IndicesQueryParser.java
index 0cf6928e36a..3750282e03d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IndicesQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IndicesQueryParser.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.query;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.search.MatchNoDocsQuery;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.search.Queries;
@@ -36,8 +39,12 @@ public class IndicesQueryParser implements QueryParser {
 
     public static final String NAME = "indices";
 
+    @Nullable
+    private final ClusterService clusterService;
+
     @Inject
-    public IndicesQueryParser() {
+    public IndicesQueryParser(@Nullable ClusterService clusterService) {
+        this.clusterService = clusterService;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -99,7 +106,14 @@ public class IndicesQueryParser implements QueryParser {
         if (indices.isEmpty()) {
             throw new QueryParsingException(parseContext.index(), "[indices] requires 'indices' element");
         }
-        for (String index : indices) {
+
+        String[] concreteIndices = indices.toArray(new String[indices.size()]);
+        if (clusterService != null) {
+            MetaData metaData = clusterService.state().metaData();
+            concreteIndices = metaData.concreteIndices(indices.toArray(new String[indices.size()]), true, true);
+        }
+
+        for (String index : concreteIndices) {
             if (Regex.simpleMatch(index, parseContext.index().name())) {
                 return query;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/query/IndicesQueriesRegistry.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/query/IndicesQueriesRegistry.java
index ccc0154f28b..c9a6dc62da5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/query/IndicesQueriesRegistry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/query/IndicesQueriesRegistry.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ package org.elasticsearch.indices.query;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.*;
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ public class IndicesQueriesRegistry {
     private ImmutableMap<String, FilterParser> filterParsers;
 
     @Inject
-    public IndicesQueriesRegistry(Settings settings) {
+    public IndicesQueriesRegistry(Settings settings, @Nullable ClusterService clusterService) {
         Map<String, QueryParser> queryParsers = Maps.newHashMap();
         addQueryParser(queryParsers, new TextQueryParser());
         addQueryParser(queryParsers, new NestedQueryParser());
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ public class IndicesQueriesRegistry {
         addQueryParser(queryParsers, new FuzzyLikeThisQueryParser());
         addQueryParser(queryParsers, new FuzzyLikeThisFieldQueryParser());
         addQueryParser(queryParsers, new WrapperQueryParser());
-        addQueryParser(queryParsers, new IndicesQueryParser());
+        addQueryParser(queryParsers, new IndicesQueryParser(clusterService));
         this.queryParsers = ImmutableMap.copyOf(queryParsers);
 
         Map<String, FilterParser> filterParsers = Maps.newHashMap();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/aliases/IndexAliasesServiceTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/aliases/IndexAliasesServiceTests.java
index 23a65f6d8ae..0b41403acfb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/aliases/IndexAliasesServiceTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/aliases/IndexAliasesServiceTests.java
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.test.unit.index.aliases;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.compress.CompressedString;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Injector;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ModulesBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.util.Providers;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
@@ -67,7 +70,13 @@ public class IndexAliasesServiceTests {
                 new ScriptModule(ImmutableSettings.Builder.EMPTY_SETTINGS),
                 new SettingsModule(ImmutableSettings.Builder.EMPTY_SETTINGS),
                 new IndexEngineModule(ImmutableSettings.Builder.EMPTY_SETTINGS),
-                new IndexCacheModule(ImmutableSettings.Builder.EMPTY_SETTINGS)
+                new IndexCacheModule(ImmutableSettings.Builder.EMPTY_SETTINGS),
+                new AbstractModule() {
+                    @Override
+                    protected void configure() {
+                        bind(ClusterService.class).toProvider(Providers.of((ClusterService) null));
+                    }
+                }
         ).createInjector();
         return injector.getInstance(IndexQueryParserService.class);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/percolator/PercolatorExecutorTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/percolator/PercolatorExecutorTests.java
index cbc275db815..d132ed556ce 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/percolator/PercolatorExecutorTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/percolator/PercolatorExecutorTests.java
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.test.unit.index.percolator;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Injector;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ModulesBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.util.Providers;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule;
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ public class PercolatorExecutorTests {
                     @Override
                     protected void configure() {
                         bind(PercolatorExecutor.class).asEagerSingleton();
+                        bind(ClusterService.class).toProvider(Providers.of((ClusterService) null));
                     }
                 }
         ).createInjector();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/SimpleIndexQueryParserTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/SimpleIndexQueryParserTests.java
index 0137c06a735..a12c31e9aee 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/SimpleIndexQueryParserTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/SimpleIndexQueryParserTests.java
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ import org.apache.lucene.index.Term;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.*;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.spans.*;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.NumericUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Injector;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ModulesBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.util.Providers;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.search.*;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.search.function.BoostScoreFunction;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.search.function.FunctionScoreQuery;
@@ -90,7 +93,13 @@ public class SimpleIndexQueryParserTests {
                 new IndexEngineModule(settings),
                 new SimilarityModule(settings),
                 new IndexQueryParserModule(settings),
-                new IndexNameModule(index)
+                new IndexNameModule(index),
+                new AbstractModule() {
+                    @Override
+                    protected void configure() {
+                        bind(ClusterService.class).toProvider(Providers.of((ClusterService) null));
+                    }
+                }
         ).createInjector();
 
         String mapping = copyToStringFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/mapping.json");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/guice/IndexQueryParserModuleTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/guice/IndexQueryParserModuleTests.java
index a1a3dcc5e68..d8ca138e145 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/guice/IndexQueryParserModuleTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/guice/IndexQueryParserModuleTests.java
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.test.unit.index.query.guice;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Injector;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ModulesBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.util.Providers;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
@@ -68,7 +71,13 @@ public class IndexQueryParserModuleTests {
                 new IndexEngineModule(settings),
                 new SimilarityModule(settings),
                 new IndexQueryParserModule(settings),
-                new IndexNameModule(index)
+                new IndexNameModule(index),
+                new AbstractModule() {
+                    @Override
+                    protected void configure() {
+                        bind(ClusterService.class).toProvider(Providers.of((ClusterService) null));
+                    }
+                }
         ).createInjector();
 
         IndexQueryParserService indexQueryParserService = injector.getInstance(IndexQueryParserService.class);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/plugin/IndexQueryParserPlugin2Tests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/plugin/IndexQueryParserPlugin2Tests.java
index fe8fe652603..6f98b2fd16b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/plugin/IndexQueryParserPlugin2Tests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/plugin/IndexQueryParserPlugin2Tests.java
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.test.unit.index.query.plugin;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Injector;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ModulesBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.util.Providers;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule;
@@ -66,7 +69,13 @@ public class IndexQueryParserPlugin2Tests {
                 new IndexEngineModule(settings),
                 new SimilarityModule(settings),
                 queryParserModule,
-                new IndexNameModule(index)
+                new IndexNameModule(index),
+                new AbstractModule() {
+                    @Override
+                    protected void configure() {
+                        bind(ClusterService.class).toProvider(Providers.of((ClusterService) null));
+                    }
+                }
         ).createInjector();
 
         IndexQueryParserService indexQueryParserService = injector.getInstance(IndexQueryParserService.class);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/plugin/IndexQueryParserPluginTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/plugin/IndexQueryParserPluginTests.java
index 9601590eff8..94621cc81e1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/plugin/IndexQueryParserPluginTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/unit/index/query/plugin/IndexQueryParserPluginTests.java
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.test.unit.index.query.plugin;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Injector;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ModulesBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.util.Providers;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule;
@@ -75,7 +78,13 @@ public class IndexQueryParserPluginTests {
                 new IndexEngineModule(settings),
                 new SimilarityModule(settings),
                 queryParserModule,
-                new IndexNameModule(index)
+                new IndexNameModule(index),
+                new AbstractModule() {
+                    @Override
+                    protected void configure() {
+                        bind(ClusterService.class).toProvider(Providers.of((ClusterService) null));
+                    }
+                }
         ).createInjector();
 
         IndexQueryParserService indexQueryParserService = injector.getInstance(IndexQueryParserService.class);