diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
index 621f3f384503a..6d23ccba8444a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ class BuildPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         project.pluginManager.apply('elasticsearch.publish')
         project.pluginManager.apply(DependenciesInfoPlugin)
 
-        // apply global test task failure listener
-        project.rootProject.pluginManager.apply(TestFailureReportingPlugin)
-
         project.getTasks().register("buildResources", ExportElasticsearchBuildResourcesTask)
 
         project.extensions.getByType(ExtraPropertiesExtension).set('versions', VersionProperties.versions)
@@ -134,35 +131,6 @@ class BuildPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         }
     }
 
-    private static class TestFailureReportingPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
-        @Override
-        void apply(Project project) {
-            if (project != project.rootProject) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("${this.class.getName()} can only be applied to the root project.")
-            }
-
-            project.gradle.addListener(new TaskActionListener() {
-                @Override
-                void beforeActions(Task task) {
-
-                }
-
-                @Override
-                void afterActions(Task task) {
-                    if (task instanceof Test) {
-                        ErrorReportingTestListener listener = task.extensions.findByType(ErrorReportingTestListener)
-                        if (listener != null && listener.getFailedTests().size() > 0) {
-                            task.logger.lifecycle("\nTests with failures:")
-                            listener.getFailedTests().each {
-                                task.logger.lifecycle(" - ${it.getFullName()}")
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            })
-        }
-    }
-
     private static inFipsJvm(){
         return Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("tests.fips.enabled"));
     }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/ElasticsearchJavaPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/ElasticsearchJavaPlugin.java
index 400b2d8171f9f..34f5b6702ef1f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/ElasticsearchJavaPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/ElasticsearchJavaPlugin.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.RepositoryHandler;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.IvyArtifactRepository;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.MavenArtifactRepository;
+import org.gradle.api.execution.TaskActionListener;
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePlugin;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin;
@@ -83,8 +84,11 @@ public class ElasticsearchJavaPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     public void apply(Project project) {
         // make sure the global build info plugin is applied to the root project
         project.getRootProject().getPluginManager().apply(GlobalBuildInfoPlugin.class);
+        // apply global test task failure listener
+        project.getRootProject().getPluginManager().apply(TestFailureReportingPlugin.class);
 
         project.getPluginManager().apply(JavaPlugin.class);
+
         configureConfigurations(project);
         configureRepositories(project);
         configureCompile(project);
@@ -573,4 +577,31 @@ private static void configureJavadoc(Project project) {
         // ensure javadoc task is run with 'check'
         project.getTasks().named(LifecycleBasePlugin.CHECK_TASK_NAME).configure(t -> t.dependsOn(javadoc));
     }
+
+    static class TestFailureReportingPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
+        @Override
+        public void apply(Project project) {
+            if (project != project.getRootProject()) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(this.getClass().getName() + " can only be applied to the root project.");
+            }
+
+            project.getGradle().addListener(new TaskActionListener() {
+                @Override
+                public void beforeActions(Task task) {}
+
+                @Override
+                public void afterActions(Task task) {
+                    if (task instanceof Test) {
+                        ErrorReportingTestListener listener = task.getExtensions().findByType(ErrorReportingTestListener.class);
+                        if (listener != null && listener.getFailedTests().size() > 0) {
+                            task.getLogger().lifecycle("\nTests with failures:");
+                            for (ErrorReportingTestListener.Descriptor failure : listener.getFailedTests()) {
+                                task.getLogger().lifecycle(" - " + failure.getFullName());
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
 }