diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dec5334e526e..518164547b62 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -975,6 +975,23 @@
                     </arguments>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.3.2</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>test-jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <includes>
+                        <include>org/elasticsearch/test/**/*</include>
+                    </includes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>