diff --git a/web/api/v1/api.go b/web/api/v1/api.go
index 131ed70ea..b8de72ebc 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api.go
@@ -496,6 +496,23 @@ func (api *API) remoteRead(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			OldestInclusive: from,
 			NewestInclusive: through,
 		}))
+		externalLabels := api.config().GlobalConfig.ExternalLabels.Clone()
+		for _, ts := range resp.Results[i].Timeseries {
+			globalUsed := map[string]struct{}{}
+			for _, l := range ts.Labels {
+				if _, ok := externalLabels[model.LabelName(l.Name)]; ok {
+					globalUsed[l.Name] = struct{}{}
+				}
+			}
+			for ln, lv := range externalLabels {
+				if _, ok := globalUsed[string(ln)]; !ok {
+					ts.Labels = append(ts.Labels, &remote.LabelPair{
+						Name:  string(ln),
+						Value: string(lv),
+					})
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := remote.EncodeReadResponse(&resp, w); err != nil {
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api_test.go b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
index 463fb1d40..6b5e9b033 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api_test.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package v1
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/golang/snappy"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/route"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/retrieval"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/metric"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote"
 )
 
 type targetRetrieverFunc func() []*retrieval.Target
@@ -532,6 +537,89 @@ func TestEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestReadEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
+	suite, err := promql.NewTest(t, `
+		load 1m
+			test_metric1{foo="bar",baz="qux"} 1
+	`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer suite.Close()
+
+	if err := suite.Run(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	api := &API{
+		Storage:     suite.Storage(),
+		QueryEngine: suite.QueryEngine(),
+		config: func() config.Config {
+			return config.Config{
+				GlobalConfig: config.GlobalConfig{
+					ExternalLabels: model.LabelSet{
+						"baz": "a",
+						"b":   "c",
+					},
+				},
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Encode the request.
+	matcher, err := metric.NewLabelMatcher(metric.Equal, "__name__", "test_metric1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	query, err := remote.ToQuery(0, 1, metric.LabelMatchers{matcher})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	req := &remote.ReadRequest{Queries: []*remote.Query{query}}
+	data, err := proto.Marshal(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	compressed := snappy.Encode(nil, data)
+	request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "", bytes.NewBuffer(compressed))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	api.remoteRead(recorder, request)
+
+	// Decode the response.
+	compressed, err = ioutil.ReadAll(recorder.Result().Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	uncompressed, err := snappy.Decode(nil, compressed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var resp remote.ReadResponse
+	err = proto.Unmarshal(uncompressed, &resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(resp.Results) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 result, got %d", len(resp.Results))
+	}
+
+	result := remote.FromQueryResult(resp.Results[0])
+	expected := &model.Matrix{
+		&model.SampleStream{
+			Metric: model.Metric{"__name__": "test_metric1", "b": "c", "baz": "qux", "foo": "bar"},
+			Values: []model.SamplePair{model.SamplePair{Value: 1, Timestamp: 0}},
+		},
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(&result, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected response \n%v\n but got \n%v\n", result, expected)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRespondSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	s := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		respond(w, "test")