diff --git a/server/src/main/java/module-info.java b/server/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 2a68b65bcdccb..73e9a2058b2b4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@
     exports org.elasticsearch.action.downsample;
     exports org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal
         to
+            org.elasticsearch.inference,
             org.elasticsearch.metering,
             org.elasticsearch.stateless,
             org.elasticsearch.settings.secure,
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesServiceBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesServiceBuilder.java
index d88bbfa3eba17..66e8f98f77fef 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesServiceBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesServiceBuilder.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.EnginePlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.IndexStorePlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService;
-import org.elasticsearch.plugins.SearchPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.InternalSearchPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.rewriter.QueryRewriteInterceptor;
 import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceRegistry;
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ public IndicesService build() {
             .flatMap(m -> m.entrySet().stream())
             .collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue));
 
-        var queryRewriteInterceptors = pluginsService.filterPlugins(SearchPlugin.class)
-            .map(SearchPlugin::getQueryRewriteInterceptors)
+        var queryRewriteInterceptors = pluginsService.filterPlugins(InternalSearchPlugin.class)
+            .map(InternalSearchPlugin::getQueryRewriteInterceptors)
             .flatMap(List::stream)
             .collect(Collectors.toMap(QueryRewriteInterceptor::getQueryName, interceptor -> {
                 if (interceptor.getQueryName() == null) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/SearchPlugin.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/SearchPlugin.java
index e87e9ee85b29c..f5670ebd8a543 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/SearchPlugin.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/SearchPlugin.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.ScoreFunctionBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.ScoreFunctionParser;
-import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.rewriter.QueryRewriteInterceptor;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchExtBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.Aggregation;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationBuilder;
@@ -129,14 +128,6 @@ default List<QuerySpec<?>> getQueries() {
         return emptyList();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return Applicable {@link QueryRewriteInterceptor}s configured for this plugin.
-     * Note: This is internal to Elasticsearch's API and not extensible by external plugins.
-     */
-    default List<QueryRewriteInterceptor> getQueryRewriteInterceptors() {
-        return emptyList();
-    }
-
     /**
      * The new {@link Aggregation}s added by this plugin.
      */
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/internal/InternalSearchPlugin.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/internal/InternalSearchPlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7ac18c4640a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/internal/InternalSearchPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.rewriter.QueryRewriteInterceptor;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+
+public interface InternalSearchPlugin {
+
+    /**
+     * @return Applicable {@link QueryRewriteInterceptor}s configured for this plugin.
+     * Note: This is internal to Elasticsearch's API and not extensible by external plugins.
+     */
+    default List<QueryRewriteInterceptor> getQueryRewriteInterceptors() {
+        return emptyList();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferencePlugin.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferencePlugin.java
index 6ba529cb66eaa..830eab8c42366 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferencePlugin.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferencePlugin.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.SearchPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.SystemIndexPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.InternalSearchPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.rewriter.QueryRewriteInterceptor;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestHandler;
@@ -136,7 +137,14 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.services.elastic.ElasticInferenceServiceFeature.DEPRECATED_ELASTIC_INFERENCE_SERVICE_FEATURE_FLAG;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.services.elastic.ElasticInferenceServiceFeature.ELASTIC_INFERENCE_SERVICE_FEATURE_FLAG;
 
-public class InferencePlugin extends Plugin implements ActionPlugin, ExtensiblePlugin, SystemIndexPlugin, MapperPlugin, SearchPlugin {
+public class InferencePlugin extends Plugin
+    implements
+        ActionPlugin,
+        ExtensiblePlugin,
+        SystemIndexPlugin,
+        MapperPlugin,
+        SearchPlugin,
+        InternalSearchPlugin {
 
     /**
      * When this setting is true the verification check that