diff --git a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/joran/ModelClassToModelHandlerLinker.java b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/joran/ModelClassToModelHandlerLinker.java
index 25c84c28c2..0c021e6343 100644
--- a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/joran/ModelClassToModelHandlerLinker.java
+++ b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/joran/ModelClassToModelHandlerLinker.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public void link(DefaultProcessor defaultProcessor) {
         defaultProcessor.addHandler(RootLoggerModel.class, RootLoggerModelHandler::makeInstance);
         defaultProcessor.addHandler(LoggerModel.class, LoggerModelHandler::makeInstance);
         defaultProcessor.addHandler(LevelModel.class, LevelModelHandler::makeInstance);
+        defaultProcessor.addHandler(ReceiverModel.class, ReceiverModelHandler::makeInstance);
 
         defaultProcessor.addAnalyser(LoggerModel.class,
                 () -> new RefContainerDependencyAnalyser(context, LoggerModel.class));