diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es2x.json b/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es2x.json
index 00782e048..f3c577ce0 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es2x.json
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es2x.json
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
             "ip": { "type": "ip", "doc_values" : true },
             "location" : { "type" : "geo_point", "doc_values" : true },
             "latitude" : { "type" : "float", "doc_values" : true },
-            "longitude" : { "type" : "float", "doc_values" : true }
+            "longitude" : { "type" : "float", "doc_values" : true },
+            "postal_code" : { "type" : "string", "index" : "not_analyzed" }
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es5x.json b/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es5x.json
index c758a3088..2565946a5 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es5x.json
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es5x.json
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
             "ip": { "type": "ip" },
             "location" : { "type" : "geo_point" },
             "latitude" : { "type" : "half_float" },
-            "longitude" : { "type" : "half_float" }
+            "longitude" : { "type" : "half_float" },
+            "postal_code" : { "type" : "keyword" }
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es6x.json b/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es6x.json
index 2227906eb..7614ba850 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es6x.json
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es6x.json
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
             "ip": { "type": "ip" },
             "location" : { "type" : "geo_point" },
             "latitude" : { "type" : "half_float" },
-            "longitude" : { "type" : "half_float" }
+            "longitude" : { "type" : "half_float" },
+            "postal_code" : { "type" : "keyword" }
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es7x.json b/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es7x.json
index c41dc0df8..e62dbb189 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es7x.json
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-template-es7x.json
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
             "ip": { "type": "ip" },
             "location" : { "type" : "geo_point" },
             "latitude" : { "type" : "half_float" },
-            "longitude" : { "type" : "half_float" }
+            "longitude" : { "type" : "half_float" },
+            "postal_code" : { "type" : "keyword" }
           }
         }
       }