diff --git a/tasks/jenkins.js b/tasks/jenkins.js
index 1d429325a031..e907e0f13e56 100644
--- a/tasks/jenkins.js
+++ b/tasks/jenkins.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 module.exports = function (grunt) {
+  let { compact } = require('lodash');
 
-  grunt.registerTask('jenkins', 'Jenkins build script', [
+  grunt.registerTask('jenkins', 'Jenkins build script', compact([
     'esvm:dev',
-    'test'
-  ]);
+    'test',
+    process.env.JOB_NAME === 'kibana_core' ? 'build' : null
+  ]));
 
 };