diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js
index f608a5a4db0a2..0e0682c0600ba 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ define(function (require) {
         pre_tags: [highlightTags.pre],
         post_tags: [highlightTags.post],
         fields: {'*': {}},
+        require_field_match: false,
         fragment_size: 2147483647 // Limit of an integer.
       })
       .set('filter', queryFilter.getFilters());