diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/config.sls b/salt/elasticsearch/config.sls
index ac9fa8f72..8a4674c71 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/config.sls
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/config.sls
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ so-elasticsearch-ilm-policy-load-script:
     - group: 939
     - mode: 754
     - template: jinja
+    - defaults:
+        GLOBALS: {{ GLOBALS }}
     - show_changes: False
 
 so-elasticsearch-pipelines-script:
diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/enabled.sls b/salt/elasticsearch/enabled.sls
index dc404c509..f4031ee5d 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/enabled.sls
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/enabled.sls
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ so-es-cluster-settings:
       - file: elasticsearch_sbin_jinja
 {%     endif %}
 
+# heavynodes will only load ILM policies for SO managed indices. (Indicies defined in elasticsearch/defaults.yaml)
 so-elasticsearch-ilm-policy-load:
   cmd.run:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-elasticsearch-ilm-policy-load
diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-ilm-policy-load b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-ilm-policy-load
index 04a7a8ab0..7988c1905 100755
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-ilm-policy-load
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-ilm-policy-load
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
 {%- from 'elasticsearch/template.map.jinja' import ES_INDEX_SETTINGS %}
+{%- if GLOBALS.role != "so-heavynode" %}
+{%-   from 'elasticsearch/template.map.jinja' import ALL_ADDON_SETTINGS %}
+{%- endif %}
 
 {%- for index, settings in ES_INDEX_SETTINGS.items() %}
 {%-   if settings.policy is defined %}
@@ -33,3 +36,13 @@
 {%-   endif %}
 {%- endfor %}
 echo
+{%- if GLOBALS.role != "so-heavynode" %}
+{%-   for index, settings in ALL_ADDON_SETTINGS.items() %}
+{%-     if settings.policy is defined %}
+  echo
+  echo "Setting up {{ index }}-logs policy..."
+  curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -b "sid=$SESSIONCOOKIE" -s -k -L -X PUT "https://localhost:9200/_ilm/policy/{{ index }}-logs" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{ "policy": {{ settings.policy | tojson(true) }} }'
+  echo
+{%-     endif %}
+{%-   endfor %}
+{%- endif %}