diff --git a/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2
index 2f335da89d..b853914244 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ node.data: true
 discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: [{% for host in groups['elasticsearch'] %}"{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_' + hostvars[host]['api_interface']]['ipv4']['address'] }}"{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}]
 
 discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: {{ minimum_master_nodes }}
+http.port: {{ elasticsearch_port }}
 gateway.expected_nodes: {{ num_nodes }}
 gateway.recover_after_time: "5m"
 gateway.recover_after_nodes: {{ recover_after_nodes }}