diff --git a/libs/ssl-config/src/main/eclipse.build.gradle b/libs/ssl-config/src/main/eclipse.build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..58b2d7077120a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ssl-config/src/main/eclipse.build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// this is just shell gradle file for eclipse to have separate projects for geo src and tests
+apply from: '../../build.gradle'
diff --git a/libs/ssl-config/src/test/eclipse.build.gradle b/libs/ssl-config/src/test/eclipse.build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f8265e3dfed08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ssl-config/src/test/eclipse.build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// this is just shell gradle file for eclipse to have separate projects for geo src and tests
+apply from: '../../build.gradle'
+dependencies {
+  testCompile project(':libs:elasticsearch-ssl-config')
+}