diff --git a/build-tools-internal/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionDownloadPluginFuncTest.groovy b/build-tools-internal/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionDownloadPluginFuncTest.groovy
index fc5d432a9ef9a..d27c895aea53b 100644
--- a/build-tools-internal/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionDownloadPluginFuncTest.groovy
+++ b/build-tools-internal/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionDownloadPluginFuncTest.groovy
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ class InternalDistributionDownloadPluginFuncTest extends AbstractGradleFuncTest
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            tasks.named('assemble').configure {
+                dependsOn buildTar
+            }
+
             artifacts {
                 it.add("default", buildTar)
                 it.add("extracted", buildExpanded)
diff --git a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionArchiveSetupPlugin.java b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionArchiveSetupPlugin.java
index c2547b72e21fa..7dc6afb28159d 100644
--- a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionArchiveSetupPlugin.java
+++ b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionArchiveSetupPlugin.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ private void registerAndConfigureDistributionArchivesExtension(Project project)
             project.project(subProjectName, sub -> {
                 sub.getPlugins().apply(BasePlugin.class);
                 sub.getArtifacts().add(DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION_NAME, distributionArchive.getArchiveTask());
+                sub.getTasks().named("assemble").configure(task -> task.dependsOn(distributionArchive.getArchiveTask()));
                 var extractedConfiguration = sub.getConfigurations().create(EXTRACTED_CONFIGURATION_NAME);
                 extractedConfiguration.setCanBeResolved(false);
                 extractedConfiguration.setCanBeConsumed(true);
diff --git a/distribution/packages/build.gradle b/distribution/packages/build.gradle
index 9129c9a12fc9e..2ff553f0dcfa9 100644
--- a/distribution/packages/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/packages/build.gradle
@@ -354,6 +354,10 @@ tasks.register('buildDeb', Deb) {
   configure(commonDebConfig('x64'))
 }
 
+tasks.named('assemble'){
+  dependsOn 'buildDeb', 'buildAarch64Deb'
+}
+
 Closure commonRpmConfig(String architecture) {
   return {
     configure(commonPackageConfig('rpm', architecture))
@@ -387,6 +391,11 @@ tasks.register('buildRpm', Rpm) {
   configure(commonRpmConfig('x64'))
 }
 
+tasks.named('assemble'){
+  dependsOn 'buildRpm', 'buildAarch64Rpm'
+}
+
+
 Closure dpkgExists = { it -> new File('/bin/dpkg-deb').exists() || new File('/usr/bin/dpkg-deb').exists() || new File('/usr/local/bin/dpkg-deb').exists() }
 Closure rpmExists = { it -> new File('/bin/rpm').exists() || new File('/usr/bin/rpm').exists() || new File('/usr/local/bin/rpm').exists() }