diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d975c235e..7f91cbbce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 ### Added
 
 - Introduce static services to expose services to other apps with a fixed name
+- Add a static service for the elasticsearch forum
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/apps/forum/templates/services/elasticsearch/static-svc.yml.j2 b/apps/forum/templates/services/elasticsearch/static-svc.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26f07483c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/forum/templates/services/elasticsearch/static-svc.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: forum
+    service: elasticsearch
+    version: "{{ forum_elasticsearch_image_tag }}"
+    deployment_stamp: "{{ deployment_stamp }}"
+    service_prefix: "{{ prefix }}"
+    type: static-service
+    removable: "no"
+  # name of the service should be database host name in settings
+  name: "{{ forum_elasticsearch_host }}-{{ prefix }}"
+  namespace: "{{ project_name }}"
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - name: {{ forum_elasticsearch_port }}-tcp
+    port: {{ forum_elasticsearch_port }}
+    protocol: TCP
+    targetPort: {{ forum_elasticsearch_port }}
+  selector:
+    app: forum
+    deploymentconfig: "forum-elasticsearch-{{ deployment_stamp | default('undefined', true) }}"
+  type: ClusterIP