diff --git a/cmreslogging/handlers.py b/cmreslogging/handlers.py
index 52e250a..08a70f1 100644
--- a/cmreslogging/handlers.py
+++ b/cmreslogging/handlers.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class IndexNameFrequency(Enum):
     __DEFAULT_ES_DOC_TYPE = 'python_log'
     __DEFAULT_RAISE_ON_EXCEPTION = False
     __DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP_FIELD_NAME = "timestamp"
+    __DEFAULT_ES_INGEST_PIPELINE = None
 
     __LOGGING_FILTER_FIELDS = ['msecs',
                                'relativeCreated',
@@ -138,7 +139,8 @@ def __init__(self,
                  es_doc_type=__DEFAULT_ES_DOC_TYPE,
                  es_additional_fields=__DEFAULT_ADDITIONAL_FIELDS,
                  raise_on_indexing_exceptions=__DEFAULT_RAISE_ON_EXCEPTION,
-                 default_timestamp_field_name=__DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP_FIELD_NAME):
+                 default_timestamp_field_name=__DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP_FIELD_NAME,
+                 es_ingest_pipeline=__DEFAULT_ES_INGEST_PIPELINE):
         """ Handler constructor
 
         :param hosts: The list of hosts that elasticsearch clients will connect. The list can be provided
@@ -172,6 +174,8 @@ def __init__(self,
                     to the logs, such the application, environment, etc.
         :param raise_on_indexing_exceptions: A boolean, True only for debugging purposes to raise exceptions
                     caused when
+        :param es_ingest_pipeline: A string identifying an ingest pipeline on the elasticserach host. No pipeline
+                    is used by default.
         :return: A ready to be used CMRESHandler.
         """
         logging.Handler.__init__(self)
@@ -194,6 +198,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                                           'host_ip': socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())})
         self.raise_on_indexing_exceptions = raise_on_indexing_exceptions
         self.default_timestamp_field_name = default_timestamp_field_name
+        self.es_ingest_pipeline = es_ingest_pipeline
 
         self._client = None
         self._buffer = []
@@ -266,6 +271,15 @@ def test_es_source(self):
         """
         return self.__get_es_client().ping()
 
+    def __get_bulk_metadata(self):
+        metadata = {
+            '_index': self._index_name_func.__func__(self.es_index_name),
+            '_type': self.es_doc_type
+        }
+        if self.es_ingest_pipeline is not None:
+            metadata['pipeline'] = self.es_ingest_pipeline
+        return metadata
+
     @staticmethod
     def __get_es_datetime_str(timestamp):
         """ Returns elasticsearch utc formatted time for an epoch timestamp
@@ -289,12 +303,12 @@ def flush(self):
                 with self._buffer_lock:
                     logs_buffer = self._buffer
                     self._buffer = []
+                metadata = self.__get_bulk_metadata()
                 actions = (
-                    {
-                        '_index': self._index_name_func.__func__(self.es_index_name),
-                        '_type': self.es_doc_type,
-                        '_source': log_record
-                    }
+                    dict(
+                        _source=log_record,
+                        **metadata
+                    )
                     for log_record in logs_buffer
                 )
                 eshelpers.bulk(
diff --git a/tests/test_cmreshandler.py b/tests/test_cmreshandler.py
index d07dfdd..6526b89 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmreshandler.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmreshandler.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 from cmreslogging.handlers import CMRESHandler
+import elasticsearch
 
 
 class CMRESHandlerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -169,6 +170,37 @@ def test_index_name_frequency_functions(self):
             CMRESHandler._get_yearly_index_name(index_name)
         )
 
+    def test_pipelined_insert(self):
+        index_name = 'pythontest'
+        handler = CMRESHandler(hosts=[{'host': self.getESHost(), 'port': self.getESPort()}],
+                               auth_type=CMRESHandler.AuthType.NO_AUTH,
+                               es_index_name=index_name,
+                               use_ssl=False,
+                               index_name_frequency=CMRESHandler.IndexNameFrequency.DAILY,
+                               raise_on_indexing_exceptions=True,
+                               es_ingest_pipeline='pythontestpipeline')
+        log = logging.getLogger("PythonTest")
+        log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        log.addHandler(handler)
+
+        pipeline_definition = {
+            'description': 'split multiline message pipeline',
+            'processors': [
+                {
+                    'split': {
+                        'field': 'message',
+                        'separator': '\n'
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+
+        ingest_client = elasticsearch.client.IngestClient(handler._CMRESHandler__get_es_client())
+        ingest_client.put_pipeline(id='pythontestpipeline', body=pipeline_definition)
+        log.info('multiline\nlog')
+        handler.flush()
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(handler._buffer))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()