diff --git a/lib/saluki-components/src/sources/dogstatsd/mod.rs b/lib/saluki-components/src/sources/dogstatsd/mod.rs
index 3bbbc719..12a881f7 100644
--- a/lib/saluki-components/src/sources/dogstatsd/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/saluki-components/src/sources/dogstatsd/mod.rs
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ pub struct DogStatsDConfiguration {
     enable_payloads_sketches: bool,
 
     /// Configuration related to origin detection and enrichment.
+    #[serde(flatten, default)]
     origin_enrichment: OriginEnrichmentConfiguration,
 
     /// Workload provider to utilize for origin detection/enrichment.
diff --git a/lib/saluki-components/src/sources/dogstatsd/origin.rs b/lib/saluki-components/src/sources/dogstatsd/origin.rs
index a2b8926a..dba6dcc5 100644
--- a/lib/saluki-components/src/sources/dogstatsd/origin.rs
+++ b/lib/saluki-components/src/sources/dogstatsd/origin.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ pub struct OriginEnrichmentConfiguration {
     origin_detection_optout: bool,
 }
 
+impl Default for OriginEnrichmentConfiguration {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            entity_id_precedence: false,
+            tag_cardinality: default_tag_cardinality(),
+            origin_detection_unified: false,
+            origin_detection_optout: default_origin_detection_optout(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub(super) struct DogStatsDOriginTagResolver {
     config: OriginEnrichmentConfiguration,
     workload_provider: Arc<dyn WorkloadProvider + Send + Sync>,