diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/MetaPluginBuildPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/MetaPluginBuildPlugin.groovy
index 4dc355a48608a..3c3a904b89aed 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/MetaPluginBuildPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/plugin/MetaPluginBuildPlugin.groovy
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ class MetaPluginBuildPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             buildProperties.extension.plugins.each { String bundledPluginProjectName ->
                 Project bundledPluginProject = project.project(bundledPluginProjectName)
                 bundledPluginProject.afterEvaluate {
+                    String bundledPluginName = bundledPluginProject.esplugin.name
                     bundle.configure {
                         dependsOn bundledPluginProject.bundlePlugin
                         from(project.zipTree(bundledPluginProject.bundlePlugin.outputs.files.singleFile)) {
                             eachFile { FileCopyDetails details ->
                                 // we want each path to have the plugin name interjected
-                                details.relativePath = new RelativePath(true, bundledPluginProjectName, details.relativePath.toString())
+                                details.relativePath = new RelativePath(true, bundledPluginName, details.relativePath.toString())
                             }
                         }
                     }