diff --git a/discovery/openstack/instance.go b/discovery/openstack/instance.go
index 750d414a2..78c669e6f 100644
--- a/discovery/openstack/instance.go
+++ b/discovery/openstack/instance.go
@@ -146,12 +146,18 @@ func (i *InstanceDiscovery) refresh(ctx context.Context) ([]*targetgroup.Group,
 				openstackLabelUserID:         model.LabelValue(s.UserID),
 			}
 
-			flavorID, ok := s.Flavor["id"].(string)
-			if !ok {
-				level.Warn(i.logger).Log("msg", "Invalid type for flavor id, expected string")
-				continue
+			flavorName, nameOk := s.Flavor["original_name"].(string)
+			// "original_name" is only available for microversion >= 2.47. It was added in favor of "id".
+			if !nameOk {
+				flavorID, idOk := s.Flavor["id"].(string)
+				if !idOk {
+					level.Warn(i.logger).Log("msg", "Invalid type for both flavor original_name and flavor id, expected string")
+					continue
+				}
+				labels[openstackLabelInstanceFlavor] = model.LabelValue(flavorID)
+			} else {
+				labels[openstackLabelInstanceFlavor] = model.LabelValue(flavorName)
 			}
-			labels[openstackLabelInstanceFlavor] = model.LabelValue(flavorID)
 
 			imageID, ok := s.Image["id"].(string)
 			if ok {
diff --git a/discovery/openstack/instance_test.go b/discovery/openstack/instance_test.go
index 9e124b605..2b5ac1b89 100644
--- a/discovery/openstack/instance_test.go
+++ b/discovery/openstack/instance_test.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TestOpenstackSDInstanceRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"__address__":                      model.LabelValue("10.0.0.31:0"),
-			"__meta_openstack_instance_flavor": model.LabelValue("1"),
+			"__meta_openstack_instance_flavor": model.LabelValue("m1.medium"),
 			"__meta_openstack_instance_id":     model.LabelValue("9e5476bd-a4ec-4653-93d6-72c93aa682ba"),
 			"__meta_openstack_instance_image":  model.LabelValue("f90f6034-2570-4974-8351-6b49732ef2eb"),
 			"__meta_openstack_instance_status": model.LabelValue("ACTIVE"),
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestOpenstackSDInstanceRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"__address__":                      model.LabelValue("10.0.0.33:0"),
-			"__meta_openstack_instance_flavor": model.LabelValue("4"),
+			"__meta_openstack_instance_flavor": model.LabelValue("m1.small"),
 			"__meta_openstack_instance_id":     model.LabelValue("9e5476bd-a4ec-4653-93d6-72c93aa682bb"),
 			"__meta_openstack_instance_status": model.LabelValue("ACTIVE"),
 			"__meta_openstack_instance_name":   model.LabelValue("merp"),
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func TestOpenstackSDInstanceRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"__address__":                      model.LabelValue("10.0.0.34:0"),
-			"__meta_openstack_instance_flavor": model.LabelValue("4"),
+			"__meta_openstack_instance_flavor": model.LabelValue("m1.small"),
 			"__meta_openstack_instance_id":     model.LabelValue("9e5476bd-a4ec-4653-93d6-72c93aa682bb"),
 			"__meta_openstack_instance_status": model.LabelValue("ACTIVE"),
 			"__meta_openstack_instance_name":   model.LabelValue("merp"),
diff --git a/discovery/openstack/mock_test.go b/discovery/openstack/mock_test.go
index b1267db90..4518f4116 100644
--- a/discovery/openstack/mock_test.go
+++ b/discovery/openstack/mock_test.go
@@ -427,13 +427,17 @@ const serverListBody = `
 			"OS-SRV-USG:launched_at": "2014-09-25T13:04:49.000000",
 			"OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname": "devstack",
 			"flavor": {
-				"id": "1",
-				"links": [
-					{
-						"href": "http://104.130.131.164:8774/fcad67a6189847c4aecfa3c81a05783b/flavors/1",
-						"rel": "bookmark"
-					}
-				]
+				"vcpus": 2,
+				"ram": 4096,
+				"disk": 0,
+				"ephemeral": 0,
+				"swap": 0,
+				"original_name": "m1.medium",
+				"extra_specs": {
+					"aggregate_instance_extra_specs:general": "true",
+					"hw:mem_page_size": "large",
+					"hw:vif_multiqueue_enabled": "true"
+				}
 			},
 			"id": "9e5476bd-a4ec-4653-93d6-72c93aa682ba",
 			"security_groups": [
@@ -498,13 +502,17 @@ const serverListBody = `
 		"OS-SRV-USG:launched_at": "2014-09-25T13:04:49.000000",
 		"OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname": "devstack",
 		"flavor": {
-			"id": "4",
-			"links": [
-				{
-					"href": "http://104.130.131.164:8774/fcad67a6189847c4aecfa3c81a05783b/flavors/1",
-					"rel": "bookmark"
-				}
-			]
+			"vcpus": 2,
+			"ram": 4096,
+			"disk": 0,
+			"ephemeral": 0,
+			"swap": 0,
+			"original_name": "m1.small",
+			"extra_specs": {
+			  "aggregate_instance_extra_specs:general": "true",
+			  "hw:mem_page_size": "large",
+			  "hw:vif_multiqueue_enabled": "true"
+			}
 		},
 		"id": "9e5476bd-a4ec-4653-93d6-72c93aa682bb",
 		"security_groups": [
diff --git a/docs/configuration/configuration.md b/docs/configuration/configuration.md
index 86599c40e..c03ed4971 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/configuration.md
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ interface.
 The following meta labels are available on targets during [relabeling](#relabel_config):
 
 * `__meta_openstack_address_pool`: the pool of the private IP.
-* `__meta_openstack_instance_flavor`: the flavor ID of the OpenStack instance.
+* `__meta_openstack_instance_flavor`: the flavor name of the OpenStack instance, or the flavor ID if the flavor name isn't available.
 * `__meta_openstack_instance_id`: the OpenStack instance ID.
 * `__meta_openstack_instance_image`: the ID of the image the OpenStack instance is using.
 * `__meta_openstack_instance_name`: the OpenStack instance name.