To improve assembling property of a cover receiver for receiving an end surface of a dust cover, and to protect a surface of a spring seat from being rubbed by a cover receiver, sand, or other foreign materials.

A dust cover receiving structure for a hydraulic shock absorber 10 has a cover receiver 50 to receive the end surface of the dust cover 30, disposed on an upper surface of the spring seat 21. The cover receiver 50 is fitted and fixed in an engaging part 21c provided on the spring seat 21, without making it embrace a damper tube 11.