diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/search_request.go b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/search_request.go
index 939e2ea542a..f12638eef78 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/search_request.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/search_request.go
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@ func (b *SearchRequestBuilder) AddDocValueField(field string) *SearchRequestBuil
 	return b
 }
 
+// Add highlights to the search request for log queries
+func (b *SearchRequestBuilder) AddHighlight() *SearchRequestBuilder {
+	b.customProps["highlight"] = map[string]interface{}{
+		"fields": map[string]interface{}{
+			"*": map[string]interface{}{},
+		},
+		"pre_tags":      []string{"@HIGHLIGHT@"},
+		"post_tags":     []string{"@/HIGHLIGHT@"},
+		"fragment_size": 2147483647,
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
 // Query creates and return a query builder
 func (b *SearchRequestBuilder) Query() *QueryBuilder {
 	if b.queryBuilder == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/models.go b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/models.go
index 967f8ee358e..2740e1def1d 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/models.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/models.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ var metricAggType = map[string]string{
 	"raw_document":   "Raw Document",
 	"raw_data":       "Raw Data",
 	"rate":           "Rate",
+	"logs":           "Logs",
 }
 
 var extendedStats = map[string]string{
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/snapshot_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/snapshot_test.go
index ea6fd3c5f9f..0eaec69ab3e 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/snapshot_test.go
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ func TestRequestSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 		{name: "simple metric test", path: "metric_simple"},
 		{name: "complex metric test", path: "metric_complex"},
 		{name: "multi metric test", path: "metric_multi"},
-		{name: "raw data", path: "raw_data"},
-		{name: "raw document", path: "raw_document"},
+		{name: "raw data test", path: "raw_data"},
+		{name: "raw document test", path: "raw_document"},
+		{name: "logs test", path: "logs"},
 	}
 
 	queryHeader := []byte(`
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/testdata_request/logs.queries.json b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/testdata_request/logs.queries.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..781bf4309a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/testdata_request/logs.queries.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[
+  {
+    "metrics": [
+      {
+        "id": "1",
+        "type": "logs"
+      }
+    ],
+    "query": "",
+    "refId": "A",
+    "datasource": {
+      "type": "elasticsearch",
+      "uid": "PE50363A9B6833EE7"
+    },
+    "alias": "",
+    "bucketAggs": [],
+    "timeField": "testtime",
+    "key": "Q-ee8fea91-a4c4-4ded-9827-b362476a4083-0",
+    "datasourceId": 39,
+    "intervalMs": 2000,
+    "maxDataPoints": 1318
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/testdata_request/logs.request.line1.json b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/testdata_request/logs.request.line1.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e105e19d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/testdata_request/logs.request.line1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{
+  "docvalue_fields": [
+    "testtime"
+  ],
+  "query": {
+        "bool": {
+            "filter": {
+                "range": {
+                    "testtime": {
+                        "format": "epoch_millis",
+                        "gte": 1668422437218,
+                        "lte": 1668422625668
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+  "script_fields": {},
+  "size": 500,
+  "sort": 
+    {
+      "testtime": {
+        "order": "desc",
+        "unmapped_type": "boolean"
+      },
+      "_doc": {
+        "order": "desc"
+      }
+    },
+  "aggs": 
+    {
+      "1": {
+        "date_histogram": {
+          "field": "testtime",
+          "fixed_interval": "1000ms",
+          "format": "epoch_millis",
+          "min_doc_count": 0,
+          "extended_bounds": {
+            "min": 1668422437218,
+            "max": 1668422625668
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  "highlight": 
+    {
+      "pre_tags": [
+        "@HIGHLIGHT@"
+      ],
+      "post_tags": [
+        "@/HIGHLIGHT@"
+      ],
+      "fragment_size": 2147483647,
+      "fields": {
+        "*": {}
+      }
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/time_series_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/time_series_query.go
index 41a1d833a30..33437452946 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/time_series_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/time_series_query.go
@@ -72,23 +72,45 @@ func (e *timeSeriesQuery) processQuery(q *Query, ms *es.MultiSearchRequestBuilde
 	b.Size(0)
 	filters := b.Query().Bool().Filter()
 	filters.AddDateRangeFilter(e.client.GetTimeField(), to, from, es.DateFormatEpochMS)
-
-	if q.RawQuery != "" {
-		filters.AddQueryStringFilter(q.RawQuery, true)
-	}
+	filters.AddQueryStringFilter(q.RawQuery, true)
 
 	if len(q.BucketAggs) == 0 {
-		if len(q.Metrics) == 0 || !(q.Metrics[0].Type == "raw_document" || q.Metrics[0].Type == "raw_data") {
+		// If no aggregations, only document and logs queries are valid
+		if len(q.Metrics) == 0 || !(q.Metrics[0].Type == "raw_data" || q.Metrics[0].Type == "raw_document" || q.Metrics[0].Type == "logs") {
 			result.Responses[q.RefID] = backend.DataResponse{
 				Error: fmt.Errorf("invalid query, missing metrics and aggregations"),
 			}
 			return nil
 		}
+
+		// Defaults for log and document queries
 		metric := q.Metrics[0]
-		b.Size(metric.Settings.Get("size").MustInt(500))
 		b.SortDesc(e.client.GetTimeField(), "boolean")
 		b.SortDesc("_doc", "")
 		b.AddDocValueField(e.client.GetTimeField())
+		b.Size(metric.Settings.Get("size").MustInt(500))
+
+		if metric.Type == "logs" {
+			// Add additional defaults for log query
+			b.Size(metric.Settings.Get("limit").MustInt(500))
+			b.AddHighlight()
+
+			// For log query, we add a date histogram aggregation
+			aggBuilder := b.Agg()
+			q.BucketAggs = append(q.BucketAggs, &BucketAgg{
+				Type:  dateHistType,
+				Field: e.client.GetTimeField(),
+				ID:    "1",
+				Settings: simplejson.NewFromAny(map[string]interface{}{
+					"interval": "auto",
+				}),
+			})
+			bucketAgg := q.BucketAggs[0]
+			bucketAgg.Settings = simplejson.NewFromAny(
+				bucketAgg.generateSettingsForDSL(),
+			)
+			_ = addDateHistogramAgg(aggBuilder, bucketAgg, from, to)
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -115,6 +137,7 @@ func (e *timeSeriesQuery) processQuery(q *Query, ms *es.MultiSearchRequestBuilde
 
 	for _, m := range q.Metrics {
 		m := m
+
 		if m.Type == countType {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/time_series_query_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/time_series_query_test.go
index 9125248cb61..c361fb2fab2 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/time_series_query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/time_series_query_test.go
@@ -1353,39 +1353,67 @@ func TestExecuteTimeSeriesQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			require.Equal(t, filter.AnalyzeWildcard, true)
 		})
 
-		// FIXME
-		// Log query is not implemented with defaults
-		// t.Run("With log query should return query with defaults  (from frontend tests)", func(t *testing.T) {
-		// 	c := newFakeClient()
-		// 	_, err := executeTsdbQuery(c, `{
-		// 		"timeField": "@timestamp",
-		// 		"metrics": { "type": "logs", "id": "1"}
-		// 	}`, from, to, 15*time.Second)
-		// 	require.NoError(t, err)
-		// 	sr := c.multisearchRequests[0].Requests[0]
-		// 	require.Equal(t, sr.Size, 500)
+		t.Run("With log query should return query with defaults (from frontend tests)", func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := newFakeClient()
+			_, err := executeTsdbQuery(c, `{
+				"timeField": "@timestamp",
+				"metrics": [{ "type": "logs", "id": "1"}]
+			}`, from, to, 15*time.Second)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			sr := c.multisearchRequests[0].Requests[0]
+			require.Equal(t, sr.Size, 500)
 
-		// 	rangeFilter := sr.Query.Bool.Filters[0].(*es.RangeFilter)
-		// 	require.Equal(t, rangeFilter.Key, c.timeField)
-		// 	require.Equal(t, rangeFilter.Lte, toMs)
-		// 	require.Equal(t, rangeFilter.Gte, fromMs)
-		// 	require.Equal(t, rangeFilter.Format, es.DateFormatEpochMS)
+			rangeFilter := sr.Query.Bool.Filters[0].(*es.RangeFilter)
+			require.Equal(t, rangeFilter.Key, c.timeField)
+			require.Equal(t, rangeFilter.Lte, toMs)
+			require.Equal(t, rangeFilter.Gte, fromMs)
+			require.Equal(t, rangeFilter.Format, es.DateFormatEpochMS)
 
-		// 	sort, _ := json.Marshal(sr.Sort)
-		// 	require.Equal(t, string(sort), `"sort":[{"@timestamp":{"order":"desc","unmapped_type":"boolean"}},{"_doc":{"order":"desc"}}]`)
+			require.Equal(t, sr.Sort["@timestamp"], map[string]string{"order": "desc", "unmapped_type": "boolean"})
+			require.Equal(t, sr.Sort["_doc"], map[string]string{"order": "desc"})
+			require.Equal(t, sr.CustomProps["script_fields"], map[string]interface{}{})
 
-		// 	firstLevel := sr.Aggs[0]
-		// 	require.Equal(t, firstLevel.Key, "1")
-		// 	require.Equal(t, firstLevel.Aggregation.Type, "date_histogram")
+			firstLevel := sr.Aggs[0]
+			require.Equal(t, firstLevel.Key, "1")
+			require.Equal(t, firstLevel.Aggregation.Type, "date_histogram")
 
-		// 	hAgg := firstLevel.Aggregation.Aggregation.(*es.DateHistogramAgg)
-		// 	require.Equal(t, hAgg.ExtendedBounds.Max, toMs)
-		// 	require.Equal(t, hAgg.ExtendedBounds.Min, fromMs)
-		// 	require.Equal(t, hAgg.Field, "@timestamp")
-		// 	require.Equal(t, hAgg.Format, es.DateFormatEpochMS)
-		// 	require.Equal(t, hAgg.FixedInterval, "$__interval_msms")
-		// 	require.Equal(t, hAgg.MinDocCount, 0)
-		// })
+			hAgg := firstLevel.Aggregation.Aggregation.(*es.DateHistogramAgg)
+			require.Equal(t, hAgg.ExtendedBounds.Max, toMs)
+			require.Equal(t, hAgg.ExtendedBounds.Min, fromMs)
+			require.Equal(t, hAgg.Field, "@timestamp")
+			require.Equal(t, hAgg.Format, es.DateFormatEpochMS)
+			require.Equal(t, hAgg.FixedInterval, "$__interval_msms")
+			require.Equal(t, hAgg.MinDocCount, 0)
+		})
+
+		t.Run("With log query with limit should return query with correct size", func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := newFakeClient()
+			_, err := executeTsdbQuery(c, `{
+				"timeField": "@timestamp",
+				"metrics": [{ "type": "logs", "id": "1", "settings": { "limit": 1000 }}]
+			}`, from, to, 15*time.Second)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			sr := c.multisearchRequests[0].Requests[0]
+			require.Equal(t, sr.Size, 1000)
+		})
+
+		t.Run("With log query should return highlight properties", func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := newFakeClient()
+			_, err := executeTsdbQuery(c, `{
+				"timeField": "@timestamp",
+				"metrics": [{ "type": "logs", "id": "1" }]
+			}`, from, to, 15*time.Second)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			sr := c.multisearchRequests[0].Requests[0]
+			require.Equal(t, sr.CustomProps["highlight"], map[string]interface{}{
+				"fields": map[string]interface{}{
+					"*": map[string]interface{}{},
+				},
+				"fragment_size": 2147483647,
+				"post_tags":     []string{"@/HIGHLIGHT@"},
+				"pre_tags":      []string{"@HIGHLIGHT@"},
+			})
+		})
 	})
 }