Index: oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/AsyncIndexerService.java
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--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/AsyncIndexerService.java	(revision 1777538)
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/AsyncIndexerService.java	(working copy)
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.index;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -34,13 +35,19 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Property;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.jmx.IndexStatsMBean;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.PropertiesUtil;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.osgi.OsgiWhiteboard;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.index.property.jmx.PropertyIndexAsyncReindex;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.index.property.jmx.PropertyIndexAsyncReindexMBean;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.observation.ChangeCollectorProvider;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.ValidatorProvider;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.Clusterable;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeStore;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.whiteboard.CompositeRegistration;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.whiteboard.Registration;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.whiteboard.Whiteboard;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.whiteboard.WhiteboardExecutor;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.whiteboard.WhiteboardIndexEditorProvider;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.StatisticsProvider;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
@@ -48,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+import static org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.whiteboard.WhiteboardUtils.registerMBean;
 
 @Component(
         policy = ConfigurationPolicy.REQUIRE,
@@ -110,6 +118,8 @@
 
     private final Closer closer = Closer.create();
 
+    private WhiteboardExecutor executor;
+
     @Activate
     public void activate(BundleContext bundleContext, Map<String, Object> config) {
         List<AsyncConfig> asyncIndexerConfig = getAsyncConfig(PropertiesUtil.toStringArray(config.get
@@ -117,6 +127,8 @@
         Whiteboard whiteboard = new OsgiWhiteboard(bundleContext);
         indexRegistration = new IndexMBeanRegistration(whiteboard);
         indexEditorProvider.start(whiteboard);
+        executor = new WhiteboardExecutor();
+        executor.start(whiteboard);
 
         long leaseTimeOutMin = PropertiesUtil.toInteger(config.get(PROP_LEASE_TIME_OUT), PROP_LEASE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT);
 
@@ -137,15 +149,38 @@
             indexRegistration.registerAsyncIndexer(task, c.timeIntervalInSecs);
             closer.register(task);
         }
+        registerAsyncReindexSupport(whiteboard);
         log.info("Configured async indexers {} ", asyncIndexerConfig);
         log.info("Lease time: {} mins and AsyncIndexUpdate configured with {}", leaseTimeOutMin, validatorProvider.getClass().getName());
     }
 
+    private void registerAsyncReindexSupport(Whiteboard whiteboard) {
+        // async reindex
+        String name = IndexConstants.ASYNC_REINDEX_VALUE;
+        AsyncIndexUpdate task = new AsyncIndexUpdate(name, nodeStore, indexEditorProvider, statisticsProvider, true);
+        PropertyIndexAsyncReindex asyncPI = new PropertyIndexAsyncReindex(task, executor);
+
+        final Registration reg = new CompositeRegistration(
+                registerMBean(whiteboard, PropertyIndexAsyncReindexMBean.class, asyncPI,
+                        PropertyIndexAsyncReindexMBean.TYPE, "async"),
+                registerMBean(whiteboard, IndexStatsMBean.class, task.getIndexStats(), IndexStatsMBean.TYPE, name));
+        closer.register(new Closeable() {
+            @Override
+            public void close() throws IOException {
+                reg.unregister();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     @Deactivate
     public void deactivate() throws IOException {
         if (indexRegistration != null) {
             indexRegistration.unregister();
         }
+        if (executor != null) {
+            executor.stop();
+            executor = null;
+        }
 
         //Close the task *after* unregistering the jobs
         closer.close();