diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadata.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadata.java
index 2f8668743a2..feb5cf53068 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadata.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadata.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin.XPackMetaDataCustom;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 
-public class IndexLifecycleMetadata implements MetaData.Custom {
+public class IndexLifecycleMetadata implements XPackMetaDataCustom {
     public static final String TYPE = "index_lifecycle";
     public static final ParseField POLICIES_FIELD = new ParseField("policies");