diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 909f4d865..f6c04172b 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -961,6 +961,16 @@ manager_pillar() {
 		"  playbook: $PLAYBOOK"\
 		"  url_base: $REDIRECTIT"\
 		""\
+		"elasticsearch:"\
+		"  mainip: $MAINIP"\
+		"  mainint: $MNIC"\
+		"  esheap: $NODE_ES_HEAP_SIZE"\
+		"  esclustername: {{ grains.host }}"\
+		"  node_type: $NODETYPE"\
+		"  es_port: $node_es_port"\
+		"  log_size_limit: $log_size_limit"\
+		"  node_route_type: hot"\
+		""\
 		"logstash_settings:"\
 		"  ls_pipeline_batch_size: 125"\
 		"  ls_input_threads: 1"\