diff --git a/oak-upgrade/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/upgrade/version/VersionCopier.java b/oak-upgrade/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/upgrade/version/VersionCopier.java
index 25ff756..63077d3 100644
--- a/oak-upgrade/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/upgrade/version/VersionCopier.java
+++ b/oak-upgrade/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/upgrade/version/VersionCopier.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.Type;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.index.IndexUtils;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.nodetype.TypePredicate;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.ChildNodeEntry;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeBuilder;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.upgrade.DescendantsIterator;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.upgrade.nodestate.NodeStateCopier;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.util.ISO8601;
 
+import static org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.index.IndexConstants.REINDEX_PROPERTY_NAME;
 import static org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.version.VersionConstants.VERSION_STORE_PATH;
 
 import static org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.upgrade.version.VersionHistoryUtil.getVersionHistoryPath;
@@ -64,14 +66,15 @@ public class VersionCopier {
         while (versionStorageIterator.hasNext()) {
             final NodeState versionHistoryBucket = versionStorageIterator.next();
             for (String versionHistory : versionHistoryBucket.getChildNodeNames()) {
-                versionCopier.copyVersionHistory(versionHistory, config.getOrphanedMinDate());
+                versionCopier.doCopyVersionHistory(versionHistory, config.getOrphanedMinDate());
             }
         }
+        versionCopier.markUuidToReindex();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Copy history filtering versions using passed date and returns @{code
-     * true} if at least one version has been copied.
+     * Copy history filtering versions using passed date and returns {@code
+     * true} if the history has been copied.
      * 
      * @param versionableUuid
      *            Name of the version history node
@@ -80,6 +83,14 @@ public class VersionCopier {
      * @return {@code true} if at least one version has been copied
      */
     public boolean copyVersionHistory(String versionableUuid, Calendar minDate) {
+        boolean copied = doCopyVersionHistory(versionableUuid, minDate);
+        if (copied) {
+            markUuidToReindex();
+        }
+        return copied;
+    }
+
+    private boolean doCopyVersionHistory(String versionableUuid, Calendar minDate) {
         final String versionHistoryPath = getVersionHistoryPath(versionableUuid);
         final NodeState versionHistory = getVersionHistoryNodeState(sourceRoot, versionableUuid);
         final Calendar lastModified = getVersionHistoryLastModified(versionHistory);
@@ -111,4 +122,8 @@ public class VersionCopier {
         }
         return youngest;
     }
+
+    private void markUuidToReindex() {
+        IndexUtils.getOrCreateOakIndex(targetRoot).getChildNode("uuid").setProperty(REINDEX_PROPERTY_NAME, true);
+    }
 }