diff --git a/eden/common/telemetry/LogEvent.h b/eden/common/telemetry/LogEvent.h
index 742bee8..8c82692 100644
--- a/eden/common/telemetry/LogEvent.h
+++ b/eden/common/telemetry/LogEvent.h
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ struct TypedEvent {
   virtual const char* getType() const = 0;
 };
 
+struct TypelessEvent {
+  virtual ~TypelessEvent() = default;
+  virtual void populate(DynamicEvent&) const = 0;
+};
+
 // Used for unit testing
 struct TestEvent : public TypedEvent {
   // Keep populate() and getType() pure virtual to force subclasses
@@ -27,4 +32,10 @@ struct TestEvent : public TypedEvent {
   virtual const char* getType() const override = 0;
 };
 
+// Used for unit testing
+struct TypelessTestEvent : public TypelessEvent {
+  // Keep populate() pure virtual to force subclasses to implement it
+  virtual void populate(DynamicEvent&) const override = 0;
+};
+
 } // namespace facebook::eden
diff --git a/eden/common/telemetry/StructuredLogger.cpp b/eden/common/telemetry/StructuredLogger.cpp
index c6c3f00..f0bcffb 100644
--- a/eden/common/telemetry/StructuredLogger.cpp
+++ b/eden/common/telemetry/StructuredLogger.cpp
@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@ StructuredLogger::StructuredLogger(bool enabled, SessionInfo sessionInfo)
       sessionId_{getSessionId()},
       sessionInfo_{std::move(sessionInfo)} {}
 
-DynamicEvent StructuredLogger::populateDefaultFields(const char* type) {
+DynamicEvent StructuredLogger::populateDefaultFields(
+    std::optional<const char*> type) {
   DynamicEvent event;
   if (kExplicitTimeField) {
     event.addInt("time", ::time(nullptr));
   }
   event.addInt("session_id", sessionId_);
-  event.addString("type", type);
+  if (type.has_value()) {
+    event.addString("type", *type);
+  }
   event.addString("user", sessionInfo_.username);
   event.addString("host", sessionInfo_.hostname);
   event.addString("os", sessionInfo_.os);
diff --git a/eden/common/telemetry/StructuredLogger.h b/eden/common/telemetry/StructuredLogger.h
index 7782fe4..680a28a 100644
--- a/eden/common/telemetry/StructuredLogger.h
+++ b/eden/common/telemetry/StructuredLogger.h
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ class StructuredLogger {
   explicit StructuredLogger(bool enabled, SessionInfo sessionInfo);
   virtual ~StructuredLogger() = default;
 
+  void logEvent(const TypelessEvent& event) {
+    // Avoid a bunch of work if it's going to be thrown away by the
+    // logDynamicEvent implementation.
+    if (!enabled_) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    DynamicEvent de{populateDefaultFields(std::nullopt)};
+    event.populate(de);
+    logDynamicEvent(std::move(de));
+  }
+
   void logEvent(const TypedEvent& event) {
     // Avoid a bunch of work if it's going to be thrown away by the
     // logDynamicEvent implementation.
@@ -35,7 +47,7 @@ class StructuredLogger {
  protected:
   virtual void logDynamicEvent(DynamicEvent event) = 0;
 
-  virtual DynamicEvent populateDefaultFields(const char* type);
+  virtual DynamicEvent populateDefaultFields(std::optional<const char*> type);
 
   bool enabled_;
   uint32_t sessionId_;
diff --git a/eden/common/telemetry/test/ScubaStructuredLoggerTest.cpp b/eden/common/telemetry/test/ScubaStructuredLoggerTest.cpp
index 6033f76..ef5d144 100644
--- a/eden/common/telemetry/test/ScubaStructuredLoggerTest.cpp
+++ b/eden/common/telemetry/test/ScubaStructuredLoggerTest.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,19 @@ struct TestLogEvent : public TestEvent {
   }
 };
 
+struct TypelessTestLogEvent : public TypelessTestEvent {
+  std::string str;
+  int number = 0;
+
+  TypelessTestLogEvent(std::string str, int number)
+      : str(std::move(str)), number(number) {}
+
+  void populate(DynamicEvent& event) const override {
+    event.addString("str", str);
+    event.addInt("number", number);
+  }
+};
+
 struct ScubaStructuredLoggerTest : public ::testing::Test {
   std::shared_ptr<TestScribeLogger> scribe{
       std::make_shared<TestScribeLogger>()};
@@ -96,3 +109,32 @@ TEST_F(ScubaStructuredLoggerTest, json_contains_types_at_top_level_and_values) {
       UnorderedElementsAre("str", "user", "host", "type", "os", "osver"));
 #endif
 }
+
+TEST_F(
+    ScubaStructuredLoggerTest,
+    typeless_json_doesnt_contain_type_at_top_level) {
+  logger.logEvent(TypelessTestLogEvent{"different name", 12});
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, scribe->lines.size());
+  const auto& line = scribe->lines[0];
+  auto doc = folly::parseJson(line);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(doc.isObject());
+  EXPECT_THAT(keysOf(doc), UnorderedElementsAre("int", "normal"));
+
+  auto ints = doc["int"];
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ints.isObject());
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      keysOf(ints), UnorderedElementsAre("time", "number", "session_id"));
+
+  auto normals = doc["normal"];
+  EXPECT_TRUE(normals.isObject());
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      keysOf(normals),
+      UnorderedElementsAre(
+          "str", "user", "host", "os", "osver", "system_architecture"));
+#else
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      keysOf(normals),
+      UnorderedElementsAre("str", "user", "host", "os", "osver"));
+#endif
+}