diff --git a/build-test-elasticsearch7.xml b/build-test-elasticsearch7.xml
index 65c771aeec008c..474ddd75964f32 100644
--- a/build-test-elasticsearch7.xml
+++ b/build-test-elasticsearch7.xml
@@ -1301,6 +1301,44 @@ xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled: true</echo>
 		</if>
 	</target>
 
+	<target name="stop-follower-elasticsearch">
+		<configure-elasticsearch7-test-properties />
+
+		<if>
+			<os family="unix" />
+			<then>
+				<loadfile
+					property="pid-elasticsearch"
+					srcFile="${elasticsearch.dir}-2/pid-elasticsearch"
+				>
+					<filterchain>
+						<linecontainsregexp>
+							<regexp pattern="[0-9]*" />
+						</linecontainsregexp>
+					</filterchain>
+				</loadfile>
+
+				<exec dir="${elasticsearch.dir}-2/bin" executable="/bin/bash">
+					<arg value="-c" />
+					<arg value="kill ${pid-elasticsearch}" />
+				</exec>
+
+				<var name="pid-elasticsearch" unset="true" />
+			</then>
+			<elseif>
+				<os family="windows" />
+				<then>
+					<exec dir="${elasticsearch.dir}-2/bin" executable="cmd" spawn="true">
+						<arg value="/c" />
+						<arg value="for /f %x in (pid-elasticsearch) do taskkill /f /pid %x" />
+					</exec>
+				</then>
+			</elseif>
+		</if>
+
+		<print-file file.name="${elasticsearch.dir}-2/logs/LiferayElasticsearchClusterTwo.log" />
+	</target>
+
 	<target name="stop-kibana">
 		<configure-elasticsearch7-test-properties />