diff --git a/pkg/loki/loki.go b/pkg/loki/loki.go
index 7ddff964a0873..0757edfc0f9d7 100644
--- a/pkg/loki/loki.go
+++ b/pkg/loki/loki.go
@@ -418,7 +418,11 @@ func (t *Loki) setupModuleManager() error {
 		Compactor:                {Server, Overrides},
 		IndexGateway:             {Server},
 		IngesterQuerier:          {Ring},
-		All:                      {QueryFrontend, Querier, Ingester, Distributor, TableManager, Ruler},
+
+		// Virtual Targets
+		All:   {QueryFrontend, Querier, Ingester, Distributor, TableManager, Ruler},
+		Read:  {QueryFrontend, QueryScheduler, Querier, Ruler},
+		Write: {Ingester, Distributor},
 	}
 
 	// Add IngesterQuerier as a dependency for store when target is either ingester or querier.
diff --git a/pkg/loki/modules.go b/pkg/loki/modules.go
index fd9a6fb712db6..5761de49a4c7c 100644
--- a/pkg/loki/modules.go
+++ b/pkg/loki/modules.go
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ const (
 	Compactor                string = "compactor"
 	IndexGateway             string = "index-gateway"
 	QueryScheduler           string = "query-scheduler"
-	All                      string = "all"
+
+	// Virtual Targets
+	All   string = "all"
+	Read  string = "read"
+	Write string = "write"
 )
 
 func (t *Loki) initServer() (services.Service, error) {
@@ -209,7 +213,7 @@ func (t *Loki) initQuerier() (services.Service, error) {
 		QuerySchedulerEnabled: t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(QueryScheduler),
 	}
 
-	var queryHandlers = map[string]http.Handler{
+	queryHandlers := map[string]http.Handler{
 		"/loki/api/v1/query_range":         http.HandlerFunc(t.Querier.RangeQueryHandler),
 		"/loki/api/v1/query":               http.HandlerFunc(t.Querier.InstantQueryHandler),
 		"/loki/api/v1/label":               http.HandlerFunc(t.Querier.LabelHandler),