diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClient.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClient.java
index 6c3aa071ba3..e4f26b15702 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClient.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClient.java
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.GenericAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.support.AbstractClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 /**
  * Client that executes actions on the local node.
@@ -41,13 +43,19 @@ import java.util.Map;
 public class NodeClient extends AbstractClient {
 
     private Map<GenericAction, TransportAction> actions;
+    /**
+     * The id of the local {@link DiscoveryNode}. Useful for generating task ids from tasks returned by
+     * {@link #executeLocally(GenericAction, ActionRequest, TaskListener)}.
+     */
+    private Supplier<String> localNodeId;
 
     public NodeClient(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool) {
         super(settings, threadPool);
     }
 
-    public void initialize(Map<GenericAction, TransportAction> actions) {
+    public void initialize(Map<GenericAction, TransportAction> actions, Supplier<String> localNodeId) {
         this.actions = actions;
+        this.localNodeId = localNodeId;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -85,6 +93,14 @@ public class NodeClient extends AbstractClient {
         return transportAction(action).execute(request, listener);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The id of the local {@link DiscoveryNode}. Useful for generating task ids from tasks returned by
+     * {@link #executeLocally(GenericAction, ActionRequest, TaskListener)}.
+     */
+    public String getLocalNodeId() {
+        return localNodeId.get();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the {@link TransportAction} for an {@link Action}, throwing exceptions if the action isn't available.
      */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
index f77e56705df..7033f2a9f3d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
@@ -463,7 +463,8 @@ public class Node implements Closeable {
                 .map(injector::getInstance).collect(Collectors.toList()));
             resourcesToClose.addAll(pluginLifecycleComponents);
             this.pluginLifecycleComponents = Collections.unmodifiableList(pluginLifecycleComponents);
-            client.initialize(injector.getInstance(new Key<Map<GenericAction, TransportAction>>() {}));
+            client.initialize(injector.getInstance(new Key<Map<GenericAction, TransportAction>>() {}),
+                    () -> clusterService.localNode().getId());
 
             logger.info("initialized");
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java
index fff3b3cc3af..160c14c243c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class NodeClientHeadersTests extends AbstractClientHeadersTestCase {
         Settings settings = HEADER_SETTINGS;
         Actions actions = new Actions(settings, threadPool, testedActions);
         NodeClient client = new NodeClient(settings, threadPool);
-        client.initialize(actions);
+        client.initialize(actions, () -> "test");
         return client;
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler.java b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler.java
index 10cb31fc992..01e73192802 100644
--- a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler.java
+++ b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.GenericAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActiveShardCount;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
-import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
@@ -44,14 +43,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler<
             > extends BaseRestHandler {
 
     protected final SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers;
-    private final ClusterService clusterService;
     private final A action;
 
-    protected AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler(Settings settings, SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers, ClusterService clusterService,
-            A action) {
+    protected AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler(Settings settings, SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers, A action) {
         super(settings);
         this.searchRequestParsers = searchRequestParsers;
-        this.clusterService = clusterService;
         this.action = action;
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +76,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler<
         if (validationException != null) {
             throw validationException;
         }
-        return sendTask(client.executeLocally(action, internal, LoggingTaskListener.instance()));
+        return sendTask(client.getLocalNodeId(), client.executeLocally(action, internal, LoggingTaskListener.instance()));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -111,11 +107,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler<
         return request;
     }
 
-    private RestChannelConsumer sendTask(Task task) throws IOException {
+    private RestChannelConsumer sendTask(String localNodeId, Task task) throws IOException {
         return channel -> {
             try (XContentBuilder builder = channel.newBuilder()) {
                 builder.startObject();
-                builder.field("task", clusterService.localNode().getId() + ":" + task.getId());
+                builder.field("task", localNodeId + ":" + task.getId());
                 builder.endObject();
                 channel.sendResponse(new BytesRestResponse(RestStatus.OK, builder));
             }
diff --git a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkByQueryRestHandler.java b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkByQueryRestHandler.java
index 7e208986aa7..79bc0f381ef 100644
--- a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkByQueryRestHandler.java
+++ b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkByQueryRestHandler.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.reindex;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.IOUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.GenericAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
@@ -44,9 +43,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractBulkByQueryRestHandler<
         Request extends AbstractBulkByScrollRequest<Request>,
         A extends GenericAction<Request, BulkIndexByScrollResponse>> extends AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler<Request, A> {
 
-    protected AbstractBulkByQueryRestHandler(Settings settings, SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers, ClusterService clusterService,
-            A action) {
-        super(settings, searchRequestParsers, clusterService, action);
+    protected AbstractBulkByQueryRestHandler(Settings settings, SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers, A action) {
+        super(settings, searchRequestParsers, action);
     }
 
     protected void parseInternalRequest(Request internal, RestRequest restRequest,
diff --git a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestDeleteByQueryAction.java b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestDeleteByQueryAction.java
index 8e8baacd2e7..0e21024eb54 100644
--- a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestDeleteByQueryAction.java
+++ b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestDeleteByQueryAction.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.reindex;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
-import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
@@ -39,9 +38,8 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
 public class RestDeleteByQueryAction extends AbstractBulkByQueryRestHandler<DeleteByQueryRequest, DeleteByQueryAction> {
 
     @Inject
-    public RestDeleteByQueryAction(Settings settings, RestController controller, SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers,
-            ClusterService clusterService) {
-        super(settings, searchRequestParsers, clusterService, DeleteByQueryAction.INSTANCE);
+    public RestDeleteByQueryAction(Settings settings, RestController controller, SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers) {
+        super(settings, searchRequestParsers, DeleteByQueryAction.INSTANCE);
         controller.registerHandler(POST, "/{index}/_delete_by_query", this);
         controller.registerHandler(POST, "/{index}/{type}/_delete_by_query", this);
     }
diff --git a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestReindexAction.java b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestReindexAction.java
index c631a4c7a1b..e5295b9e4cc 100644
--- a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestReindexAction.java
+++ b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestReindexAction.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.reindex;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
-import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseFieldMatcher;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseFieldMatcherSupplier;
@@ -102,9 +101,8 @@ public class RestReindexAction extends AbstractBaseReindexRestHandler<ReindexReq
     }
 
     @Inject
-    public RestReindexAction(Settings settings, RestController controller, SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers,
-            ClusterService clusterService) {
-        super(settings, searchRequestParsers, clusterService, ReindexAction.INSTANCE);
+    public RestReindexAction(Settings settings, RestController controller, SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers) {
+        super(settings, searchRequestParsers, ReindexAction.INSTANCE);
         controller.registerHandler(POST, "/_reindex", this);
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestUpdateByQueryAction.java b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestUpdateByQueryAction.java
index f21083e4ef3..723c12f84cd 100644
--- a/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestUpdateByQueryAction.java
+++ b/modules/reindex/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestUpdateByQueryAction.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.reindex;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchParseException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
-import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseFieldMatcher;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -45,9 +44,8 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.script.Script.DEFAULT_SCRIPT_LANG;
 public class RestUpdateByQueryAction extends AbstractBulkByQueryRestHandler<UpdateByQueryRequest, UpdateByQueryAction> {
 
     @Inject
-    public RestUpdateByQueryAction(Settings settings, RestController controller, SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers,
-            ClusterService clusterService) {
-        super(settings, searchRequestParsers, clusterService, UpdateByQueryAction.INSTANCE);
+    public RestUpdateByQueryAction(Settings settings, RestController controller, SearchRequestParsers searchRequestParsers) {
+        super(settings, searchRequestParsers, UpdateByQueryAction.INSTANCE);
         controller.registerHandler(POST, "/{index}/_update_by_query", this);
         controller.registerHandler(POST, "/{index}/{type}/_update_by_query", this);
     }
diff --git a/modules/reindex/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestReindexActionTests.java b/modules/reindex/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestReindexActionTests.java
index 1fa3b50b3a4..32cb2d5e9d3 100644
--- a/modules/reindex/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestReindexActionTests.java
+++ b/modules/reindex/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/RestReindexActionTests.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class RestReindexActionTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public void testPipelineQueryParameterIsError() throws IOException {
         SearchRequestParsers parsers = new SearchRequestParsers();
-        RestReindexAction action = new RestReindexAction(Settings.EMPTY, mock(RestController.class), parsers, null);
+        RestReindexAction action = new RestReindexAction(Settings.EMPTY, mock(RestController.class), parsers);
 
         FakeRestRequest.Builder request = new FakeRestRequest.Builder(xContentRegistry());
         try (XContentBuilder body = JsonXContent.contentBuilder().prettyPrint()) {