diff --git a/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml b/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
index 738f87f40..31a5b3503 100644
--- a/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
+++ b/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ logging.files:
   path: /var/log/filebeat
 
   # The name of the files where the logs are written to.
-  name: filebeat
+  name: filebeat.log
 
   # Configure log file size limit. If limit is reached, log file will be
   # automatically rotated