diff --git a/pkg/export/attributes/attr_defs.go b/pkg/export/attributes/attr_defs.go
index 87f5946c0..8ceb8b91b 100644
--- a/pkg/export/attributes/attr_defs.go
+++ b/pkg/export/attributes/attr_defs.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ func getDefinitions(groups AttrGroups) map[Section]AttrReportGroup {
 		Attributes: map[attr.Name]Default{
 			attr.K8sNamespaceName:   true,
 			attr.K8sPodName:         true,
+			attr.K8sContainerName:   true,
 			attr.K8sDeploymentName:  true,
 			attr.K8sReplicaSetName:  true,
 			attr.K8sDaemonSetName:   true,
diff --git a/pkg/export/attributes/names/attrs.go b/pkg/export/attributes/names/attrs.go
index 80346c4b0..7ea0823ae 100644
--- a/pkg/export/attributes/names/attrs.go
+++ b/pkg/export/attributes/names/attrs.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const (
 
 	K8sNamespaceName   = Name("k8s.namespace.name")
 	K8sPodName         = Name("k8s.pod.name")
+	K8sContainerName   = Name("k8s.container.name")
 	K8sDeploymentName  = Name("k8s.deployment.name")
 	K8sReplicaSetName  = Name("k8s.replicaset.name")
 	K8sDaemonSetName   = Name("k8s.daemonset.name")
diff --git a/pkg/export/prom/prom.go b/pkg/export/prom/prom.go
index 0e78ae0a3..fc48dea8f 100644
--- a/pkg/export/prom/prom.go
+++ b/pkg/export/prom/prom.go
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ func appendK8sLabelValuesService(values []string, service svc.ID) []string {
 	values = append(values,
 		service.Metadata[(attr.K8sNamespaceName)],
 		service.Metadata[(attr.K8sPodName)],
+		service.Metadata[(attr.K8sContainerName)],
 		service.Metadata[(attr.K8sNodeName)],
 		service.Metadata[(attr.K8sPodUID)],
 		service.Metadata[(attr.K8sPodStartTime)],
diff --git a/pkg/internal/kube/store.go b/pkg/internal/kube/store.go
index 885f54135..86ada1458 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/kube/store.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/kube/store.go
@@ -276,6 +276,15 @@ func (s *Store) PodByPIDNs(pidns uint32) *informer.ObjectMeta {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *Store) ContainerByPIDNs(pidns uint32) *container.Info {
+	s.access.RLock()
+	defer s.access.RUnlock()
+	if info, ok := s.namespaces[pidns]; ok {
+		return info
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *Store) ObjectMetaByIP(ip string) *informer.ObjectMeta {
 	s.access.RLock()
 	defer s.access.RUnlock()
diff --git a/pkg/transform/k8s.go b/pkg/transform/k8s.go
index 124d88c8e..819434b42 100644
--- a/pkg/transform/k8s.go
+++ b/pkg/transform/k8s.go
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ func (md *metadataDecorator) do(span *request.Span) {
 	if name, _ := md.db.ServiceNameNamespaceForIP(span.Peer); name != "" {
 		span.PeerName = name
 	}
+	if info := md.db.ContainerByPIDNs(span.Pid.Namespace); info.ContainerID != "" {
+		span.ServiceID.Metadata[attr.K8sContainerName] = info.ContainerID
+	}
 }
 
 func (md *metadataDecorator) appendMetadata(span *request.Span, meta *informer.ObjectMeta) {
diff --git a/pkg/transform/k8s_test.go b/pkg/transform/k8s_test.go
index dbb0fdd3e..1033d0929 100644
--- a/pkg/transform/k8s_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transform/k8s_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ func TestDecoration(t *testing.T) {
 			"k8s.node.name":       "the-node",
 			"k8s.namespace.name":  "the-ns",
 			"k8s.pod.name":        "pod-12",
+			"k8s.container.name":  "container-12",
 			"k8s.pod.uid":         "uid-12",
 			"k8s.deployment.name": "deployment-12",
 			"k8s.owner.name":      "deployment-12",
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ func TestDecoration(t *testing.T) {
 			"k8s.replicaset.name": "rs",
 			"k8s.owner.name":      "rs",
 			"k8s.pod.name":        "pod-34",
+			"k8s.container.name":  "container-34",
 			"k8s.pod.uid":         "uid-34",
 			"k8s.pod.start_time":  "2020-01-02 12:34:56",
 			"k8s.cluster.name":    "the-cluster",
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ func TestDecoration(t *testing.T) {
 			"k8s.node.name":      "the-node",
 			"k8s.namespace.name": "the-ns",
 			"k8s.pod.name":       "the-pod",
+			"k8s.container.name": "container-56",
 			"k8s.pod.uid":        "uid-56",
 			"k8s.pod.start_time": "2020-01-02 12:56:56",
 			"k8s.cluster.name":   "the-cluster",
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ func TestDecoration(t *testing.T) {
 			"k8s.node.name":       "the-node",
 			"k8s.namespace.name":  "the-ns",
 			"k8s.pod.name":        "pod-12",
+			"k8s.container.name":  "container-12",
 			"k8s.pod.uid":         "uid-12",
 			"k8s.deployment.name": "deployment-12",
 			"k8s.owner.name":      "deployment-12",
diff --git a/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go b/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
index 81803c185..fc8a39739 100644
--- a/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func TestBasicTracing(t *testing.T) {
 					parent := res[0]
 					sd := jaeger.DiffAsRegexp([]jaeger.Tag{
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.name", Type: "string", Value: "^otherinstance-.*"},
+						{Key: "k8s.container.name", Type: "string", Value: "^otherinstance-.*"},
 						{Key: "k8s.node.name", Type: "string", Value: ".+-control-plane$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.uid", Type: "string", Value: k8s.UUIDRegex},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.start_time", Type: "string", Value: k8s.TimeRegex},
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ func TestBasicTracing(t *testing.T) {
 					parent := res[0]
 					sd := jaeger.DiffAsRegexp([]jaeger.Tag{
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.name", Type: "string", Value: "^otherinstance-.*"},
+						{Key: "k8s.container.name", Type: "string", Value: "^otherinstance-.*"},
 						{Key: "k8s.node.name", Type: "string", Value: ".+-control-plane$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.uid", Type: "string", Value: k8s.UUIDRegex},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.start_time", Type: "string", Value: k8s.TimeRegex},
diff --git a/test/integration/k8s/daemonset_python/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go b/test/integration/k8s/daemonset_python/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
index 325b9c48d..c9710f747 100644
--- a/test/integration/k8s/daemonset_python/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/k8s/daemonset_python/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func TestPythonBasicTracing(t *testing.T) {
 					// check the process information
 					sd = jaeger.DiffAsRegexp([]jaeger.Tag{
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.name", Type: "string", Value: "^pytestserver-.*"},
+						{Key: "k8s.container.name", Type: "string", Value: "^pytestserver-.*"},
 						{Key: "k8s.node.name", Type: "string", Value: ".+-control-plane$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.uid", Type: "string", Value: k8s.UUIDRegex},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.start_time", Type: "string", Value: k8s.TimeRegex},
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ func TestPythonBasicTracing(t *testing.T) {
 					// check the process information
 					sd = jaeger.DiffAsRegexp([]jaeger.Tag{
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.name", Type: "string", Value: "^pytestserver-.*"},
+						{Key: "k8s.container.name", Type: "string", Value: "^pytestserver-.*"},
 						{Key: "k8s.node.name", Type: "string", Value: ".+-control-plane$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.uid", Type: "string", Value: k8s.UUIDRegex},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.start_time", Type: "string", Value: k8s.TimeRegex},
diff --git a/test/integration/k8s/otel/k8s_otel_traces_test.go b/test/integration/k8s/otel/k8s_otel_traces_test.go
index 0356b016a..a206d23de 100644
--- a/test/integration/k8s/otel/k8s_otel_traces_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/k8s/otel/k8s_otel_traces_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func TestTracesDecoration(t *testing.T) {
 					require.NotEmpty(t, trace.Spans)
 					sd := jaeger.DiffAsRegexp([]jaeger.Tag{
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.name", Type: "string", Value: "^testserver-.*"},
+						{Key: "k8s.container.name", Type: "string", Value: "^testserver-.*"},
 						{Key: "k8s.node.name", Type: "string", Value: ".+-control-plane$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.uid", Type: "string", Value: k8s.UUIDRegex},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.start_time", Type: "string", Value: k8s.TimeRegex},
diff --git a/test/integration/k8s/owners/k8s_daemonset_metadata_test.go b/test/integration/k8s/owners/k8s_daemonset_metadata_test.go
index a5c8a2336..9eec7f198 100644
--- a/test/integration/k8s/owners/k8s_daemonset_metadata_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/k8s/owners/k8s_daemonset_metadata_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func TestDaemonSetMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 					parent := res[0]
 					sd := jaeger.DiffAsRegexp([]jaeger.Tag{
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.name", Type: "string", Value: "^dsservice-.*"},
+						{Key: "k8s.container.name", Type: "string", Value: "^dsservice-.*"},
 						{Key: "k8s.node.name", Type: "string", Value: ".+-control-plane$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.uid", Type: "string", Value: k8s.UUIDRegex},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.start_time", Type: "string", Value: k8s.TimeRegex},
diff --git a/test/integration/k8s/owners/k8s_statefulset_metadata_test.go b/test/integration/k8s/owners/k8s_statefulset_metadata_test.go
index 047ea1800..878f78fcc 100644
--- a/test/integration/k8s/owners/k8s_statefulset_metadata_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/k8s/owners/k8s_statefulset_metadata_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func TestStatefulSetMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 					parent := res[0]
 					sd := jaeger.DiffAsRegexp([]jaeger.Tag{
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.name", Type: "string", Value: "^statefulservice-.*"},
+						{Key: "k8s.container.name", Type: "string", Value: "^statefulservice-.*"},
 						{Key: "k8s.node.name", Type: "string", Value: ".+-control-plane$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.uid", Type: "string", Value: k8s.UUIDRegex},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.start_time", Type: "string", Value: k8s.TimeRegex},