diff --git a/plugins/analysis-icu/build.gradle b/plugins/analysis-icu/build.gradle
index 676fd44813151..a42a28cad4e25 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis-icu/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/analysis-icu/build.gradle
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.gradle.precommit.ForbiddenApisCliTask
 esplugin {
   description 'The ICU Analysis plugin integrates Lucene ICU module into elasticsearch, adding ICU relates analysis components.'
   classname 'org.elasticsearch.plugin.analysis.icu.AnalysisICUPlugin'
+  hasClientJar = true
 }
 
 tasks.withType(ForbiddenApisCliTask) {