diff --git a/weed/messaging/broker/broker_append.go b/weed/messaging/broker/broker_append.go
index 26f24f4d3..9c753ea26 100644
--- a/weed/messaging/broker/broker_append.go
+++ b/weed/messaging/broker/broker_append.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func (broker *MessageBroker) appendToFile(targetFile string, topicConfig *messag
 		Size:      uint64(uploadResult.Size),
 		Mtime:     time.Now().UnixNano(),
 		ETag:      uploadResult.ETag,
+		CipherKey: uploadResult.CipherKey,
 		IsGzipped: uploadResult.Gzip > 0,
 	}