diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/RestIntegTestTask.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/RestIntegTestTask.groovy
index bb86c1e0995a8..3c7554453b5e2 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/RestIntegTestTask.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/RestIntegTestTask.groovy
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@ package org.elasticsearch.gradle.test
 
 import com.carrotsearch.gradle.junit4.RandomizedTestingTask
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.BuildPlugin
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.VersionProperties
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.Task
 import org.gradle.api.execution.TaskExecutionAdapter
 import org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.options.Option
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Copy
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskState
 
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ public class RestIntegTestTask extends DefaultTask {
 
     /** Flag indicating whether the rest tests in the rest spec should be run. */
     @Input
-    boolean includePackaged = false
+    Property<Boolean> includePackaged = project.objects.property(Boolean)
 
     public RestIntegTestTask() {
         runner = project.tasks.create("${name}Runner", RandomizedTestingTask.class)
@@ -92,10 +97,9 @@ public class RestIntegTestTask extends DefaultTask {
         }
 
         // copy the rest spec/tests into the test resources
-        RestSpecHack.configureDependencies(project)
-        project.afterEvaluate {
-            runner.dependsOn(RestSpecHack.configureTask(project, includePackaged))
-        }
+        Task copyRestSpec = createCopyRestSpecTask(project, includePackaged)
+        runner.dependsOn(copyRestSpec)
+        
         // this must run after all projects have been configured, so we know any project
         // references can be accessed as a fully configured
         project.gradle.projectsEvaluated {
@@ -109,6 +113,11 @@ public class RestIntegTestTask extends DefaultTask {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Sets the includePackaged property */
+    public void includePackaged(boolean include) {
+        includePackaged.set(include)
+    }
+
     @Option(
         option = "debug-jvm",
         description = "Enable debugging configuration, to allow attaching a debugger to elasticsearch."
@@ -184,4 +193,47 @@ public class RestIntegTestTask extends DefaultTask {
         println('=========================================')
 
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a task (if necessary) to copy the rest spec files.
+     *
+     * @param project The project to add the copy task to
+     * @param includePackagedTests true if the packaged tests should be copied, false otherwise
+     */
+    private static Task createCopyRestSpecTask(Project project, Provider<Boolean> includePackagedTests) {
+        project.configurations {
+            restSpec
+        }
+        project.dependencies {
+            restSpec "org.elasticsearch:rest-api-spec:${VersionProperties.elasticsearch}"
+        }
+        Task copyRestSpec = project.tasks.findByName('copyRestSpec')
+        if (copyRestSpec != null) {
+            return copyRestSpec
+        }
+        Map copyRestSpecProps = [
+                name     : 'copyRestSpec',
+                type     : Copy,
+                dependsOn: [project.configurations.restSpec, 'processTestResources']
+        ]
+        copyRestSpec = project.tasks.create(copyRestSpecProps) {
+            into project.sourceSets.test.output.resourcesDir
+        }
+        project.afterEvaluate {
+            copyRestSpec.from({ project.zipTree(project.configurations.restSpec.singleFile) }) {
+                include 'rest-api-spec/api/**'
+                if (includePackagedTests.get()) {
+                    include 'rest-api-spec/test/**'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        project.idea {
+            module {
+                if (scopes.TEST != null) {
+                    scopes.TEST.plus.add(project.configurations.restSpec)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return copyRestSpec
+    }
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/RestSpecHack.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/RestSpecHack.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index 296ae7115789f..0000000000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/RestSpecHack.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.elasticsearch.gradle.test
-
-import org.elasticsearch.gradle.VersionProperties
-import org.gradle.api.Project
-import org.gradle.api.Task
-import org.gradle.api.tasks.Copy
-
-/**
- * The rest-api-spec tests are loaded from the classpath. However, they
- * currently must be available on the local filesystem. This class encapsulates
- * setting up tasks to copy the rest spec api to test resources.
- */
-public class RestSpecHack {
-    /**
-     * Sets dependencies needed to copy the rest spec.
-     * @param project The project to add rest spec dependency to
-     */
-    public static void configureDependencies(Project project) {
-        project.configurations {
-            restSpec
-        }
-        project.dependencies {
-            restSpec "org.elasticsearch:rest-api-spec:${VersionProperties.elasticsearch}"
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a task (if necessary) to copy the rest spec files.
-     *
-     * @param project The project to add the copy task to
-     * @param includePackagedTests true if the packaged tests should be copied, false otherwise
-     */
-    public static Task configureTask(Project project, boolean includePackagedTests) {
-        Task copyRestSpec = project.tasks.findByName('copyRestSpec')
-        if (copyRestSpec != null) {
-            return copyRestSpec
-        }
-        Map copyRestSpecProps = [
-                name     : 'copyRestSpec',
-                type     : Copy,
-                dependsOn: [project.configurations.restSpec, 'processTestResources']
-        ]
-        copyRestSpec = project.tasks.create(copyRestSpecProps) {
-            from { project.zipTree(project.configurations.restSpec.singleFile) }
-            include 'rest-api-spec/api/**'
-            if (includePackagedTests) {
-                include 'rest-api-spec/test/**'
-            }
-            into project.sourceSets.test.output.resourcesDir
-        }
-        project.idea {
-            module {
-                if (scopes.TEST != null) {
-                    scopes.TEST.plus.add(project.configurations.restSpec)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return copyRestSpec
-    }
-}