diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/syslog b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/syslog
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d34e79d4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/syslog
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "description" : "syslog",
+  "processors" : [
+    {
+        "dissect": {
+                "field": "message",
+                "pattern" : "%{message}",
+                "on_failure": [ { "drop" : { } } ]
+        }
+    },
+    { "pipeline":       { "name": "common"                                             } }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml b/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
index 1c4bee013..be04effb0 100644
--- a/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
+++ b/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,19 @@ filebeat.modules:
 filebeat.inputs:
 #------------------------------ Log prospector --------------------------------
 {%- if grains['role'] == 'so-sensor' or grains['role'] == "so-eval" or grains['role'] == "so-helix" or grains['role'] == "so-heavynode" or grains['role'] == "so-standalone" %}
+  - type: syslog
+    enabled: true
+    protocol.udp:
+      host: "0.0.0.0:514"
+    fields:
+      module: syslog
+      dataset: syslog
+    pipeline: "syslog"
+    index: "so-syslog-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
+    processors:
+    - drop_fields:
+        fields: ["source", "prospector", "input", "offset", "beat"]
+
 {%- if BROVER != 'SURICATA' %}
 {%- for LOGNAME in salt['pillar.get']('brologs:enabled', '')  %}
   - type: log
diff --git a/salt/filebeat/init.sls b/salt/filebeat/init.sls
index e5dc78d33..8540faeb6 100644
--- a/salt/filebeat/init.sls
+++ b/salt/filebeat/init.sls
@@ -64,5 +64,7 @@ so-filebeat:
       - /opt/so/conf/filebeat/etc/pki/filebeat.crt:/usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.crt:ro
       - /opt/so/conf/filebeat/etc/pki/filebeat.key:/usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.key:ro
       - /etc/ssl/certs/intca.crt:/usr/share/filebeat/intraca.crt:ro
+      - port_bindings:
+        - 0.0.0.0:514:514/udp
     - watch:
       - file: /opt/so/conf/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml