diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/async-search/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/async-search/build.gradle
index 6117f8bea15dc..edb0847575fde 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/async-search/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/async-search/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.testclusters.StandaloneRestIntegTestTask
+
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-es-plugin'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-cluster-test'
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.internal-java-rest-test'
@@ -34,3 +36,8 @@ restResources {
     include '_common', 'indices', 'index', 'async_search'
   }
 }
+
+tasks.withType(StandaloneRestIntegTestTask).configureEach {
+  def isSnapshot = buildParams.snapshotBuild
+  it.onlyIf("snapshot build") { isSnapshot }
+}