diff --git a/discovery/ec2/ec2.go b/discovery/ec2/ec2.go
index ca3f767eb..c4bc7f674 100644
--- a/discovery/ec2/ec2.go
+++ b/discovery/ec2/ec2.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const (
 	ec2LabelPlatform        = ec2Label + "platform"
 	ec2LabelPublicDNS       = ec2Label + "public_dns_name"
 	ec2LabelPublicIP        = ec2Label + "public_ip"
+	ec2LabelPrivateDNS      = ec2Label + "private_dns_name"
 	ec2LabelPrivateIP       = ec2Label + "private_ip"
 	ec2LabelPrimarySubnetID = ec2Label + "primary_subnet_id"
 	ec2LabelSubnetID        = ec2Label + "subnet_id"
@@ -250,6 +251,9 @@ func (d *Discovery) refresh() (tg *targetgroup.Group, err error) {
 				}
 
 				labels[ec2LabelPrivateIP] = model.LabelValue(*inst.PrivateIpAddress)
+				if inst.PrivateDnsName != nil {
+					labels[ec2LabelPrivateDNS] = model.LabelValue(*inst.PrivateDnsName)
+				}
 				addr := net.JoinHostPort(*inst.PrivateIpAddress, fmt.Sprintf("%d", d.port))
 				labels[model.AddressLabel] = model.LabelValue(addr)
 
diff --git a/docs/configuration/configuration.md b/docs/configuration/configuration.md
index 83f4002dd..4e4c4a9b9 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/configuration.md
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ The following meta labels are available on targets during [relabeling](#relabel_
 * `__meta_ec2_owner_id`: the ID of the AWS account that owns the EC2 instance
 * `__meta_ec2_platform`: the Operating System platform, set to 'windows' on Windows servers, absent otherwise
 * `__meta_ec2_primary_subnet_id`: the subnet ID of the primary network interface, if available
+* `__meta_ec2_private_dns_name`: the private DNS name of the instance, if available
 * `__meta_ec2_private_ip`: the private IP address of the instance, if present
 * `__meta_ec2_public_dns_name`: the public DNS name of the instance, if available
 * `__meta_ec2_public_ip`: the public IP address of the instance, if available