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 3c99410cd3..0ced8b7935 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
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.LevelModel;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.LoggerContextListenerModel;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.LoggerModel;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.ReceiverModel;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.RootLoggerModel;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.ConfigurationModelHandler;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.ContextNameModelHandler;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.LevelModelHandler;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.LoggerContextListenerModelHandler;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.LoggerModelHandler;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.ReceiverModelHandler;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.RootLoggerModelHandler;
 import ch.qos.logback.core.Context;
 import ch.qos.logback.core.joran.ModelClassToModelHandlerLinkerBase;
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ public void link(DefaultProcessor defaultProcessor) {
         defaultProcessor.addHandler(InsertFromJNDIModel.class, InsertFromJNDIModelHandler::makeInstance);
 
         defaultProcessor.addHandler(AppenderModel.class, AppenderModelHandler::makeInstance);
+        defaultProcessor.addHandler(ReceiverModel.class, ReceiverModelHandler::makeInstance);
         defaultProcessor.addHandler(AppenderRefModel.class, AppenderRefModelHandler::makeInstance);
         defaultProcessor.addHandler(RootLoggerModel.class, RootLoggerModelHandler::makeInstance);
         defaultProcessor.addHandler(LoggerModel.class, LoggerModelHandler::makeInstance);