diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/IndexQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/IndexQuery.java
index 14871022f..38e358bca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/IndexQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/IndexQuery.java
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ public IndexQuery(@Nullable String id, @Nullable Object object, @Nullable Long v
 		this.indexName = indexName;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 5.5
+	 */
+	public static IndexQueryBuilder builder() {
+		return new IndexQueryBuilder();
+	}
+
 	@Nullable
 	public String getId() {
 		return id;