diff --git a/pkg/query-service/app/logs/v4/query_builder.go b/pkg/query-service/app/logs/v4/query_builder.go
index 421b36aa62..47fda73c2a 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/app/logs/v4/query_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/app/logs/v4/query_builder.go
@@ -80,9 +80,23 @@ func getSelectLabels(aggregatorOperator v3.AggregateOperator, groupBy []v3.Attri
 
 func getExistsNexistsFilter(op v3.FilterOperator, item v3.FilterItem) string {
 	if _, ok := constants.StaticFieldsLogsV3[item.Key.Key]; ok && item.Key.Type == v3.AttributeKeyTypeUnspecified {
-		// no exists filter for static fields as they exists everywhere
-		// TODO(nitya): Think what we can do here
-		return ""
+		// https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/logs/data-model/
+		// for top level keys of the log model: trace_id, span_id, severity_number, trace_flags etc
+		// we don't have an exists column.
+		// to check if they exists/nexists
+		// we can use = 0 or != 0 for numbers
+		// we can use = '' or != '' for strings
+		chOp := "!="
+		if op == v3.FilterOperatorNotExists {
+			chOp = "="
+		}
+		key := getClickhouseKey(item.Key)
+		if item.Key.DataType == v3.AttributeKeyDataTypeString {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s ''", key, chOp)
+		}
+		// we just have two types, number and string for top level columns
+
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s 0", key, chOp)
 	} else if item.Key.IsColumn {
 		// get filter for materialized columns
 		val := true
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/app/logs/v4/query_builder_test.go b/pkg/query-service/app/logs/v4/query_builder_test.go
index 7bc831437c..1b24a6aac6 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/app/logs/v4/query_builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/app/logs/v4/query_builder_test.go
@@ -147,7 +147,15 @@ func Test_getExistsNexistsFilter(t *testing.T) {
 				op:   v3.FilterOperatorExists,
 				item: v3.FilterItem{Key: v3.AttributeKey{Key: "trace_id", DataType: v3.AttributeKeyDataTypeString, Type: v3.AttributeKeyTypeUnspecified}},
 			},
-			want: "",
+			want: "trace_id != ''",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "exists top level column- number",
+			args: args{
+				op:   v3.FilterOperatorNotExists,
+				item: v3.FilterItem{Key: v3.AttributeKey{Key: "severity_number", DataType: v3.AttributeKeyDataTypeArrayFloat64, Type: v3.AttributeKeyTypeUnspecified}},
+			},
+			want: "severity_number = 0",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {