diff --git a/distribution/docker/build.gradle b/distribution/docker/build.gradle
index 2f7de90c5c929..fe4a1e8b48a79 100644
--- a/distribution/docker/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/docker/build.gradle
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void addBuildDockerContextTask(Architecture architecture, DockerBase base) {
         // infer that we're not at the Docker building stage of the build, and therefore
         // we should skip the beats part of the build.
         String buildId = providers.systemProperty('build.id').forUseAtConfigurationTime().getOrNull()
-        boolean includeBeats = VersionProperties.isElasticsearchSnapshot() == true || buildId != null
+        boolean includeBeats = VersionProperties.isElasticsearchSnapshot() == true || buildId != null || useDra
 
         if (includeBeats) {
           from configurations.filebeat