diff --git a/pkg/deployment/members.go b/pkg/deployment/members.go
index 0c69bf8eb..6e115a933 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/members.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/members.go
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ func createMember(log zerolog.Logger, status *api.DeploymentStatus, group api.Se
 // in the given group.
 func getArangodIDPrefix(group api.ServerGroup) string {
 	switch group {
+	case api.ServerGroupSingle:
+		return "SNGL-"
 	case api.ServerGroupCoordinators:
 		return "CRDN-"
 	case api.ServerGroupDBServers:
diff --git a/pkg/util/k8sutil/names.go b/pkg/util/k8sutil/names.go
index d75836352..4a242fedc 100644
--- a/pkg/util/k8sutil/names.go
+++ b/pkg/util/k8sutil/names.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	resourceNameRE  = regexp.MustCompile(`^([0-9\-\.a-z])+$`)
-	arangodPrefixes = []string{"CRDN-", "PRMR-", "AGNT-"}
+	arangodPrefixes = []string{"CRDN-", "PRMR-", "AGNT-", "SNGL-"}
 )
 
 // ValidateOptionalResourceName validates a kubernetes resource name.