diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a39d94478c..445660a7ba4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ Main (unreleased)
 
 - Fix Docker log corruption for multiplexed long lines. (@axd1x8a)
 
+- Fix the promtail converter behavior to mimic promtail behavior by default and limit kubernetes discovery to the same node. (@dehaansa)
+
 - Allow configuration of `force_attempt_http2` and default it to `true` for otelcol exporters with HTTP client configurations. (@dehaansa)
 
 v1.12.0
diff --git a/docs/sources/set-up/migrate/from-promtail.md b/docs/sources/set-up/migrate/from-promtail.md
index 58d5ebcca64..263345ea8ce 100644
--- a/docs/sources/set-up/migrate/from-promtail.md
+++ b/docs/sources/set-up/migrate/from-promtail.md
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ The following list is specific to the convert command and not {{< param "PRODUCT
   Make sure that you use the new metric names, for example, in your alerts and dashboards queries.
 * The logs produced by {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} differ from those produced by Promtail.
 * {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} exposes the {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} [UI][], which differs from the Promtail Web UI.
-* If you are converting a Promtail configuration for a Kubernetes daemonset, [modify the generated configuration][single-node-discovery] to ensure `discovery.kubernetes` only discovers Pods residing on the same node as the {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} Pod.
+* If you are converting a Promtail configuration and not deploying as a Kubernetes daemonset, [modify the generated configuration][single-node-discovery] to ensure `discovery.kubernetes` discovery behaves as expected. The converter makes the same assumption as promtail that any `pod` discovery is for a daemonset deployment.
 
 [Promtail]: https://www.grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/promtail/
 [debugging]: #debugging
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/internal/build/service_discovery.go b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/internal/build/service_discovery.go
index e9e81c171aa..cfc45771dae 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/internal/build/service_discovery.go
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/internal/build/service_discovery.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/loki/promtail/scrapeconfig"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	prom_discover "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/kubernetes"
 )
 
 func (s *ScrapeConfigBuilder) AppendSDs() {
@@ -86,6 +87,13 @@ func toDiscoveryConfig(cfg *scrapeconfig.Config) prom_discover.Configs {
 	}
 
 	for _, sd := range cfg.ServiceDiscoveryConfig.KubernetesSDConfigs {
+		// See https://github.com/grafana/loki/blob/main/clients/pkg/promtail/targets/file/filetargetmanager.go#L126
+		if sd.Role == kubernetes.RolePod {
+			sd.Selectors = append(sd.Selectors, kubernetes.SelectorConfig{
+				Role:  kubernetes.RolePod,
+				Field: `"spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)`,
+			})
+		}
 		sdConfigs = append(sdConfigs, sd)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/promtailconvert.go b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/promtailconvert.go
index 49859fed350..1c5779f3434 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/promtailconvert.go
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/promtailconvert.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	promtailcfg "github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/loki/promtail/config"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/loki/promtail/file"
@@ -84,11 +85,19 @@ func Convert(in []byte, extraArgs []string) ([]byte, diag.Diagnostics) {
 		return nil, diags
 	}
 
-	prettyByte, newDiags := common.PrettyPrint(buf.Bytes())
+	prettyByte, newDiags := common.PrettyPrint([]byte(fixFunctionUse(buf.String())))
 	diags.AddAll(newDiags)
 	return prettyByte, diags
 }
 
+// There is not a way to express a function call in a struct to encode back into Alloy config, so we need to fix it
+func fixFunctionUse(buf string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(buf,
+		`"\"spec.nodeName=\" + coalesce(sys.env(\"HOSTNAME\"), constants.hostname)"`,
+		`"spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)`,
+	)
+}
+
 // AppendAll analyzes the entire promtail config in memory and transforms it
 // into Alloy components. It then appends each argument to the file builder.
 func AppendAll(f *builder.File, cfg *promtailcfg.Config, labelPrefix string, diags diag.Diagnostics) diag.Diagnostics {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/promtailconvert_test.go b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/promtailconvert_test.go
index 3f0b3463bbe..ff5a71c85c9 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/promtailconvert_test.go
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/promtailconvert_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/static/metrics/instance" // Imported to override default values via the init function.
 )
 
-// Set this flag to update snapshots e.g. `go test -v ./interal/converter/internal/promtailconverter/...` -fix-tests
+// Set this flag to update snapshots e.g. `go test -v ./internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/... -fix-tests`
 var fixTestsFlag = flag.Bool("fix-tests", false, "update the test files with the current generated content")
 
 func TestConvert(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/kubernetes.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/kubernetes.alloy
index 86b853d7a55..7840b89219e 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/kubernetes.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/kubernetes.alloy
@@ -15,11 +15,21 @@ discovery.kubernetes "fun" {
 		server_name          = "example.local"
 		insecure_skip_verify = true
 	}
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 discovery.kubernetes "fun_2" {
 	role            = "pod"
 	kubeconfig_file = "/home/toby/.kube/config"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 discovery.kubernetes "fun_3" {
@@ -30,6 +40,11 @@ discovery.kubernetes "fun_3" {
 		type             = "Bearer"
 		credentials_file = "/home/robin/.special_token"
 	}
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 discovery.kubernetes "fun_4" {
@@ -40,6 +55,11 @@ discovery.kubernetes "fun_4" {
 		type             = "Bearer"
 		credentials_file = "/home/toby/.token"
 	}
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 discovery.kubernetes "fun_5" {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/mixed_pipeline.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/mixed_pipeline.alloy
index f995aea84ae..c91eca97339 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/mixed_pipeline.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/mixed_pipeline.alloy
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 discovery.kubernetes "uber_pipeline" {
 	role            = "pod"
 	kubeconfig_file = "/home/toby/.kube/config"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 discovery.consulagent "uber_pipeline" {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_cri_empty.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_cri_empty.alloy
index ea7795b4d1d..1d7c2aa5aaa 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_cri_empty.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_cri_empty.alloy
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 discovery.kubernetes "example" {
 	role            = "pod"
 	kubeconfig_file = "/home/toby/.kube/config"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 loki.process "example" {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_drop.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_drop.alloy
index 46b0a64d5d1..2e2da4f0964 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_drop.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_drop.alloy
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 discovery.kubernetes "example" {
 	role            = "pod"
 	kubeconfig_file = "/home/toby/.kube/config"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 loki.process "example" {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_match_nested.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_match_nested.alloy
index 3f4162e2deb..1ce1715bf3a 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_match_nested.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_match_nested.alloy
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 discovery.kubernetes "example" {
 	role            = "pod"
 	kubeconfig_file = "/home/toby/.kube/config"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 loki.process "example" {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_part1.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_part1.alloy
index c2149380a9a..b9c73d74f74 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_part1.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_part1.alloy
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 discovery.kubernetes "example" {
 	role            = "pod"
 	kubeconfig_file = "/home/toby/.kube/config"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 loki.process "example" {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_part2.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_part2.alloy
index 13588946e44..345b09150d9 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_part2.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_part2.alloy
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 discovery.kubernetes "example" {
 	role            = "pod"
 	kubeconfig_file = "/home/toby/.kube/config"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 loki.process "example" {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_structured_metadata.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_structured_metadata.alloy
index acb229ba67f..9c7c18c8c80 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_structured_metadata.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/pipeline_stages_structured_metadata.alloy
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 discovery.kubernetes "example" {
 	role            = "pod"
 	kubeconfig_file = "/home/toby/.kube/config"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 loki.process "example" {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/sd_pipeline_example.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/sd_pipeline_example.alloy
index 6746c6cb6ef..58a002c0de9 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/sd_pipeline_example.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/sd_pipeline_example.alloy
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 discovery.kubernetes "funny_one" {
 	role            = "pod"
 	kubeconfig_file = "/home/toby/.kube/config"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 discovery.kubernetes "funny_one_2" {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/static_pipeline_example.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/static_pipeline_example.alloy
index 2132ad4a030..8585c793a7b 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/static_pipeline_example.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/promtailconvert/testdata/static_pipeline_example.alloy
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 discovery.kubernetes "example" {
 	role            = "pod"
 	kubeconfig_file = "/home/toby/.kube/config"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 loki.process "example" {
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/staticconvert/staticconvert.go b/internal/converter/internal/staticconvert/staticconvert.go
index 290fd1ed7ca..b0f750c3926 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/staticconvert/staticconvert.go
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/staticconvert/staticconvert.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	prom_config "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 
@@ -57,11 +58,19 @@ func Convert(in []byte, extraArgs []string) ([]byte, diag.Diagnostics) {
 		return nil, diags
 	}
 
-	prettyByte, newDiags := common.PrettyPrint(buf.Bytes())
+	prettyByte, newDiags := common.PrettyPrint([]byte(fixFunctionUse(buf.String())))
 	diags.AddAll(newDiags)
 	return prettyByte, diags
 }
 
+// There is not a way to express a function call in a struct to encode back into Alloy config, so we need to fix it
+func fixFunctionUse(buf string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(buf,
+		`"\"spec.nodeName=\" + coalesce(sys.env(\"HOSTNAME\"), constants.hostname)"`,
+		`"spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)`,
+	)
+}
+
 // AppendAll analyzes the entire static config in memory and transforms it into
 // Alloy component Arguments. It then appends each argument to the file
 // builder. Exports from other components are correctly referenced to build the
diff --git a/internal/converter/internal/staticconvert/testdata_linux/promtail_metrics.alloy b/internal/converter/internal/staticconvert/testdata_linux/promtail_metrics.alloy
index cbdc3f64fc5..fdd58d7c718 100644
--- a/internal/converter/internal/staticconvert/testdata_linux/promtail_metrics.alloy
+++ b/internal/converter/internal/staticconvert/testdata_linux/promtail_metrics.alloy
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 discovery.kubernetes "logs_config_with_metrics" {
 	role = "pod"
+
+	selectors {
+		role  = "pod"
+		field = "spec.nodeName=" + coalesce(sys.env("HOSTNAME"), constants.hostname)
+	}
 }
 
 loki.process "logs_config_with_metrics" {