diff --git a/pkg/logql/log/ip.go b/pkg/logql/log/ip.go
index cd803e820c10c..1cc27fa01a08f 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/log/ip.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/log/ip.go
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ func (f *IPLabelFilter) Process(_ int64, line []byte, lbs *LabelsBuilder) ([]byt
 	return line, f.filterTy(line, f.ty, lbs)
 }
 
+func (f *IPLabelFilter) isLabelFilterer() {}
+
 // `RequiredLabelNames` implements `Stage` interface
 func (f *IPLabelFilter) RequiredLabelNames() []string {
 	return []string{f.label}
diff --git a/pkg/logql/log/label_filter.go b/pkg/logql/log/label_filter.go
index 9d8b56c587ac0..90cc99f009fe2 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/log/label_filter.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/log/label_filter.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func (f LabelFilterType) String() string {
 type LabelFilterer interface {
 	Stage
 	fmt.Stringer
+
+	// Seal trait
+	isLabelFilterer()
 }
 
 type BinaryLabelFilter struct {
@@ -94,6 +97,8 @@ func (b *BinaryLabelFilter) Process(ts int64, line []byte, lbs *LabelsBuilder) (
 	return line, lok && rok
 }
 
+func (b *BinaryLabelFilter) isLabelFilterer() {}
+
 func (b *BinaryLabelFilter) RequiredLabelNames() []string {
 	var names []string
 	names = append(names, b.Left.RequiredLabelNames()...)
@@ -122,6 +127,9 @@ type NoopLabelFilter struct {
 func (NoopLabelFilter) Process(_ int64, line []byte, _ *LabelsBuilder) ([]byte, bool) {
 	return line, true
 }
+
+func (NoopLabelFilter) isLabelFilterer() {}
+
 func (NoopLabelFilter) RequiredLabelNames() []string { return []string{} }
 
 func (f NoopLabelFilter) String() string {
@@ -197,6 +205,8 @@ func (d *BytesLabelFilter) Process(_ int64, line []byte, lbs *LabelsBuilder) ([]
 	}
 }
 
+func (b *BytesLabelFilter) isLabelFilterer() {}
+
 func (d *BytesLabelFilter) RequiredLabelNames() []string {
 	return []string{d.Name}
 }
@@ -262,6 +272,8 @@ func (d *DurationLabelFilter) Process(_ int64, line []byte, lbs *LabelsBuilder)
 	}
 }
 
+func (b *DurationLabelFilter) isLabelFilterer() {}
+
 func (d *DurationLabelFilter) RequiredLabelNames() []string {
 	return []string{d.Name}
 }
@@ -323,6 +335,8 @@ func (n *NumericLabelFilter) Process(_ int64, line []byte, lbs *LabelsBuilder) (
 
 }
 
+func (n *NumericLabelFilter) isLabelFilterer() {}
+
 func (n *NumericLabelFilter) RequiredLabelNames() []string {
 	return []string{n.Name}
 }
@@ -358,6 +372,8 @@ func (s *StringLabelFilter) Process(_ int64, line []byte, lbs *LabelsBuilder) ([
 	return line, s.Matches(labelValue(s.Name, lbs))
 }
 
+func (s *StringLabelFilter) isLabelFilterer() {}
+
 func (s *StringLabelFilter) RequiredLabelNames() []string {
 	return []string{s.Name}
 }
@@ -383,6 +399,8 @@ func (s *lineFilterLabelFilter) Process(_ int64, line []byte, lbs *LabelsBuilder
 	return line, s.filter.Filter(unsafeGetBytes(v))
 }
 
+func (s *lineFilterLabelFilter) isLabelFilterer() {}
+
 func (s *lineFilterLabelFilter) RequiredLabelNames() []string {
 	return []string{s.Name}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/logql/syntax/serialize.go b/pkg/logql/syntax/serialize.go
index 3625c3df0bfe2..4084cd609c0f3 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/syntax/serialize.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/syntax/serialize.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/logql/log"
 )
 
 type JSONSerializer struct {
@@ -312,11 +314,11 @@ func encodeUnwrap(s *jsoniter.Stream, u *UnwrapExpr) {
 	s.WriteMore()
 	s.WriteObjectField("post_filterers")
 	s.WriteArrayStart()
-	for i, group := range u.PostFilters{
+	for i, filter := range u.PostFilters {
 		if i > 0 {
 			s.WriteMore()
 		}
-		s.WriteString(group)
+		encodePostFilter(s, filter)
 	}
 	s.WriteArrayEnd()
 
@@ -339,6 +341,20 @@ func decodeUnwrap(iter *jsoniter.Iterator) *UnwrapExpr {
 	return e
 }
 
+func encodePostFilter(s *jsoniter.Stream, filter log.LabelFilterer) {
+	switch concrete := filter.(type) {
+	case *log.BinaryLabelFilter:
+		s.WriteObjectStart()
+		s.WriteObjectField("left")
+		encodePostFilter(s, concrete.Left)
+
+		s.WriteMore()
+		s.WriteObjectField("right")
+		encodePostFilter(s, concrete.Right)
+		s.WriteObjectEnd()
+	}
+}
+
 func encodeLogSelector(s *jsoniter.Stream, e LogSelectorExpr) {
 	s.WriteObjectStart()
 	s.WriteObjectField("raw")