diff --git a/elasticsearch/qa/messy-test-xpack-with-mustache/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/messy/tests/SearchInputIT.java b/elasticsearch/qa/messy-test-xpack-with-mustache/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/messy/tests/SearchInputIT.java
index 4129f3a1c31..00eaab9546a 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/qa/messy-test-xpack-with-mustache/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/messy/tests/SearchInputIT.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/qa/messy-test-xpack-with-mustache/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/messy/tests/SearchInputIT.java
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ public class SearchInputIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         parser.nextToken();
 
         IndicesQueriesRegistry indicesQueryRegistry = internalCluster().getInstance(IndicesQueriesRegistry.class);
-        SearchInputFactory factory = new SearchInputFactory(Settings.EMPTY, WatcherClientProxy.of(client()), indicesQueryRegistry, null);
+        SearchInputFactory factory = new SearchInputFactory(Settings.EMPTY, WatcherClientProxy.of(client()), indicesQueryRegistry,
+                                                            null, null);
 
         SearchInput searchInput = factory.parseInput("_id", parser);
         assertEquals(SearchInput.TYPE, searchInput.type());
diff --git a/elasticsearch/qa/messy-test-xpack-with-mustache/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/messy/tests/SearchTransformIT.java b/elasticsearch/qa/messy-test-xpack-with-mustache/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/messy/tests/SearchTransformIT.java
index df2bfd00382..87bc114cc88 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/qa/messy-test-xpack-with-mustache/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/messy/tests/SearchTransformIT.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/qa/messy-test-xpack-with-mustache/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/messy/tests/SearchTransformIT.java
@@ -319,8 +319,7 @@ public class SearchTransformIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
         IndicesQueriesRegistry indicesQueryRegistry = internalCluster().getInstance(IndicesQueriesRegistry.class);
         SearchTransformFactory transformFactory = new SearchTransformFactory(Settings.EMPTY, WatcherClientProxy.of(client()),
- indicesQueryRegistry,
-                null);
+                                                                             indicesQueryRegistry, null, null);
         ExecutableSearchTransform executable = transformFactory.parseExecutable("_id", parser);
 
         assertThat(executable, notNullValue());
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/SearchGetAndSuggestPermissionsTests.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/SearchGetAndSuggestPermissionsTests.java
index 9e3c4604a93..796aab3c3cb 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/SearchGetAndSuggestPermissionsTests.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/SearchGetAndSuggestPermissionsTests.java
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ public class SearchGetAndSuggestPermissionsTests extends ShieldIntegTestCase {
         Map<String, String> headers = singletonMap(UsernamePasswordToken.BASIC_AUTH_HEADER, userHeader("suggest_user", "passwd"));
         SuggestResponse suggestResponse = client.filterWithHeader(headers)
                 .prepareSuggest("a")
-                .addSuggestion(SuggestBuilders.termSuggestion("name").field("name").text("val")).get();
+                .addSuggestion(randomAsciiOfLengthBetween(3,7), SuggestBuilders.termSuggestion("name").text("val")).get();
         assertNoFailures(suggestResponse);
         assertThat(suggestResponse.getSuggest().size(), is(1));
 
         suggestResponse = client
                 .filterWithHeader(singletonMap(UsernamePasswordToken.BASIC_AUTH_HEADER, userHeader("search_user", "passwd")))
                 .prepareSuggest("a")
-                .addSuggestion(SuggestBuilders.termSuggestion("name").field("name").text("val")).get();
+                .addSuggestion(randomAsciiOfLengthBetween(3, 7), SuggestBuilders.termSuggestion("name").text("val")).get();
         assertNoFailures(suggestResponse);
         assertThat(suggestResponse.getSuggest().size(), is(1));
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/input/search/SearchInput.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/input/search/SearchInput.java
index 4b387f92c20..fbc247eaba1 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/input/search/SearchInput.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/input/search/SearchInput.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorParsers;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.Suggesters;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.input.Input;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.support.SearchRequestEquivalence;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.support.WatcherDateTimeUtils;
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ public class SearchInput implements Input {
         return builder;
     }
 
-    public static SearchInput parse(String watchId, XContentParser parser, QueryParseContext context, AggregatorParsers aggParsers)
+    public static SearchInput parse(String watchId, XContentParser parser, QueryParseContext context,
+                                    AggregatorParsers aggParsers, Suggesters suggesters)
             throws IOException {
         SearchRequest request = null;
         Set<String> extract = null;
@@ -125,7 +127,8 @@ public class SearchInput implements Input {
                 currentFieldName = parser.currentName();
             } else if (ParseFieldMatcher.STRICT.match(currentFieldName, Field.REQUEST)) {
                 try {
-                    request = WatcherUtils.readSearchRequest(parser, ExecutableSearchInput.DEFAULT_SEARCH_TYPE, context, aggParsers);
+                    request = WatcherUtils.readSearchRequest(parser, ExecutableSearchInput.DEFAULT_SEARCH_TYPE, context,
+                                                             aggParsers, suggesters);
                 } catch (ElasticsearchParseException srpe) {
                     throw new ElasticsearchParseException("could not parse [{}] input for watch [{}]. failed to parse [{}]", srpe, TYPE,
                             watchId, currentFieldName);
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/input/search/SearchInputFactory.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/input/search/SearchInputFactory.java
index 531103ebe11..ca8f6003ffd 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/input/search/SearchInputFactory.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/input/search/SearchInputFactory.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.query.IndicesQueriesRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorParsers;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.Suggesters;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.input.InputFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.input.simple.ExecutableSimpleInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.support.init.proxy.WatcherClientProxy;
@@ -26,16 +27,18 @@ public class SearchInputFactory extends InputFactory<SearchInput, SearchInput.Re
 
     private final WatcherClientProxy client;
     private final TimeValue defaultTimeout;
-    private IndicesQueriesRegistry queryRegistry;
-    private AggregatorParsers aggParsers;
+    private final IndicesQueriesRegistry queryRegistry;
+    private final AggregatorParsers aggParsers;
+    private final Suggesters suggesters;
 
     @Inject
     public SearchInputFactory(Settings settings, WatcherClientProxy client, IndicesQueriesRegistry queryRegistry,
-                              AggregatorParsers aggParsers) {
+                              AggregatorParsers aggParsers, Suggesters suggesters) {
         super(Loggers.getLogger(ExecutableSimpleInput.class, settings));
         this.client = client;
         this.queryRegistry = queryRegistry;
         this.aggParsers = aggParsers;
+        this.suggesters = suggesters;
         this.defaultTimeout = settings.getAsTime("watcher.input.search.default_timeout", null);
     }
 
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ public class SearchInputFactory extends InputFactory<SearchInput, SearchInput.Re
     public SearchInput parseInput(String watchId, XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         QueryParseContext context = new QueryParseContext(queryRegistry);
         context.reset(parser);
-        return SearchInput.parse(watchId, parser, context, aggParsers);
+        return SearchInput.parse(watchId, parser, context, aggParsers, suggesters);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/WatcherUtils.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/WatcherUtils.java
index 5444f21a57f..97d7e91ddb0 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/WatcherUtils.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/WatcherUtils.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService.ScriptType;
 import org.elasticsearch.script.Template;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorParsers;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.Suggesters;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.execution.WatchExecutionContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.watch.Payload;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ public final class WatcherUtils {
      * Reads a new search request instance for the specified parser.
      */
     public static SearchRequest readSearchRequest(XContentParser parser, SearchType searchType, QueryParseContext context,
-            AggregatorParsers aggParsers)
+                                                  AggregatorParsers aggParsers, Suggesters suggesters)
             throws IOException {
         IndicesOptions indicesOptions = DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS;
         SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest();
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ public final class WatcherUtils {
             if (token == XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
                 currentFieldName = parser.currentName();
                 if (ParseFieldMatcher.STRICT.match(currentFieldName, BODY_FIELD)) {
-                    searchRequest.source(SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(parser, context, aggParsers));
+                    searchRequest.source(SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(parser, context, aggParsers, suggesters));
                 }
             } else if (token == XContentParser.Token.START_ARRAY) {
                 if (ParseFieldMatcher.STRICT.match(currentFieldName, INDICES_FIELD)) {
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/transform/search/SearchTransform.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/transform/search/SearchTransform.java
index 3be491170e5..a5c962cc215 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/transform/search/SearchTransform.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/transform/search/SearchTransform.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorParsers;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.Suggesters;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.support.SearchRequestEquivalence;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.support.WatcherDateTimeUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.support.WatcherUtils;
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ public class SearchTransform implements Transform {
         return builder;
     }
 
-    public static SearchTransform parse(String watchId, XContentParser parser, QueryParseContext context, AggregatorParsers aggParsers)
+    public static SearchTransform parse(String watchId, XContentParser parser, QueryParseContext context,
+                                        AggregatorParsers aggParsers, Suggesters suggesters)
             throws IOException {
         SearchRequest request = null;
         TimeValue timeout = null;
@@ -106,7 +108,8 @@ public class SearchTransform implements Transform {
                 currentFieldName = parser.currentName();
             } else if (ParseFieldMatcher.STRICT.match(currentFieldName, Field.REQUEST)) {
                 try {
-                    request = WatcherUtils.readSearchRequest(parser, ExecutableSearchTransform.DEFAULT_SEARCH_TYPE, context, aggParsers);
+                    request = WatcherUtils.readSearchRequest(parser, ExecutableSearchTransform.DEFAULT_SEARCH_TYPE, context,
+                                                             aggParsers, suggesters);
                 } catch (ElasticsearchParseException srpe) {
                     throw new ElasticsearchParseException("could not parse [{}] transform for watch [{}]. failed to parse [{}]", srpe,
                             TYPE, watchId, currentFieldName);
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/transform/search/SearchTransformFactory.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/transform/search/SearchTransformFactory.java
index 850f7383729..2550b55cb95 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/transform/search/SearchTransformFactory.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/transform/search/SearchTransformFactory.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.query.IndicesQueriesRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorParsers;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.support.init.proxy.WatcherClientProxy;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.Suggesters;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.transform.TransformFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -25,16 +26,18 @@ public class SearchTransformFactory extends TransformFactory<SearchTransform, Se
 
     protected final WatcherClientProxy client;
     private final TimeValue defaultTimeout;
-    private IndicesQueriesRegistry queryRegistry;
-    private AggregatorParsers aggParsers;
+    private final IndicesQueriesRegistry queryRegistry;
+    private final AggregatorParsers aggParsers;
+    private final Suggesters suggesters;
 
     @Inject
     public SearchTransformFactory(Settings settings, WatcherClientProxy client, IndicesQueriesRegistry queryRegistry,
-                                  AggregatorParsers aggParsers) {
+                                  AggregatorParsers aggParsers, Suggesters suggesters) {
         super(Loggers.getLogger(ExecutableSearchTransform.class, settings));
         this.client = client;
         this.queryRegistry = queryRegistry;
         this.aggParsers = aggParsers;
+        this.suggesters = suggesters;
         this.defaultTimeout = settings.getAsTime("watcher.transform.search.default_timeout", null);
     }
 
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ public class SearchTransformFactory extends TransformFactory<SearchTransform, Se
     public SearchTransform parseTransform(String watchId, XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         QueryParseContext context = new QueryParseContext(queryRegistry);
         context.reset(parser);
-        return SearchTransform.parse(watchId, parser, context, aggParsers);
+        return SearchTransform.parse(watchId, parser, context, aggParsers, suggesters);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/WatcherUtilsTests.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/WatcherUtilsTests.java
index e90edcc0b64..72586fdc92f 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/WatcherUtilsTests.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/WatcherUtilsTests.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class WatcherUtilsTests extends ESTestCase {
         IndicesQueriesRegistry registry = new IndicesQueriesRegistry(Settings.EMPTY, singletonMap("match_all", new MatchAllQueryParser()));
         QueryParseContext context = new QueryParseContext(registry);
         context.reset(parser);
-        SearchRequest result = WatcherUtils.readSearchRequest(parser, ExecutableSearchInput.DEFAULT_SEARCH_TYPE, context, null);
+        SearchRequest result = WatcherUtils.readSearchRequest(parser, ExecutableSearchInput.DEFAULT_SEARCH_TYPE, context, null, null);
 
         assertThat(result.indices(), arrayContainingInAnyOrder(expectedRequest.indices()));
         assertThat(result.types(), arrayContainingInAnyOrder(expectedRequest.types()));
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public class WatcherUtilsTests extends ESTestCase {
         IndicesQueriesRegistry registry = new IndicesQueriesRegistry(Settings.EMPTY, singletonMap("match_all", new MatchAllQueryParser()));
         QueryParseContext context = new QueryParseContext(registry);
         context.reset(parser);
-        SearchRequest result = WatcherUtils.readSearchRequest(parser, ExecutableSearchInput.DEFAULT_SEARCH_TYPE, context, null);
+        SearchRequest result = WatcherUtils.readSearchRequest(parser, ExecutableSearchInput.DEFAULT_SEARCH_TYPE, context, null, null);
 
         assertThat(result.indices(), arrayContainingInAnyOrder(indices));
         assertThat(result.types(), arrayContainingInAnyOrder(types));
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/watch/WatchTests.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/watch/WatchTests.java
index d75e5201137..716a78e1d76 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/watch/WatchTests.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/watch/WatchTests.java
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public class WatchTests extends ESTestCase {
             case SearchInput.TYPE:
             IndicesQueriesRegistry queryRegistry = new IndicesQueriesRegistry(Settings.EMPTY,
                     singletonMap("match_all", new MatchAllQueryParser()));
-            parsers.put(SearchInput.TYPE, new SearchInputFactory(settings, client, queryRegistry, null));
+            parsers.put(SearchInput.TYPE, new SearchInputFactory(settings, client, queryRegistry, null, null));
             return new InputRegistry(parsers);
             default:
                 parsers.put(SimpleInput.TYPE, new SimpleInputFactory(settings));
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public class WatchTests extends ESTestCase {
         ChainTransformFactory parser = new ChainTransformFactory();
         factories.put(ChainTransform.TYPE, parser);
         factories.put(ScriptTransform.TYPE, new ScriptTransformFactory(settings, scriptService));
-        factories.put(SearchTransform.TYPE, new SearchTransformFactory(settings, client, queryRegistry, null));
+        factories.put(SearchTransform.TYPE, new SearchTransformFactory(settings, client, queryRegistry, null, null));
         TransformRegistry registry = new TransformRegistry(unmodifiableMap(factories));
         parser.init(registry);
         return registry;