diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryBuilder.java
index a74db00d1f7..37d06f79eb2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryBuilder.java
@@ -473,7 +473,10 @@ public class HasChildQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<HasChildQueryBuil
         QueryBuilder rewrittenQuery = query.rewrite(queryRewriteContext);
         if (rewrittenQuery != query) {
             InnerHitBuilder rewrittenInnerHit = InnerHitBuilder.rewrite(innerHitBuilder, rewrittenQuery);
-            return new HasChildQueryBuilder(type, rewrittenQuery, minChildren, maxChildren, scoreMode, rewrittenInnerHit);
+            HasChildQueryBuilder hasChildQueryBuilder =
+                new HasChildQueryBuilder(type, rewrittenQuery, minChildren, maxChildren, scoreMode, rewrittenInnerHit);
+            hasChildQueryBuilder.ignoreUnmapped(ignoreUnmapped);
+            return hasChildQueryBuilder;
         }
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryBuilder.java
index baf6b7602ed..0dd0aea15c3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryBuilder.java
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ public class HasParentQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<HasParentQueryBu
         QueryBuilder rewrittenQuery = query.rewrite(queryShardContext);
         if (rewrittenQuery != query) {
             InnerHitBuilder rewrittenInnerHit = InnerHitBuilder.rewrite(innerHit, rewrittenQuery);
-            return new HasParentQueryBuilder(type, rewrittenQuery, score, rewrittenInnerHit);
+            HasParentQueryBuilder hasParentQueryBuilder = new HasParentQueryBuilder(type, rewrittenQuery, score, rewrittenInnerHit);
+            hasParentQueryBuilder.ignoreUnmapped(ignoreUnmapped);
+            return hasParentQueryBuilder;
         }
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilder.java
index 981ceae3e63..322db3815f9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilder.java
@@ -255,7 +255,9 @@ public class NestedQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<NestedQueryBuilder>
         QueryBuilder rewrittenQuery = query.rewrite(queryRewriteContext);
         if (rewrittenQuery != query) {
             InnerHitBuilder rewrittenInnerHit = InnerHitBuilder.rewrite(innerHitBuilder, rewrittenQuery);
-            return new NestedQueryBuilder(path, rewrittenQuery, scoreMode, rewrittenInnerHit);
+            NestedQueryBuilder nestedQuery = new NestedQueryBuilder(path, rewrittenQuery, scoreMode, rewrittenInnerHit);
+            nestedQuery.ignoreUnmapped(ignoreUnmapped);
+            return nestedQuery;
         }
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryBuilderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryBuilderTests.java
index e2c8e8b292c..ac5c93604d8 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryBuilderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -331,4 +331,15 @@ public class HasChildQueryBuilderTests extends AbstractQueryTestCase<HasChildQue
         QueryShardException e = expectThrows(QueryShardException.class, () -> failingQueryBuilder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
         assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("[" + HasChildQueryBuilder.NAME + "] no mapping found for type [unmapped]"));
     }
+
+    public void testIgnoreUnmappedWithRewrite() throws IOException {
+        // WrapperQueryBuilder makes sure we always rewrite
+        final HasChildQueryBuilder queryBuilder
+            = new HasChildQueryBuilder("unmapped", new WrapperQueryBuilder(new MatchAllQueryBuilder().toString()), ScoreMode.None);
+        queryBuilder.ignoreUnmapped(true);
+        QueryShardContext queryShardContext = createShardContext();
+        Query query = queryBuilder.rewrite(queryShardContext).toQuery(queryShardContext);
+        assertThat(query, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(query, instanceOf(MatchNoDocsQuery.class));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryBuilderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryBuilderTests.java
index ffcfe701dce..7e0fc30aa75 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryBuilderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -213,4 +213,15 @@ public class HasParentQueryBuilderTests extends AbstractQueryTestCase<HasParentQ
         assertThat(e.getMessage(),
                     containsString("[" + HasParentQueryBuilder.NAME + "] query configured 'parent_type' [unmapped] is not a valid type"));
     }
+
+    public void testIgnoreUnmappedWithRewrite() throws IOException {
+        // WrapperQueryBuilder makes sure we always rewrite
+        final HasParentQueryBuilder queryBuilder =
+            new HasParentQueryBuilder("unmapped", new WrapperQueryBuilder(new MatchAllQueryBuilder().toString()), false);
+        queryBuilder.ignoreUnmapped(true);
+        QueryShardContext queryShardContext = createShardContext();
+        Query query = queryBuilder.rewrite(queryShardContext).toQuery(queryShardContext);
+        assertThat(query, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(query, instanceOf(MatchNoDocsQuery.class));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilderTests.java
index c322e0a7190..6fdac686287 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NestedQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.index.query;
 
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.generators.RandomPicks;
-
 import org.apache.lucene.search.MatchNoDocsQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.join.ScoreMode;
@@ -194,4 +193,15 @@ public class NestedQueryBuilderTests extends AbstractQueryTestCase<NestedQueryBu
         IllegalStateException e = expectThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> failingQueryBuilder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
         assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("[" + NestedQueryBuilder.NAME + "] failed to find nested object under path [unmapped]"));
     }
+
+    public void testIgnoreUnmappedWithRewrite() throws IOException {
+        // WrapperQueryBuilder makes sure we always rewrite
+        final NestedQueryBuilder queryBuilder =
+            new NestedQueryBuilder("unmapped", new WrapperQueryBuilder(new MatchAllQueryBuilder().toString()), ScoreMode.None);
+        queryBuilder.ignoreUnmapped(true);
+        QueryShardContext queryShardContext = createShardContext();
+        Query query = queryBuilder.rewrite(queryShardContext).toQuery(queryShardContext);
+        assertThat(query, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(query, instanceOf(MatchNoDocsQuery.class));
+    }
 }