diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
index c1f0a6755..8adbdcf13 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
@@ -228,7 +228,11 @@
         "event":{
           "type":"object",
           "dynamic": true
-        }, 
+        },
+        "event_data":{
+          "type":"object",
+          "dynamic": true
+        },	
         "file":{
           "type":"object",
           "dynamic": true