diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 6f219db6f7f..105e48ee125 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Stop counterCache only when already started {pull}19103[19103]
 - Set tags correctly if the dimension value is ARN {issue}19111[19111] {pull}19433[19433]
 - Fix bug incorrect parsing of float numbers as integers in Couchbase module {issue}18949[18949] {pull}19055[19055]
+- Fix mapping of service start type in the service metricset, windows module. {pull}19551[19551]
 - Fix config example in the perfmon configuration files. {pull}19539[19539]
 - Add missing info about the rest of the azure metricsets in the documentation. {pull}19601[19601]
 - Fix k8s scheduler compatibility issue. {pull}19699[19699]
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/windows/service/service_integration_test.go b/metricbeat/module/windows/service/service_integration_test.go
index fe1e987fc89..bd7fc91c411 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/windows/service/service_integration_test.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/windows/service/service_integration_test.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func TestReadService(t *testing.T) {
 					assert.Equal(t, w.ProcessId, s["pid"],
 						"PID of service %v does not match", w.DisplayName)
 				}
+				assert.NotEmpty(t, s["start_type"])
 				// For some services DisplayName and Name are the same. It seems to be a bug from the wmi query.
 				if w.DisplayName != w.Name {
 					assert.Equal(t, w.DisplayName, s["display_name"],
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/windows/service/service_status.go b/metricbeat/module/windows/service/service_status.go
index 8bef03126ad..1882b1a94f1 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/windows/service/service_status.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/windows/service/service_status.go
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ const (
 	ConfigPreshutdownInfo        ConfigInformation = 7
 	ConfigRequiredPrivilegesInfo ConfigInformation = 6
 	ConfigServiceSidInfo         ConfigInformation = 5
+)
 
+const (
 	StartTypeBoot ServiceStartType = iota
 	StartTypeSystem
 	StartTypeAutomatic