diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/generate_data.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/generate_data.ts
index 563e2e4ccc9f2..9a10e1e67a5e8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/generate_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/generate_data.ts
@@ -363,6 +363,13 @@ export class EndpointDocGenerator {
       '@timestamp': ts,
       event: {
         created: ts,
+        id: this.seededUUIDv4(),
+        kind: 'metric',
+        category: 'host',
+        type: 'info',
+        module: 'endpoint',
+        action: 'endpoint_metadata',
+        dataset: 'endpoint.metadata',
       },
       ...this.commonInfo,
     };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/types.ts
index 72839a8370495..ae31f8f3d924a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/types.ts
@@ -399,6 +399,13 @@ export type HostMetadata = Immutable<{
   '@timestamp': number;
   event: {
     created: number;
+    kind: string;
+    id: string;
+    category: string;
+    type: string;
+    module: string;
+    action: string;
+    dataset: string;
   };
   elastic: {
     agent: {