diff --git a/libs/x-content/src/main/eclipse-build.gradle b/libs/x-content/src/main/eclipse-build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a17f089781183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/src/main/eclipse-build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+// this is just shell gradle file for eclipse to have separate projects for secure-sm src and tests
+apply from: '../../build.gradle'
diff --git a/libs/x-content/src/test/eclipse-build.gradle b/libs/x-content/src/test/eclipse-build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f456f71a4c310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/src/test/eclipse-build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+// this is just shell gradle file for eclipse to have separate projects for secure-sm src and tests
+apply from: '../../build.gradle'
+
+dependencies {
+  testCompile project(':libs:x-content')
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 420b4104d621d..76b157d0e4a3b 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ if (isEclipse) {
   projects << 'server-tests'
   projects << 'libs:elasticsearch-core-tests'
   projects << 'libs:elasticsearch-nio-tests'
+  projects << 'libs:x-content-tests'
   projects << 'libs:secure-sm-tests'
   projects << 'libs:grok-tests'
 }
@@ -101,6 +102,10 @@ if (isEclipse) {
   project(":libs:elasticsearch-nio").buildFileName = 'eclipse-build.gradle'
   project(":libs:elasticsearch-nio-tests").projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 'libs/elasticsearch-nio/src/test')
   project(":libs:elasticsearch-nio-tests").buildFileName = 'eclipse-build.gradle'
+  project(":libs:x-content").projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 'libs/x-content/src/main')
+  project(":libs:x-content").buildFileName = 'eclipse-build.gradle'
+  project(":libs:x-content-tests").projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 'libs/x-content/src/test')
+  project(":libs:x-content-tests").buildFileName = 'eclipse-build.gradle'
   project(":libs:secure-sm").projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 'libs/secure-sm/src/main')
   project(":libs:secure-sm").buildFileName = 'eclipse-build.gradle'
   project(":libs:secure-sm-tests").projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 'libs/secure-sm/src/test')