diff --git a/pkg/distributor/distributor.go b/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
index 16eee1f4448..d6f269a2627 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func New(cfg Config, clientConfig ingester_client.Config, limits *validation.Ove
 		incomingMetadata: promauto.With(reg).NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: "cortex",
 			Name:      "distributor_metadata_in_total",
-			Help:      "The total number of metadata the have come in to the distributor, including rejected.",
+			Help:      "The total number of metadata that have come in to the distributor, including rejected.",
 		}, []string{"user"}),
 		nonHASamples: promauto.With(reg).NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: "cortex",
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ func (d *Distributor) validateSeries(ts cortexpb.PreallocTimeseries, userID stri
 		for _, e := range ts.Exemplars {
 			if err := validation.ValidateExemplar(userID, ts.Labels, e); err != nil {
 				// An exemplar validation error prevents ingesting samples
-				// in the same series object. However because the current Prometheus
+				// in the same series object. However, because the current Prometheus
 				// remote write implementation only populates one or the other,
 				// there never will be any.
 				return emptyPreallocSeries, err
@@ -547,11 +547,23 @@ func (d *Distributor) validateSeries(ts cortexpb.PreallocTimeseries, userID stri
 		}
 	}
 
+	var histograms []cortexpb.Histogram
+	if len(ts.Histograms) > 0 {
+		// Only alloc when data present
+		histograms = make([]cortexpb.Histogram, 0, len(ts.Histograms))
+		// TODO(yeya24): we need to have validations for native histograms
+		// at some point. Skip validations for now.
+		for _, h := range ts.Histograms {
+			histograms = append(histograms, h)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return cortexpb.PreallocTimeseries{
 			TimeSeries: &cortexpb.TimeSeries{
-				Labels:    ts.Labels,
-				Samples:   samples,
-				Exemplars: exemplars,
+				Labels:     ts.Labels,
+				Samples:    samples,
+				Exemplars:  exemplars,
+				Histograms: histograms,
 			},
 		},
 		nil
@@ -589,10 +601,10 @@ func (d *Distributor) Push(ctx context.Context, req *cortexpb.WriteRequest) (*co
 	numSamples := 0
 	numExemplars := 0
 	for _, ts := range req.Timeseries {
-		numSamples += len(ts.Samples)
+		numSamples += len(ts.Samples) + len(ts.Histograms)
 		numExemplars += len(ts.Exemplars)
 	}
-	// Count the total samples in, prior to validation or deduplication, for comparison with other metrics.
+	// Count the total samples, exemplars in, prior to validation or deduplication, for comparison with other metrics.
 	d.incomingSamples.WithLabelValues(userID).Add(float64(numSamples))
 	d.incomingExemplars.WithLabelValues(userID).Add(float64(numExemplars))
 	// Count the total number of metadata in.
@@ -772,6 +784,7 @@ func (d *Distributor) prepareSeriesKeys(ctx context.Context, req *cortexpb.Write
 		if len(ts.Samples) > 0 {
 			latestSampleTimestampMs = util_math.Max64(latestSampleTimestampMs, ts.Samples[len(ts.Samples)-1].TimestampMs)
 		}
+		// TODO(yeya24): use timestamp of the latest native histogram in the series as well.
 
 		if mrc := limits.MetricRelabelConfigs; len(mrc) > 0 {
 			l, _ := relabel.Process(cortexpb.FromLabelAdaptersToLabels(ts.Labels), mrc...)
@@ -836,6 +849,7 @@ func (d *Distributor) prepareSeriesKeys(ctx context.Context, req *cortexpb.Write
 
 		seriesKeys = append(seriesKeys, key)
 		validatedTimeseries = append(validatedTimeseries, validatedSeries)
+		// TODO(yeya24): add histogram samples as well when supported.
 		validatedSamples += len(ts.Samples)
 		validatedExemplars += len(ts.Exemplars)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go b/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go
index d0b18f689cb..db54d8ccba5 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func TestDistributor_MetricsCleanup(t *testing.T) {
 		# TYPE cortex_distributor_latest_seen_sample_timestamp_seconds gauge
 		cortex_distributor_latest_seen_sample_timestamp_seconds{user="userA"} 1111
 
-		# HELP cortex_distributor_metadata_in_total The total number of metadata the have come in to the distributor, including rejected.
+		# HELP cortex_distributor_metadata_in_total The total number of metadata that have come in to the distributor, including rejected.
 		# TYPE cortex_distributor_metadata_in_total counter
 		cortex_distributor_metadata_in_total{user="userA"} 5