diff --git a/k8s/alertmanager-dep.yaml b/k8s/alertmanager-dep.yaml
index 88ffc43f935..1839727fc31 100644
--- a/k8s/alertmanager-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/alertmanager-dep.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ spec:
         image: quay.io/cortexproject/alertmanager
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
+        - -target=alertmanager
         - -log.level=debug
         - -server.http-listen-port=80
         - -alertmanager.configs.url=http://configs.default.svc.cluster.local:80
diff --git a/k8s/configs-dep.yaml b/k8s/configs-dep.yaml
index 75d8664ed7e..89e5ce10bf2 100644
--- a/k8s/configs-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/configs-dep.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ spec:
         image: quay.io/cortexproject/configs
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
+        - -target=configs
         - -server.http-listen-port=80
         - -database.uri=postgres://postgres@configs-db.default.svc.cluster.local/configs?sslmode=disable
         - -database.migrations=/migrations
diff --git a/k8s/distributor-dep.yaml b/k8s/distributor-dep.yaml
index 1e9b8efd55d..1045c3f2a94 100644
--- a/k8s/distributor-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/distributor-dep.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ spec:
         image: quay.io/cortexproject/distributor
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
+        - -target=distributor
         - -log.level=debug
         - -server.http-listen-port=80
         - -consul.hostname=consul.default.svc.cluster.local:8500
diff --git a/k8s/ingester-dep.yaml b/k8s/ingester-dep.yaml
index 7315f1fae41..4020abc7b22 100644
--- a/k8s/ingester-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/ingester-dep.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ spec:
         image: quay.io/cortexproject/ingester
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
+        - -target=ingester
         - -ingester.join-after=30s
         - -ingester.claim-on-rollout=true
         - -consul.hostname=consul.default.svc.cluster.local:8500
diff --git a/k8s/querier-dep.yaml b/k8s/querier-dep.yaml
index fd55ca1b16f..d77d921ec56 100644
--- a/k8s/querier-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/querier-dep.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ spec:
         image: quay.io/cortexproject/querier
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
+        - -target=querier
         - -server.http-listen-port=80
         - -consul.hostname=consul.default.svc.cluster.local:8500
         - -s3.url=s3://abc:123@s3.default.svc.cluster.local:4569
diff --git a/k8s/query-frontend-dep.yaml b/k8s/query-frontend-dep.yaml
index 9104f694b0b..b5ddc99c69f 100644
--- a/k8s/query-frontend-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/query-frontend-dep.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ spec:
         image: quay.io/cortexproject/query-frontend
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
+        - -target=query-frontend
         - -log.level=debug
         - -server.http-listen-port=80
         - -server.grpc-listen-port=9095
diff --git a/k8s/ruler-dep.yaml b/k8s/ruler-dep.yaml
index 7c1b516924f..65b7ba7c4a0 100644
--- a/k8s/ruler-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/ruler-dep.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ spec:
         image: quay.io/cortexproject/ruler
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
+        - -target=ruler
         - -log.level=debug
         - -server.http-listen-port=80
         - -ruler.configs.url=http://configs.default.svc.cluster.local:80
diff --git a/k8s/table-manager-dep.yaml b/k8s/table-manager-dep.yaml
index 616b3850b78..e0fd173f18d 100644
--- a/k8s/table-manager-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/table-manager-dep.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ spec:
         image: quay.io/cortexproject/table-manager
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
+        - -target=table-manager
         - -server.http-listen-port=80
         - -dynamodb.original-table-name=cortex
         - -dynamodb.url=dynamodb://user:pass@dynamodb.default.svc.cluster.local:8000