diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index fddecb2715a..72d8a6a4c60 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fixes a bug in `http_endpoint` that caused numbers encoded as strings. {issue}27382[27382] {pull}27480[27480]
 - Update indentation for azure filebeat configuration. {pull}26604[26604]
 - Auditd: Fix Top Exec Commands dashboard visualization. {pull}27638[27638]
+- Store offset in `log.offset` field of events from the filestream input. {pull}27688[27688]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/filebeat/input/filestream/input.go b/filebeat/input/filestream/input.go
index 48d5f6dca77..ec051273171 100644
--- a/filebeat/input/filestream/input.go
+++ b/filebeat/input/filestream/input.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (inp *filestream) open(log *logp.Logger, canceler input.Canceler, fs fileSo
 
 	r = readfile.NewStripNewline(r, inp.readerConfig.LineTerminator)
 
-	r = readfile.NewFilemeta(r, fs.newPath)
+	r = readfile.NewFilemeta(r, fs.newPath, offset)
 
 	r = inp.parsers.Create(r)
 
diff --git a/libbeat/reader/readfile/metafields.go b/libbeat/reader/readfile/metafields.go
index 5039484e8fd..8d6c34eca63 100644
--- a/libbeat/reader/readfile/metafields.go
+++ b/libbeat/reader/readfile/metafields.go
@@ -27,19 +27,22 @@ import (
 type FileMetaReader struct {
 	reader reader.Reader
 	path   string
+	offset int64
 }
 
 // New creates a new Encode reader from input reader by applying
 // the given codec.
-func NewFilemeta(r reader.Reader, path string) reader.Reader {
-	return &FileMetaReader{r, path}
+func NewFilemeta(r reader.Reader, path string, offset int64) reader.Reader {
+	return &FileMetaReader{r, path, offset}
 }
 
 // Next reads the next line from it's initial io.Reader
 // This converts a io.Reader to a reader.reader
-func (r FileMetaReader) Next() (reader.Message, error) {
+func (r *FileMetaReader) Next() (reader.Message, error) {
 	message, err := r.reader.Next()
 
+	r.offset += int64(message.Bytes)
+
 	// if the message is empty, there is no need to enrich it with file metadata
 	if message.IsEmpty() {
 		return message, err
@@ -47,13 +50,13 @@ func (r FileMetaReader) Next() (reader.Message, error) {
 
 	message.Fields.DeepUpdate(common.MapStr{
 		"log": common.MapStr{
-			"offset": message.Bytes,
+			"offset": r.offset,
 			"path":   r.path,
 		},
 	})
 	return message, err
 }
 
-func (r FileMetaReader) Close() error {
+func (r *FileMetaReader) Close() error {
 	return r.reader.Close()
 }
diff --git a/libbeat/reader/readfile/metafields_test.go b/libbeat/reader/readfile/metafields_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb198a776c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbeat/reader/readfile/metafields_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package readfile
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/reader"
+)
+
+func TestMetaFieldsOffset(t *testing.T) {
+	messages := []reader.Message{
+		reader.Message{
+			Content: []byte("my line"),
+			Bytes:   7,
+			Fields:  common.MapStr{},
+		},
+		reader.Message{
+			Content: []byte("my line again"),
+			Bytes:   13,
+			Fields:  common.MapStr{},
+		},
+		reader.Message{
+			Content: []byte(""),
+			Bytes:   10,
+			Fields:  common.MapStr{},
+		},
+	}
+
+	path := "test/path"
+	offset := int64(0)
+	in := &FileMetaReader{msgReader(messages), path, offset}
+	for {
+		msg, err := in.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		offset += int64(msg.Bytes)
+
+		expectedFields := common.MapStr{}
+		if len(msg.Content) != 0 {
+			expectedFields = common.MapStr{
+				"log": common.MapStr{
+					"path":   path,
+					"offset": offset,
+				},
+			}
+		}
+		require.Equal(t, expectedFields, msg.Fields)
+		require.Equal(t, offset, in.offset)
+	}
+}
+
+func msgReader(m []reader.Message) reader.Reader {
+	return &messageReader{
+		messages: m,
+	}
+}
+
+type messageReader struct {
+	messages []reader.Message
+	i        int
+}
+
+func (r *messageReader) Next() (reader.Message, error) {
+	if r.i == len(r.messages) {
+		return reader.Message{}, io.EOF
+	}
+	msg := r.messages[r.i]
+	r.i++
+	return msg, nil
+}
+
+func (r *messageReader) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}