diff --git a/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml b/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
index 7f87c6788..0f9b0dcf2 100644
--- a/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
+++ b/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ filebeat.inputs:
       - /nsm/strelka/log/strelka.log
     fields:
       module: strelka
+      category: file
       dataset: file
 
     processors: