diff --git a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation.java b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation.java
index cdac10a7..6696eab1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public static final class Descriptor extends ToolDescriptor<LogstashInstallation
     private String username;
     private String password;
     private String key;
+    private String pipeline;
 
     public Descriptor() {
       super();
@@ -210,5 +211,14 @@ public void setKey(String key)
       this.key = key;
     }
 
+    public String getPipeline()
+    {
+      return pipeline;
+    }
+
+    public void setPipeline(String pipeline)
+    {
+      this.pipeline = pipeline;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/logstash/persistence/ElasticSearchDao.java b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/logstash/persistence/ElasticSearchDao.java
index cf4a2c18..31a6bb3a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/logstash/persistence/ElasticSearchDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/logstash/persistence/ElasticSearchDao.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.collect.Ranges.closedOpen;
 
+import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
+import jenkins.plugins.logstash.LogstashInstallation;
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.exception.ExceptionUtils;
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Range;
 
@@ -55,6 +59,8 @@
  * @since 1.0.4
  */
 public class ElasticSearchDao extends AbstractLogstashIndexerDao {
+  private String pipeline = "";
+  private final static Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(ElasticSearchDao.class.getName());
   private final HttpClientBuilder clientBuilder;
   private final URI uri;
   private final String auth;
@@ -74,11 +80,24 @@ public ElasticSearchDao(String host, int port, String key, String username, Stri
     }
 
     try {
-      uri = new URIBuilder(host)
+      LogstashInstallation.Descriptor logstashPluginConfig = (LogstashInstallation.Descriptor) Jenkins.getInstance().getDescriptor(LogstashInstallation.class);
+      pipeline = logstashPluginConfig.getPipeline();
+    } catch (NullPointerException e){
+      LOG.log(Level.WARNING, "Unable to read pipeline in the jenkins logstash plugin configuration");
+    }
+
+    try {
+      URIBuilder baseUri = new URIBuilder(host)
         .setPort(port)
-        // Normalizer will remove extra starting slashes, but missing slash will cause annoying failures
-        .setPath("/" + key)
-        .build();
+        .setPath("/" + key);
+
+      if (StringUtils.isBlank(pipeline)) {
+        uri = baseUri.build();
+      } else {
+        uri = baseUri
+          .setParameter("pipeline", pipeline)
+          .build();
+      }
     } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not create uri", e);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation/global.jelly b/src/main/resources/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation/global.jelly
index e58ee543..43f7830d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation/global.jelly
+++ b/src/main/resources/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation/global.jelly
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
         checkUrl="'${resURL}/descriptorByName/LogstashInstallation/checkString?value='+escape(this.value)" />
     </f:entry>
     <f:advanced>
+      <f:entry title="${%Elasticsearch pipeline}" field="pipeline">
+        <f:textbox value="${descriptor.pipeline}" />
+      </f:entry>
       <f:entry title="${%Syslog format}" field="syslogFormat">
         <f:enum value="${descriptor.syslogFormat}">${it.name()}</f:enum>
       </f:entry>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation/help-pipeline.html b/src/main/resources/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation/help-pipeline.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a85ec6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/jenkins/plugins/logstash/LogstashInstallation/help-pipeline.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div>
+    <p>The elasticsearch pipeline to send logs through (only effective for ELASTICSEARCH Indexer type).<br/>
+        Leave this field blank if you are not routing through a pipeline.</p>
+</div>