diff --git a/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet b/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet
index 4359b1a77..754346abb 100644
--- a/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+local utils = import '../lib/utils.libsonnet';
+
 {
   _config+:: {
     kubeStateMetricsSelector: error 'must provide selector for kube-state-metrics',
@@ -10,7 +12,8 @@
     groups+: [
       {
         name: 'kubernetes-apps',
-        rules: [
+        rules: [utils.wrap_rule_for_labels(rule, $._config) for rule in self.rules_],
+        rules_:: [
           {
             expr: |||
               max_over_time(kube_pod_container_status_waiting_reason{reason="CrashLoopBackOff", %(prefixedNamespaceSelector)s%(kubeStateMetricsSelector)s}[5m]) >= 1
diff --git a/config.libsonnet b/config.libsonnet
index 4843e29bb..4b2615ed5 100644
--- a/config.libsonnet
+++ b/config.libsonnet
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@
     windowsExporterSelector: 'job="kubernetes-windows-exporter"',
     containerfsSelector: 'container!=""',
 
+    // List of labels to join for different type of metrics
+    // Only works if your environment has the labels kube_%s_labels (e.g. kube_pod_labels) available.
+    common_join_labels: [],
+    pods_join_labels: $._config.common_join_labels,
+    statefulsets_join_labels: $._config.common_join_labels,
+    deployments_join_labels: $._config.common_join_labels,
+    daemonsets_join_labels: $._config.common_join_labels,
+    horizontalpodautoscalers_join_labels: $._config.common_join_labels,
+    jobs_join_labels: $._config.common_join_labels,
+
     // Grafana dashboard IDs are necessary for stable links for dashboards
     grafanaDashboardIDs: {
       'apiserver.json': std.md5('apiserver.json'),
diff --git a/lib/utils.libsonnet b/lib/utils.libsonnet
index a8c4df41c..512d6e68f 100644
--- a/lib/utils.libsonnet
+++ b/lib/utils.libsonnet
@@ -15,4 +15,45 @@
     if s > 60 * 60 * 24
     then '%.1f days' % (s / 60 / 60 / 24)
     else '%.1f hours' % (s / 60 / 60),
+
+  // Handle adding `group left` to join labels into rule by wrapping the rule in () * on(xxx) group_left(xxx) kube_xxx_labels
+  // If kind of rule is not defined try to detect rule type by alert name
+  wrap_rule_for_labels(rule, config):
+    // Detect Kind of rule from name unless hidden `kind field is passed in the rule`
+    local kind =
+      if 'kind' in rule then rule.kind
+      // Handle Alerts
+      else if std.objectHas(rule, 'alert') then
+        if std.startsWith(rule.alert, 'KubePod') then 'pod'
+        else if std.startsWith(rule.alert, 'KubeContainer') then 'pod'
+        else if std.startsWith(rule.alert, 'KubeStateful') then 'statefulset'
+        else if std.startsWith(rule.alert, 'KubeDeploy') then 'deployment'
+        else if std.startsWith(rule.alert, 'KubeDaemon') then 'daemonset'
+        else if std.startsWith(rule.alert, 'KubeHpa') then 'horizontalpodautoscaler'
+        else if std.startsWith(rule.alert, 'KubeJob') then 'job'
+        else 'none'
+      else 'none';
+
+    local labels = {
+      join_labels: config['%ss_join_labels' % kind],
+      // since the label 'job' is reserved, the resource with kind Job uses the label 'job_name' instead
+      on_labels: ['%s' % (if kind == 'job' then 'job_name' else kind), '%s' % config.namespaceLabel, '%s' % config.clusterLabel],
+      metric: 'kube_%s_labels' % kind,
+    };
+
+    // Failed to identify kind - return raw rule
+    if kind == 'none' then rule
+    // No join labels passed in the config - return raw rule
+    else if std.length(labels.join_labels) == 0 then rule
+    // Wrap expr with join group left
+    else
+      rule {
+        local expr = super.expr,
+        expr: '(%(expr)s) * on (%(on)s) group_left(%(join)s) %(metric)s' % {
+          expr: expr,
+          on: std.join(',', labels.on_labels),
+          join: std.join(',', labels.join_labels),
+          metric: labels.metric,
+        },
+      },
 }