diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 9ffba81ee4cad..ef6d453e69902 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ dependencies {
   }
   minimumRuntimeCompile "junit:junit:${props.getProperty('junit')}"
   minimumRuntimeCompile localGroovy()
+  minimumRuntimeCompile gradleApi()
 }
 jar {
   from sourceSets.minimumRuntime.output
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/LoggedExec.java b/buildSrc/src/main/minimumRuntime/org/elasticsearch/gradle/LoggedExec.java
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/LoggedExec.java
rename to buildSrc/src/main/minimumRuntime/org/elasticsearch/gradle/LoggedExec.java