diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPreparer.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPreparer.java
index 7149184f2e1..8847f0759e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPreparer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPreparer.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.FailedToResolveConfigException;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.Strings.cleanPath;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder;
 
@@ -97,6 +99,16 @@ public class InternalSettingsPreparer {
         }
         settingsBuilder.replacePropertyPlaceholders();
 
+        // allow to force set properties based on configuration of the settings provided
+        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : pSettings.getAsMap().entrySet()) {
+            String setting = entry.getKey();
+            if (setting.startsWith("force.")) {
+                settingsBuilder.remove(setting);
+                settingsBuilder.put(setting.substring(".force".length()), entry.getValue());
+            }
+        }
+        settingsBuilder.replacePropertyPlaceholders();
+
         // generate the name
         if (settingsBuilder.get("name") == null) {
             String name = System.getProperty("name");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/PluginManagerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/PluginManagerTests.java
index 8a525918ba2..e8969119a53 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/PluginManagerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/PluginManagerTests.java
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ import java.net.URL;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 
-@ClusterScope(scope=Scope.TEST, numNodes=0)
+@ClusterScope(scope = Scope.TEST, numNodes = 0)
 public class PluginManagerTests extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     private static final Settings SETTINGS = ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder()
-        .put("discovery.zen.ping.multicast.enabled", false).build();
+            .put("discovery.zen.ping.multicast.enabled", false)
+            .put("force.http.enabled", true)
+            .build();
     private static final String PLUGIN_DIR = "plugins";
 
     @After
@@ -211,7 +213,8 @@ public class PluginManagerTests extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
      * We are ignoring by default these tests as they require to have an internet access
      * To activate the test, use -Dtests.network=true
      */
-    @Test @Network
+    @Test
+    @Network
     public void testInstallPluginWithInternet() throws IOException {
         // We test regular form: username/reponame/version
         // It should find it in download.elasticsearch.org service
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ResponseHeaderPluginTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ResponseHeaderPluginTests.java
index 565426266dd..89f77f944a4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ResponseHeaderPluginTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ResponseHeaderPluginTests.java
@@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 /**
  * Test a rest action that sets special response headers
  */
-@ClusterScope(scope=Scope.SUITE, numNodes=1)
+@ClusterScope(scope = Scope.SUITE, numNodes = 1)
 public class ResponseHeaderPluginTests extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
 
     @Override
     protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
-        return ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder().put("plugin.types", TestResponseHeaderPlugin.class.getName()).put(super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal)).build();
+        return ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder()
+                .put("plugin.types", TestResponseHeaderPlugin.class.getName())
+                .put("force.http.enabled", true)
+                .put(super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal))
+                .build();
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/SitePluginTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/SitePluginTests.java
index 0f4b0162c31..d7f02841039 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/SitePluginTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/SitePluginTests.java
@@ -39,18 +39,19 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 /**
  * We want to test site plugins
  */
-@ClusterScope(scope=Scope.SUITE, numNodes=1)
+@ClusterScope(scope = Scope.SUITE, numNodes = 1)
 public class SitePluginTests extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
 
 
     @Override
     protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
         try {
-        File pluginDir = new File(SitePluginTests.class.getResource("/org/elasticsearch/plugin").toURI());
-        return settingsBuilder()
-                .put(super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal))
-                .put("path.plugins", pluginDir.getAbsolutePath())
-                .build();
+            File pluginDir = new File(SitePluginTests.class.getResource("/org/elasticsearch/plugin").toURI());
+            return settingsBuilder()
+                    .put(super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal))
+                    .put("path.plugins", pluginDir.getAbsolutePath())
+                    .put("force.http.enabled", true)
+                    .build();
         } catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
             throw new RuntimeException(ex);
         }