diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/ElasticsearchTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/ElasticsearchTestCase.java
index 5729a849d3f..21f1066b1db 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/ElasticsearchTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/ElasticsearchTestCase.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.util.TimeUnits;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLogger;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.Loggers;
 
+import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 @ThreadLeakFilters(defaultFilters = true, filters = {ElasticsearchTestCase.ElasticSearchThreadFilter.class})
@@ -69,5 +70,11 @@ public abstract class ElasticsearchTestCase extends AbstractRandomizedTest {
         Thread.sleep(Math.max(timeInMillis, 0));
         
     }
+    
+    private static final String[] numericTypes = new String[] {"byte", "short", "integer", "long"};
+    
+    public static String randomNumericType(Random random) {
+        return numericTypes[random.nextInt(numericTypes.length)];
+    }
 
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/mlt/MoreLikeThisActionTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/mlt/MoreLikeThisActionTests.java
index 332d3d70a6b..fc3caec1b44 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/mlt/MoreLikeThisActionTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/mlt/MoreLikeThisActionTests.java
@@ -179,7 +179,13 @@ public class MoreLikeThisActionTests extends AbstractSharedClusterTest {
     @Test
     // See issue https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/3252
     public void testNumericField() throws Exception {
-        prepareCreate("test").execute().actionGet();
+        prepareCreate("test").addMapping("type", jsonBuilder()
+                    .startObject().startObject("type")
+                    .startObject("properties")
+                        .startObject("int_value").field("type", randomNumericType(getRandom())).endObject()
+                        .startObject("string_value").field("type", "string").endObject()
+                        .endObject()
+                    .endObject().endObject()).execute().actionGet();
         ensureGreen();
         client().prepareIndex("test", "type", "1")
                 .setSource(jsonBuilder().startObject().field("string_value", "lucene index").field("int_value", 1).endObject())