diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/suricata.alert b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/suricata.alert
index e372b1645..87d5144ed 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/suricata.alert
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/suricata.alert
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "description" : "suricata.alert",
   "processors" : [
+    { "set":   { "field": "tags","value": "alert" }},
     { "rename":{ "field": "message2.alert",	"target_field": "rule",	"ignore_failure": true 	} },
     { "rename":{ "field": "rule.signature",     "target_field": "rule.name", "ignore_failure": true  } },
     { "rename":{ "field": "rule.ref",     "target_field": "rule.version", "ignore_failure": true  } },