diff --git a/recipes/newrelic/logs/logs.yml b/recipes/newrelic/logs/logs.yml
index f52145ec9..95b9714e3 100644
--- a/recipes/newrelic/logs/logs.yml
+++ b/recipes/newrelic/logs/logs.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ keywords:
 processMatch:
   - /logs/
 
-validationNrql: "SELECT count(*) from Log where hostname like '{{.HOSTNAME}}%' SINCE 10 minutes ago"
+validationNrql: "SELECT count(*) from Log where hostname like '{{.HOSTNAME}}%' FACET entity.guids SINCE 10 minutes ago"
 
 inputVars:
   - name: "LOG_FILES"
diff --git a/recipes/newrelic/logs/windows-logs.yml b/recipes/newrelic/logs/windows-logs.yml
index 07f5549d2..05d09d687 100644
--- a/recipes/newrelic/logs/windows-logs.yml
+++ b/recipes/newrelic/logs/windows-logs.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ keywords:
 
 processMatch: []
 
-validationNrql: "SELECT count(*) from Log where hostname like '{{.HOSTNAME}}%' SINCE 10 minutes ago"
+validationNrql: "SELECT count(*) from Log where hostname like '{{.HOSTNAME}}%' FACET entity.guids SINCE 10 minutes ago"
 
 install: