diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/BootstrapForTesting.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/BootstrapForTesting.java
index a7b9043f3501c..b79ee56d8c24b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/BootstrapForTesting.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/BootstrapForTesting.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public class BootstrapForTesting {
                     String filename = path.getFileName().toString();
                     if (filename.contains("jython") && filename.endsWith(".jar")) {
                         // just enough so it won't fail when it does not exist
+                        perms.add(new FilePermission(path.getParent().toString(), "read,readlink"));
                         perms.add(new FilePermission(path.getParent().resolve("Lib").toString(), "read,readlink"));
                     }
                 }