diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix b/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
index c51a42b8e9c1..17ac8fe7e245 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ in {
         # Install plugins
         ln -sfT ${esPlugins}/plugins ${cfg.dataDir}/plugins
         ln -sfT ${cfg.package}/lib ${cfg.dataDir}/lib
+        ln -sfT ${cfg.package}/modules ${cfg.dataDir}/modules
         if [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then chown -R elasticsearch ${cfg.dataDir}; fi
       '';
       postStart = mkBefore ''
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/2.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/2.x.nix
index 33a052673958..9495106ea00a 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/2.x.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out
-    cp -R bin config lib $out
+    cp -R bin config lib modules $out
 
     # don't want to have binary with name plugin
     mv $out/bin/plugin $out/bin/elasticsearch-plugin