diff --git a/salt/logstash/pipelines/templates/so/so-common-template.json b/salt/logstash/pipelines/templates/so/so-common-template.json
index 295653dfa..aef853387 100644
--- a/salt/logstash/pipelines/templates/so/so-common-template.json
+++ b/salt/logstash/pipelines/templates/so/so-common-template.json
@@ -192,6 +192,14 @@
           "type":"object",
           "dynamic": true
         },
+	"message":{  
+          "type":"text",
+          "fields":{  
+            "keyword":{  
+              "type":"keyword"
+            }
+          }
+        },
         "modbus":{
           "type":"object",
           "dynamic": true