diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
index 8adbdcf13..214e5c691 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@
           "type":"text",
           "fields":{  
             "keyword":{  
-              "type":"keyword"
+              "type":"keyword",
+	      "ignore_above": 32766
             }
           }
         },