diff --git a/libs/ssl-config/build.gradle b/libs/ssl-config/build.gradle
index 0b8eac5486ccb..85693780a8b71 100644
--- a/libs/ssl-config/build.gradle
+++ b/libs/ssl-config/build.gradle
@@ -34,9 +34,23 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:${versions.hamcrest}"
 }
 
+if (isEclipse) {
+  // in eclipse the project is under a fake root, we need to change around the source sets
+  sourceSets {
+    if (project.path == ":libs:ssl-config") {
+      main.java.srcDirs = ['java']
+      main.resources.srcDirs = ['resources']
+    } else {
+      test.java.srcDirs = ['java']
+      test.resources.srcDirs = ['resources']
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 forbiddenApisMain {
     replaceSignatureFiles 'jdk-signatures'
 }
+
 forbiddenPatterns {
     exclude '**/*.key'
     exclude '**/*.pem'
diff --git a/libs/ssl-config/src/main/eclipse.build.gradle b/libs/ssl-config/src/main/eclipse-build.gradle
similarity index 72%
rename from libs/ssl-config/src/main/eclipse.build.gradle
rename to libs/ssl-config/src/main/eclipse-build.gradle
index 58b2d7077120a..be8b9d5b3b0bd 100644
--- a/libs/ssl-config/src/main/eclipse.build.gradle
+++ b/libs/ssl-config/src/main/eclipse-build.gradle
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-// this is just shell gradle file for eclipse to have separate projects for geo src and tests
+// this is just shell gradle file for eclipse to have separate projects for ssl-config 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
similarity index 81%
rename from libs/ssl-config/src/test/eclipse.build.gradle
rename to libs/ssl-config/src/test/eclipse-build.gradle
index f8265e3dfed08..aca207a09b7c8 100644
--- a/libs/ssl-config/src/test/eclipse.build.gradle
+++ b/libs/ssl-config/src/test/eclipse-build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// this is just shell gradle file for eclipse to have separate projects for geo src and tests
+// this is just shell gradle file for eclipse to have separate projects for ssl-config src and tests
 apply from: '../../build.gradle'
 dependencies {
   testCompile project(':libs:elasticsearch-ssl-config')
-} 
+}