diff --git a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event.go b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event.go
index d26ca24c4845..ed5511a6f88f 100644
--- a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event.go
+++ b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event.go
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha1"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/sha512"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"hash"
 	"io"
 	"math"
 	"os"
+	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
@@ -321,6 +324,15 @@ func buildMetricbeatEvent(e *Event, existedBefore bool) mb.Event {
 		if len(info.Origin) > 0 {
 			file["origin"] = info.Origin
 		}
+		if info.SELinux != "" {
+			file["selinux"] = info.SELinux
+		}
+		if info.POSIXACLAccess != "" {
+			a, err := aclText(info.POSIXACLAccess)
+			if err == nil {
+				file["posix_acl_access"] = a
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if len(e.Hashes) > 0 {
@@ -358,6 +370,80 @@ func buildMetricbeatEvent(e *Event, existedBefore bool) mb.Event {
 	return out
 }
 
+func aclText(s string) ([]string, error) {
+	b, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(strings.TrimPrefix(s, "0s"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if (len(b)-4)%8 != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected ACL length: %d", len(b))
+	}
+	var a []string
+	b = b[4:]
+	for len(b) != 0 {
+		tag := binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(b)
+		perm := binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(b[2:])
+		qual := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(b[4:])
+		a = append(a, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", tags[tag], qualString(qual, tag), modeString(perm)))
+		b = b[8:]
+	}
+	return a, nil
+}
+
+var tags = map[uint16]string{
+	0x00: "undefined",
+	0x01: "user",
+	0x02: "user",
+	0x04: "group",
+	0x08: "group",
+	0x10: "mask",
+	0x20: "other",
+}
+
+func qualString(qual uint32, tag uint16) string {
+	if qual == math.MaxUint32 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	const (
+		tagUser  = 0x02
+		tagGroup = 0x08
+	)
+	switch tag {
+	case tagUser:
+		uid := strconv.Itoa(int(qual))
+		u, err := user.LookupId(uid)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Fallback to the numeric ID if we can't get a name.
+			return uid
+		}
+		return u.Username
+	case tagGroup:
+		gid := strconv.Itoa(int(qual))
+		g, err := user.LookupGroupId(gid)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Fallback to the numeric ID if we can't get a name.
+			return gid
+		}
+		return g.Name
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func modeString(perm uint16) string {
+	var buf [3]byte
+	w := 0
+	const rwx = "rwx"
+	for i, c := range rwx {
+		if perm&(1<<uint(len(rwx)-1-i)) != 0 {
+			buf[w] = byte(c)
+		} else {
+			buf[w] = '-'
+		}
+		w++
+	}
+	return string(buf[:w])
+}
+
 // diffEvents returns true if the file info differs between the old event and
 // the new event. Changes to the timestamp and action are ignored. If old
 // contains a superset of new's hashes then false is returned.
@@ -407,7 +493,8 @@ func diffEvents(old, new *Event) (Action, bool) {
 	if o, n := old.Info, new.Info; o != nil && n != nil {
 		// The owner and group names are ignored (they aren't persisted).
 		if o.Inode != n.Inode || o.UID != n.UID || o.GID != n.GID || o.SID != n.SID ||
-			o.Mode != n.Mode || o.Type != n.Type || o.SetUID != n.SetUID || o.SetGID != n.SetGID {
+			o.Mode != n.Mode || o.Type != n.Type || o.SetUID != n.SetUID || o.SetGID != n.SetGID ||
+			o.SELinux != n.SELinux || o.POSIXACLAccess != n.POSIXACLAccess {
 			result |= AttributesModified
 		}
 
diff --git a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event_test.go b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event_test.go
index 6913fdb04905..d82fd876fae7 100644
--- a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event_test.go
+++ b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -553,3 +555,40 @@ func assertHasKey(t testing.TB, m mapstr.M, key string) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+func TestACLText(t *testing.T) {
+	// Depending on the system we are running this test on, we may or may not
+	// have a username associated with the user's UID in the xattr string, so
+	// dynamically determine the username here.
+	tests := []struct {
+		encoded string
+		want    []string
+	}{
+		0: {
+			encoded: "0sAgAAAAEABgD/////AgAGAG8AAAAEAAQA/////xAABgD/////IAAEAP////8=",
+			want:    []string{"user::rw-", "user:" + userNameOrUID("111") + ":rw-", "group::r--", "mask::rw-", "other::r--"},
+		},
+		1: { // Encoded string from https://www.bityard.org/wiki/tech/os/linux/xattrs.
+			encoded: "0sAgAAAAEABgD/////AgAHAHwAAAAEAAQA/////xAABwD/////IAAEAP////8=",
+			want:    []string{"user::rw-", "user:" + userNameOrUID("124") + ":rwx", "group::r--", "mask::rwx", "other::r--"},
+		},
+	}
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		got, err := aclText(test.encoded)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected error for test %d: %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, test.want) {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected result for test %d:\ngot: %#v\nwant:%v", i, got, test.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func userNameOrUID(uid string) string {
+	u, err := user.LookupId(uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return uid
+	}
+	return u.Username
+}
diff --git a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/fileinfo_posix.go b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/fileinfo_posix.go
index d0845f36369b..27ba9f775e66 100644
--- a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/fileinfo_posix.go
+++ b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/fileinfo_posix.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package file_integrity
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
@@ -97,6 +98,11 @@ func getExtendedAttributes(path string, dst map[string]*string) {
 		if err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		*d = string(att)
+		*d = string(trimNull(att))
 	}
 }
+
+func trimNull(b []byte) []byte {
+	b, _, _ = bytes.Cut(b, []byte{0})
+	return b
+}