diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/templates/logstash/indexer.conf.erb b/modules/openstack_project/templates/logstash/indexer.conf.erb
index d18cef39b2..7b4eaf8ce5 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/templates/logstash/indexer.conf.erb
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/templates/logstash/indexer.conf.erb
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ filter {
     }
     multiline {
       negate => true
-      pattern => "^%{TIMESTAMP_ISO8601} \|"
+      # Special case ansible output here because it likes to go on its own
+      # line without a timestamp but isn't part of a mulitline event.
+      pattern => "(^%{TIMESTAMP_ISO8601} \||^%{WORD}%{SPACE}\|%{SPACE}%{WORD}%{SPACE}\|%{SPACE}rc=%{NUMBER}%{SPACE}>>$)"
       what => "previous"
       stream_identity => "%{host}.%{filename}"
     }