diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f969b21822e..3eaf907b2390 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ v0.39.0 (2024-01-09)
 - `loki.source.docker` now deduplicates targets which report the same container
   ID. (@tpaschalis)
 
+- Added support for NS records to `discovery.dns`. (@djcode)
+
 ### Bugfixes
 
 - Update `pyroscope.ebpf` to fix a logical bug causing to profile to many kthreads instead of regular processes https://github.com/grafana/pyroscope/pull/2778 (@korniltsev)
diff --git a/component/discovery/dns/dns.go b/component/discovery/dns/dns.go
index 1563f116075c..a86e44d8df6e 100644
--- a/component/discovery/dns/dns.go
+++ b/component/discovery/dns/dns.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (args *Arguments) SetToDefault() {
 func (args *Arguments) Validate() error {
 	switch strings.ToUpper(args.Type) {
 	case "SRV":
-	case "A", "AAAA", "MX":
+	case "A", "AAAA", "MX", "NS":
 		if args.Port == 0 {
 			return errors.New("a port is required in DNS-SD configs for all record types except SRV")
 		}
diff --git a/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/discovery.dns.md b/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/discovery.dns.md
index 70fb3a64b9e1..8051bb2b6130 100644
--- a/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/discovery.dns.md
+++ b/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/discovery.dns.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Name | Type | Description | Default | Required
 `names` | `list(string)` | DNS names to look up. | | yes
 `port` | `number` | Port to use for collecting metrics. Not used for SRV records. | `0` | no
 `refresh_interval` | `duration` | How often to query DNS for updates. | `"30s"` | no
-`type` | `string` | Type of DNS record to query. Must be one of SRV, A, AAAA, or MX. | `"SRV"` | no
+`type` | `string` | Type of DNS record to query. Must be one of SRV, A, AAAA, MX, or NS. | `"SRV"` | no
 
 ## Exported fields
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Each target includes the following labels:
 * `__meta_dns_srv_record_target`: Target field of the SRV record.
 * `__meta_dns_srv_record_port`: Port field of the SRV record.
 * `__meta_dns_mx_record_target`: Target field of the MX record.
-
+* `__meta_dns_ns_record_target`: Target field of the NS record.
 
 ## Component health