diff --git a/htdocs/lib/elastica/README.Mahara b/htdocs/lib/elastica/README.Mahara
index 2e6c455ebb963a81b5a0b7bd704c43745fdd6202..ac559455cc26bd45cd927caf43befe0b70a3bb0d 100644
--- a/htdocs/lib/elastica/README.Mahara
+++ b/htdocs/lib/elastica/README.Mahara
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ This library is used for for interfacing with an elasticsearch server.
 
 Changes:
 
- * Removed build & test files not needed for Mahara.
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+ * Removed build & test files not needed for Mahara.
+ * Added an option to do include the Elasticsearch Index in the URL for bulk addDocument calls
+ 
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diff --git a/htdocs/lib/elastica/lib/Elastica/Client.php b/htdocs/lib/elastica/lib/Elastica/Client.php
index c5e56885cffde78b891d6b3f5c9cf1e15f363dca..55c39435a41539bfe0136b6be4692c1785df5e40 100644
--- a/htdocs/lib/elastica/lib/Elastica/Client.php
+++ b/htdocs/lib/elastica/lib/Elastica/Client.php
@@ -291,15 +291,19 @@ class Client
      * @link http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-bulk.html
      *
      * @param  array|\Elastica\Document[] $docs Array of Elastica\Document
+     * @param  string|\Elastica\Index (Optional) If all of the documents are for the same index
      * @return \Elastica\Bulk\ResponseSet Response object
      */
-    public function addDocuments(array $docs)
+    public function addDocuments(array $docs, Index $index = null)
     {
         if (empty($docs)) {
             throw new InvalidException('Array has to consist of at least one element');
         }
 
         $bulk = new Bulk($this);
+        if ($index) {
+            $bulk->setIndex($index);
+        }
 
         $bulk->addDocuments($docs);
 
diff --git a/htdocs/lib/elastica/lib/Elastica/Index.php b/htdocs/lib/elastica/lib/Elastica/Index.php
index 1d2a78fddd5fbabb349fbc3e372c10552d16296f..b8f1abfe0394e5169cf2a1ac77f7e764221f117b 100644
--- a/htdocs/lib/elastica/lib/Elastica/Index.php
+++ b/htdocs/lib/elastica/lib/Elastica/Index.php
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Index implements SearchableInterface
             $doc->setIndex($this->getName());
         }
 
-        return $this->getClient()->addDocuments($docs);
+        return $this->getClient()->addDocuments($docs, $this);
     }
 
     /**