diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/license/LicensesManagerServiceTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/license/LicensesManagerServiceTests.java
index a9dc86ee019..cb36d343d25 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/license/LicensesManagerServiceTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/license/LicensesManagerServiceTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.annotations.TestLogging;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackSingleNodeTestCase;
+import org.junit.Before;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ public class LicensesManagerServiceTests extends XPackSingleNodeTestCase {
         return true;
     }
 
+    @Before
+    public void waitForTrialLicenseToBeGenerated() throws Exception {
+        assertBusy(() -> assertNotNull(getInstanceFromNode(ClusterService.class).state().metaData().custom(LicensesMetaData.TYPE)));
+    }
+
     public void testStoreAndGetLicenses() throws Exception {
         LicenseService licenseService = getInstanceFromNode(LicenseService.class);
         ClusterService clusterService = getInstanceFromNode(ClusterService.class);