diff --git a/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/applinks.go b/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/applinks.go
index f103b336525..0366fdd6dc7 100644
--- a/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/applinks.go
+++ b/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/applinks.go
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ func (s *ServiceImpl) processAppPlugin(plugin plugins.PluginDTO, c *models.ReqCo
 	if navConfig, hasOverride := s.navigationAppConfig[plugin.ID]; hasOverride {
 		appLink.SortWeight = navConfig.SortWeight
 		sectionID = navConfig.SectionID
+
+		if len(navConfig.Text) > 0 {
+			appLink.Text = navConfig.Text
+		}
 	}
 
 	if navNode := treeRoot.FindById(sectionID); navNode != nil {
@@ -228,10 +232,10 @@ func (s *ServiceImpl) processAppPlugin(plugin plugins.PluginDTO, c *models.ReqCo
 
 func (s *ServiceImpl) readNavigationSettings() {
 	s.navigationAppConfig = map[string]NavigationAppConfig{
-		"grafana-k8s-app":                  {SectionID: navtree.NavIDMonitoring, SortWeight: 1},
-		"grafana-synthetic-monitoring-app": {SectionID: navtree.NavIDMonitoring, SortWeight: 2},
-		"grafana-oncall-app":               {SectionID: navtree.NavIDAlertsAndIncidents, SortWeight: 1},
-		"grafana-incident-app":             {SectionID: navtree.NavIDAlertsAndIncidents, SortWeight: 2},
+		"grafana-k8s-app":                  {SectionID: navtree.NavIDMonitoring, SortWeight: 1, Text: "Kubernetes"},
+		"grafana-synthetic-monitoring-app": {SectionID: navtree.NavIDMonitoring, SortWeight: 2, Text: "Synthetics"},
+		"grafana-oncall-app":               {SectionID: navtree.NavIDAlertsAndIncidents, SortWeight: 1, Text: "OnCall"},
+		"grafana-incident-app":             {SectionID: navtree.NavIDAlertsAndIncidents, SortWeight: 2, Text: "Incident"},
 		"grafana-ml-app":                   {SectionID: navtree.NavIDAlertsAndIncidents, SortWeight: 3},
 		"grafana-cloud-link-app":           {SectionID: navtree.NavIDCfg},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go b/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
index 3dca0dbf63b..94ed6c125b4 100644
--- a/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
+++ b/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type ServiceImpl struct {
 type NavigationAppConfig struct {
 	SectionID  string
 	SortWeight int64
+	Text       string
 }
 
 func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg, accessControl ac.AccessControl, pluginStore plugins.Store, pluginSettings pluginsettings.Service, starService star.Service, features *featuremgmt.FeatureManager, dashboardService dashboards.DashboardService, accesscontrolService ac.Service, kvStore kvstore.KVStore, apiKeyService apikey.Service, queryLibraryService querylibrary.HTTPService) navtree.Service {