diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/ecs/file.json b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/ecs/file.json
index 3da5ee86a..dfd96c2b5 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/ecs/file.json
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/ecs/file.json
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
               "ignore_above": 1024,
               "type": "keyword"
             },
+            "bytes": {
+                "properties": {
+                    "missing": {
+                        "type": "long"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
             "code_signature": {
               "properties": {
                 "digest_algorithm": {