diff --git a/nefed.xml b/nefed.xml
index 3f9a62464785277e48248d4fab1f5f995e7faf73..89e8ed9327accc1a6d2ae24a961f3cd8d2aab9f7 100644
--- a/nefed.xml
+++ b/nefed.xml
@@ -14384,6 +14384,7 @@ KNGked4df0r1o5CozJ35FjKx1fiYucuvGXU+UZd5Yg6sF6MRhQqud32X3eOFJXS/ndm/jGit7B6A
             </KeyDescriptor>
             <SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://nebraska.splunkcloud.com/saml/logout" index="0"></SingleLogoutService>
             <AssertionConsumerService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://nebraska.splunkcloud.com/saml/acs" index="0"></AssertionConsumerService>
+            <NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent</NameIDFormat>
         </SPSSODescriptor>
     </EntityDescriptor>
 </EntitiesDescriptor>