diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster-with-incompatible-license/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster-with-incompatible-license/build.gradle
index 18f1eba3b6d..97d4008eb8c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster-with-incompatible-license/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster-with-incompatible-license/build.gradle
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ followClusterTestRunner {
     finalizedBy 'leaderClusterTestCluster#stop'
 }
 
+check.dependsOn followClusterTest
 test.enabled = false
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster-with-security/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster-with-security/build.gradle
index 970c400e732..897aed0110e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster-with-security/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster-with-security/build.gradle
@@ -71,4 +71,5 @@ followClusterTestRunner {
     finalizedBy 'leaderClusterTestCluster#stop'
 }
 
+check.dependsOn followClusterTest
 test.enabled = false // no unit tests for multi-cluster-search, only the rest integration test
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster/build.gradle
index 9d59a18ab52..cc726e1a652 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/qa/multi-cluster/build.gradle
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ followClusterTestRunner {
     finalizedBy 'leaderClusterTestCluster#stop'
 }
 
+check.dependsOn followClusterTest
 test.enabled = false // no unit tests for multi-cluster-search, only the rest integration test