diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ccbb2ea..2372182 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Add recording rules to improve responsiveness of Alertmanager dashboard. #387
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Add `CortexRolloutStuck` alert. #405
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Added `CortexKVStoreFailure` alert. #406
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Add ability to override `datasource` for generated dashboards. #407
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Use alertmanager jobname for alertmanager dashboard panels #411
 * [BUGFIX] Fixed `CortexIngesterHasNotShippedBlocks` alert false positive in case an ingester instance had ingested samples in the past, then no traffic was received for a long period and then it started receiving samples again. #308
 * [BUGFIX] Alertmanager: fixed `--alertmanager.cluster.peers` CLI flag passed to alertmanager when HA is enabled. #329
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/config.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/config.libsonnet
index 5424123..4482958 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/config.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/config.libsonnet
@@ -69,5 +69,8 @@
 
     // The routes to exclude from alerts.
     alert_excluded_routes: [],
+
+    // Name of the datasource for which the dashboards should attach to
+    dashboard_datasource: 'default',
   },
 }
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet
index 981614a..e426819 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
   // - default tags,
   // - some links that propagate the selectred cluster.
   dashboard(title)::
-    super.dashboard(title) + {
+    super.dashboard(title=title, datasource=$._config.dashboard_datasource) + {
       addRowIf(condition, row)::
         if condition
         then self.addRow(row)
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/ruler.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/ruler.libsonnet
index bfa231b..d106258 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/ruler.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/ruler.libsonnet
@@ -68,19 +68,19 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
        })
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Active Configurations') +
-        $.statPanel('sum(cortex_ruler_managers_total{%s})' % $.jobMatcher('ruler'), format='short')
+        $.statPanel('sum(cortex_ruler_managers_total{%s})' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), format='short')
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Total Rules') +
-        $.statPanel('sum(cortex_prometheus_rule_group_rules{%s})' % $.jobMatcher('ruler'), format='short')
+        $.statPanel('sum(cortex_prometheus_rule_group_rules{%s})' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), format='short')
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Read from Ingesters - QPS') +
-        $.statPanel('sum(rate(cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds_count{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/QueryStream"}[5m]))' % $.jobMatcher('ruler'), format='reqps')
+        $.statPanel('sum(rate(cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds_count{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/QueryStream"}[5m]))' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), format='reqps')
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Write to Ingesters - QPS') +
-        $.statPanel('sum(rate(cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds_count{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/Push"}[5m]))' % $.jobMatcher('ruler'), format='reqps')
+        $.statPanel('sum(rate(cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds_count{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/Push"}[5m]))' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), format='reqps')
       )
     )
     .addRow(
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
         $.panel('EPS') +
         $.queryPanel(
           [
-            $.rulerQueries.ruleEvaluations.success % [$.jobMatcher('ruler'), $.jobMatcher('ruler')],
-            $.rulerQueries.ruleEvaluations.failure % $.jobMatcher('ruler'),
+            $.rulerQueries.ruleEvaluations.success % [$.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler)],
+            $.rulerQueries.ruleEvaluations.failure % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler),
           ],
           ['success', 'failed'],
         ),
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Latency') +
         $.queryPanel(
-          $.rulerQueries.ruleEvaluations.latency % [$.jobMatcher('ruler'), $.jobMatcher('ruler')],
+          $.rulerQueries.ruleEvaluations.latency % [$.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler)],
           'average'
         ),
       )
@@ -126,22 +126,22 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('Writes (Ingesters)')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('QPS') +
-        $.qpsPanel('cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds_count{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/Push"}' % $.jobMatcher('ruler'))
+        $.qpsPanel('cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds_count{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/Push"}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler))
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Latency') +
-        $.latencyPanel('cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds', '{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/Push"}' % $.jobMatcher('ruler'))
+        $.latencyPanel('cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds', '{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/Push"}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler))
       )
     )
     .addRow(
       $.row('Reads (Ingesters)')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('QPS') +
-        $.qpsPanel('cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds_count{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/QueryStream"}' % $.jobMatcher('ruler'))
+        $.qpsPanel('cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds_count{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/QueryStream"}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler))
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Latency') +
-        $.latencyPanel('cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds', '{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/QueryStream"}' % $.jobMatcher('ruler'))
+        $.latencyPanel('cortex_ingester_client_request_duration_seconds', '{%s, operation="/cortex.Ingester/QueryStream"}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler))
       )
     )
     .addRowIf(
@@ -208,34 +208,34 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('Notifications')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Delivery Errors') +
-        $.queryPanel($.rulerQueries.notifications.failure % [$.jobMatcher('ruler'), $.jobMatcher('ruler')], '{{ user }}')
+        $.queryPanel($.rulerQueries.notifications.failure % [$.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler)], '{{ user }}')
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Queue Length') +
-        $.queryPanel($.rulerQueries.notifications.queue % [$.jobMatcher('ruler'), $.jobMatcher('ruler')], '{{ user }}')
+        $.queryPanel($.rulerQueries.notifications.queue % [$.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler)], '{{ user }}')
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Dropped') +
-        $.queryPanel($.rulerQueries.notifications.dropped % $.jobMatcher('ruler'), '{{ user }}')
+        $.queryPanel($.rulerQueries.notifications.dropped % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), '{{ user }}')
       )
     )
     .addRow(
       ($.row('Group Evaluations') + { collapse: true })
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Missed Iterations') +
-        $.queryPanel($.rulerQueries.groupEvaluations.missedIterations % $.jobMatcher('ruler'), '{{ user }}'),
+        $.queryPanel($.rulerQueries.groupEvaluations.missedIterations % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), '{{ user }}'),
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Latency') +
         $.queryPanel(
-          $.rulerQueries.groupEvaluations.latency % [$.jobMatcher('ruler'), $.jobMatcher('ruler')],
+          $.rulerQueries.groupEvaluations.latency % [$.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler)],
           '{{ user }}'
         ),
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Failures') +
         $.queryPanel(
-          $.rulerQueries.perUserPerGroupEvaluations.failure % [$.jobMatcher('ruler')], '{{ rule_group }}'
+          $.rulerQueries.perUserPerGroupEvaluations.failure % [$.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler)], '{{ rule_group }}'
         )
       )
     )
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Latency') +
         $.queryPanel(
-          $.rulerQueries.perUserPerGroupEvaluations.latency % [$.jobMatcher('ruler'), $.jobMatcher('ruler')],
+          $.rulerQueries.perUserPerGroupEvaluations.latency % [$.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler)],
           '{{ user }}'
         )
       )