diff --git a/config/structs.go b/config/structs.go
index edc3d91..b860b2f 100644
--- a/config/structs.go
+++ b/config/structs.go
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ type ListenConfig struct {
 
 // NamespaceConfig is a struct describing single metric namespaces
 type NamespaceConfig struct {
-	Name        string   `hcl:",key"`
-	SourceFiles []string `hcl:"source_files"`
-	Format      string   `hcl:"format"`
+	Name        string            `hcl:",key"`
+	SourceFiles []string          `hcl:"source_files"`
+	Format      string            `hcl:"format"`
+	Labels      map[string]string `hcl:"labels"`
 }
diff --git a/example-config.hcl b/example-config.hcl
index 87c427a..b85fc10 100644
--- a/example-config.hcl
+++ b/example-config.hcl
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ namespace "nginx" {
     "foo.log"
   ]
   format = "$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] \"$request\" $status $body_bytes_sent \"$http_referer\" \"$http_user_agent\" \"$http_x_forwarded_for\""
+  labels {
+    app = "magicapp"
+    foo = "bar"
+  }
 }