diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ImmutableSettings.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ImmutableSettings.java
index ff7e3863a82..b824710c1c6 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ImmutableSettings.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ImmutableSettings.java
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ public class ImmutableSettings implements Settings {
     }
 
     @Override public Settings getComponentSettings(Class component) {
-        return getComponentSettings("org.elasticsearch", component);
+        if (component.getName().startsWith("org.elasticsearch")) {
+            return getComponentSettings("org.elasticsearch", component);
+        }
+        // not starting with org.elasticsearch, just remove the first package part (probably org/net/com)
+        return getComponentSettings(component.getName().substring(0, component.getName().indexOf('.')), component);
     }
 
     @Override public Settings getComponentSettings(String prefix, Class component) {
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Settings.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Settings.java
index 5e5c44be02c..939320cc2f5 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Settings.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Settings.java
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ public interface Settings {
 
     /**
      * Component settings for a specific component. Returns all the settings for the given class, where the
-     * FQN of the class is used, without the <tt>org.elasticsearch<tt> prefix.
+     * FQN of the class is used, without the <tt>org.elasticsearch<tt> prefix. If there is no <tt>org.elasticsearch</tt>
+     * prefix, then the prefix used is the first part of the package name (<tt>org</tt> / <tt>com</tt> / ...)
      */
     Settings getComponentSettings(Class component);
 
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/AbstractIndexComponent.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/AbstractIndexComponent.java
index fdc87b1ec13..36accb7882b 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/AbstractIndexComponent.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/AbstractIndexComponent.java
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractIndexComponent implements IndexComponent {
 
     protected final Settings componentSettings;
 
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new index component, with the index name and its settings.
+     *
+     * @param index         The index name
+     * @param indexSettings The index settings
+     */
     protected AbstractIndexComponent(Index index, @IndexSettings Settings indexSettings) {
         this.index = index;
         this.indexSettings = indexSettings;
@@ -48,6 +54,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractIndexComponent implements IndexComponent {
         this.logger = Loggers.getLogger(getClass(), indexSettings, index);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new index component, with the index name and its settings, as well as settings prefix.
+     *
+     * @param index          The index name
+     * @param indexSettings  The index settings
+     * @param prefixSettings A settings prefix (like "com.mycompany") to simplify extracting the component settings
+     */
     protected AbstractIndexComponent(Index index, @IndexSettings Settings indexSettings, String prefixSettings) {
         this.index = index;
         this.indexSettings = indexSettings;
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider.java
index 5ab3e43018e..a660c361df9 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider.java
@@ -32,11 +32,31 @@ public abstract class AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider<T extends Analyzer> extends
 
     private final String name;
 
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new analyzer component, with the index name and its settings and the analyzer name.
+     *
+     * @param index         The index name
+     * @param indexSettings The index settings
+     * @param name          The analyzer name
+     */
     public AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider(Index index, @IndexSettings Settings indexSettings, String name) {
         super(index, indexSettings);
         this.name = name;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new analyzer component, with the index name and its settings and the analyzer name.
+     *
+     * @param index          The index name
+     * @param indexSettings  The index settings
+     * @param prefixSettings A settings prefix (like "com.mycompany") to simplify extracting the component settings
+     * @param name           The analyzer name
+     */
+    public AbstractIndexAnalyzerProvider(Index index, @IndexSettings Settings indexSettings, String prefixSettings, String name) {
+        super(index, indexSettings, prefixSettings);
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
     @Override public String name() {
         return this.name;
     }