diff --git a/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/downsample/downsampler_test.go b/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/downsample/downsampler_test.go
index bc850de531..4b9f4aac64 100644
--- a/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/downsample/downsampler_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/downsample/downsampler_test.go
@@ -1274,6 +1274,87 @@ func TestDownsamplerAggregationWithRemoteAggregatorClient(t *testing.T) {
 	testDownsamplerRemoteAggregation(t, testDownsampler)
 }
 
+func TestDownsamplerWithOverrideNamespace(t *testing.T) {
+	overrideNamespaceTag := "override_namespace_tag"
+
+	gaugeMetric := testGaugeMetric{
+		tags: map[string]string{
+			nameTag:         "http_requests",
+			"app":           "nginx_edge",
+			"status_code":   "500",
+			"endpoint":      "/foo/bar",
+			"not_rolled_up": "not_rolled_up_value",
+			// Set namespace tags on ingested metrics.
+			// The test demonstrates that overrideNamespaceTag is respected, meaning setting
+			// values on defaultNamespaceTag won't affect aggregation.
+			defaultNamespaceTag: "namespace_ignored",
+		},
+		timedSamples: []testGaugeMetricTimedSample{
+			{value: 42},
+			{value: 64, offset: 5 * time.Second},
+		},
+	}
+	res := 5 * time.Second
+	ret := 30 * 24 * time.Hour
+	testDownsampler := newTestDownsampler(t, testDownsamplerOptions{
+		rulesConfig: &RulesConfiguration{
+			RollupRules: []RollupRuleConfiguration{
+				{
+					Filter: fmt.Sprintf(
+						"%s:http_requests app:* status_code:* endpoint:*",
+						nameTag),
+					Transforms: []TransformConfiguration{
+						{
+							Transform: &TransformOperationConfiguration{
+								Type: transformation.PerSecond,
+							},
+						},
+						{
+							Rollup: &RollupOperationConfiguration{
+								MetricName:   "http_requests_by_status_code",
+								GroupBy:      []string{"app", "status_code", "endpoint"},
+								Aggregations: []aggregation.Type{aggregation.Sum},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					StoragePolicies: []StoragePolicyConfiguration{
+						{
+							Resolution: res,
+							Retention:  ret,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		matcherConfig: MatcherConfiguration{NamespaceTag: overrideNamespaceTag},
+		ingest: &testDownsamplerOptionsIngest{
+			gaugeMetrics: []testGaugeMetric{gaugeMetric},
+		},
+		expect: &testDownsamplerOptionsExpect{
+			writes: []testExpectedWrite{
+				{
+					tags: map[string]string{
+						nameTag:               "http_requests_by_status_code",
+						string(rollupTagName): string(rollupTagValue),
+						"app":                 "nginx_edge",
+						"status_code":         "500",
+						"endpoint":            "/foo/bar",
+					},
+					values: []expectedValue{{value: 4.4}},
+					attributes: &storagemetadata.Attributes{
+						MetricsType: storagemetadata.AggregatedMetricsType,
+						Resolution:  res,
+						Retention:   ret,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Test expected output
+	testDownsamplerAggregation(t, testDownsampler)
+}
+
 func originalStagedMetadata(t *testing.T, testDownsampler testDownsampler) []metricpb.StagedMetadatas {
 	ds, ok := testDownsampler.downsampler.(*downsampler)
 	require.True(t, ok)
@@ -1751,6 +1832,7 @@ type testDownsamplerOptions struct {
 	sampleAppenderOpts *SampleAppenderOptions
 	remoteClientMock   *client.MockClient
 	rulesConfig        *RulesConfiguration
+	matcherConfig      MatcherConfiguration
 
 	// Test ingest and expectations overrides
 	ingest *testDownsamplerOptionsIngest
@@ -1821,6 +1903,7 @@ func newTestDownsampler(t *testing.T, opts testDownsamplerOptions) testDownsampl
 	if opts.rulesConfig != nil {
 		cfg.Rules = opts.rulesConfig
 	}
+	cfg.Matcher = opts.matcherConfig
 
 	instance, err := cfg.NewDownsampler(DownsamplerOptions{
 		Storage:                    storage,
diff --git a/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/downsample/options.go b/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/downsample/options.go
index b1b61df731..da966cfe00 100644
--- a/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/downsample/options.go
+++ b/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/downsample/options.go
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	numShards = runtime.NumCPU()
+	numShards           = runtime.NumCPU()
+	defaultNamespaceTag = metric.M3MetricsPrefixString + "_namespace__"
 
 	errNoStorage                    = errors.New("downsampling enabled with storage not set")
 	errNoClusterClient              = errors.New("downsampling enabled with cluster client not set")
@@ -267,6 +268,9 @@ type Configuration struct {
 type MatcherConfiguration struct {
 	// Cache if non-zero will set the capacity of the rules matching cache.
 	Cache MatcherCacheConfiguration `yaml:"cache"`
+	// NamespaceTag defines the namespace tag to use to select rules
+	// namespace to evaluate against. Default is "__m3_namespace__".
+	NamespaceTag string `yaml:"namespaceTag"`
 }
 
 // MatcherCacheConfiguration is the configuration for the rule matcher cache.
@@ -647,6 +651,7 @@ func (cfg Configuration) newAggregator(o DownsamplerOptions) (agg, error) {
 		logger                  = instrumentOpts.Logger()
 		openTimeout             = defaultOpenTimeout
 		m3PrefixFilter          = false
+		namespaceTag            = defaultNamespaceTag
 	)
 	if o.StorageFlushConcurrency > 0 {
 		storageFlushConcurrency = o.StorageFlushConcurrency
@@ -654,6 +659,9 @@ func (cfg Configuration) newAggregator(o DownsamplerOptions) (agg, error) {
 	if o.OpenTimeout > 0 {
 		openTimeout = o.OpenTimeout
 	}
+	if cfg.Matcher.NamespaceTag != "" {
+		namespaceTag = cfg.Matcher.NamespaceTag
+	}
 
 	pools := o.newAggregatorPools()
 	ruleSetOpts := o.newAggregatorRulesOptions(pools)
@@ -662,7 +670,8 @@ func (cfg Configuration) newAggregator(o DownsamplerOptions) (agg, error) {
 		SetClockOptions(clockOpts).
 		SetInstrumentOptions(instrumentOpts).
 		SetRuleSetOptions(ruleSetOpts).
-		SetKVStore(o.RulesKVStore)
+		SetKVStore(o.RulesKVStore).
+		SetNamespaceTag([]byte(namespaceTag))
 
 	// NB(r): If rules are being explicitly set in config then we are
 	// going to use an in memory KV store for rules and explicitly set them up.