diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/util/json/JsonBuilder.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/util/json/JsonBuilder.java
index cf6245a180e..6720e977651 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/util/json/JsonBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/util/json/JsonBuilder.java
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ public abstract class JsonBuilder<T extends JsonBuilder> {
         return StringJsonBuilder.Cached.cached();
     }
 
+    public static BinaryJsonBuilder jsonBuilder() throws IOException {
+        return BinaryJsonBuilder.Cached.cached();
+    }
+
     public static BinaryJsonBuilder binaryJsonBuilder() throws IOException {
         return BinaryJsonBuilder.Cached.cached();
     }