diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d42e8e..63e26f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ local commonConfig = {
 };
 
 local i = t.receiveIngestor(commonConfig.config {
+  labels: [
+    'receive_replica="$(POD_NAME)"',
+  ],
   replicas: 1,
-  replicaLabels: ['receive_replica'],
   replicationFactor: 1,
   // Disable shipping to object storage for the purposes of this example
   objectStorageConfig: null,
@@ -108,7 +110,6 @@ local i = t.receiveIngestor(commonConfig.config {
 
 local r = t.receiveRouter(commonConfig.config {
   replicas: 1,
-  replicaLabels: ['receive_replica'],
   replicationFactor: 1,
   // Disable shipping to object storage for the purposes of this example
   objectStorageConfig: null,
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ local s = t.store(commonConfig.config {
 
 local q = t.query(commonConfig.config {
   replicas: 1,
-  replicaLabels: ['prometheus_replica', 'rule_replica'],
+  replicaLabels: ['prometheus_replica', 'receive_replica', 'rule_replica'],
   serviceMonitor: true,
   stores: [s.storeEndpoint] + i.storeEndpoints,
 });
diff --git a/all.jsonnet b/all.jsonnet
index a3cfd23..ceeebae 100644
--- a/all.jsonnet
+++ b/all.jsonnet
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ local commonConfig = {
   namespace: 'thanos',
   version: 'v0.26.0',
   image: 'quay.io/thanos/thanos:' + cfg.version,
-  replicaLabels: ['prometheus_replica', 'rule_replica'],
+  replicaLabels: ['prometheus_replica', 'receive_replica', 'rule_replica'],
   objectStorageConfig: {
     name: 'thanos-objectstorage',
     key: 'thanos.yaml',
diff --git a/example.jsonnet b/example.jsonnet
index 95dcebd..a40eba6 100644
--- a/example.jsonnet
+++ b/example.jsonnet
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ local commonConfig = {
 };
 
 local i = t.receiveIngestor(commonConfig.config {
+  labels: [
+    'receive_replica="$(POD_NAME)"',
+  ],
   replicas: 1,
-  replicaLabels: ['receive_replica'],
   replicationFactor: 1,
   // Disable shipping to object storage for the purposes of this example
   objectStorageConfig: null,
@@ -37,7 +39,6 @@ local i = t.receiveIngestor(commonConfig.config {
 
 local r = t.receiveRouter(commonConfig.config {
   replicas: 1,
-  replicaLabels: ['receive_replica'],
   replicationFactor: 1,
   // Disable shipping to object storage for the purposes of this example
   objectStorageConfig: null,
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ local s = t.store(commonConfig.config {
 
 local q = t.query(commonConfig.config {
   replicas: 1,
-  replicaLabels: ['prometheus_replica', 'rule_replica'],
+  replicaLabels: ['prometheus_replica', 'receive_replica', 'rule_replica'],
   serviceMonitor: true,
   stores: [s.storeEndpoint] + i.storeEndpoints,
 });
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-thanos/kube-thanos-receive.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-thanos/kube-thanos-receive.libsonnet
index 2fc88ba..0c507a9 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-thanos/kube-thanos-receive.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-thanos/kube-thanos-receive.libsonnet
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ function(params) {
   config:: defaults + params,
   // Safety checks for combined config of defaults and params
   assert std.isNumber(tr.config.replicas) && tr.config.replicas >= 0 : 'thanos receive replicas has to be number >= 0',
-  assert std.isArray(tr.config.replicaLabels),
   assert std.isObject(tr.config.resources),
   assert std.isBoolean(tr.config.serviceMonitor),
   assert std.isObject(tr.config.volumeClaimTemplate),