diff --git a/docs/sources/metrics.md b/docs/sources/metrics.md
index b13ca1588..de3a1233a 100644
--- a/docs/sources/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/sources/metrics.md
@@ -50,16 +50,17 @@ In order to configure which attributes to show or which attributes to hide, chec
 | Application (all)              | `http.request.method`        | shown                                             |
 | Application (all)              | `http.response.status_code`  | shown                                             |
 | Application (all)              | `http.route`                 | shown if `routes` configuration section exists    |
-| Application (all)              | `k8s.daemonset.name`         | shown if network metrics are enabled              |
-| Application (all)              | `k8s.deployment.name`        | shown if network metrics are enabled              |
-| Application (all)              | `k8s.namespace.name`         | shown if network metrics are enabled              |
-| Application (all)              | `k8s.node.name`              | shown if network metrics are enabled              |
-| Application (all)              | `k8s.pod.name`               | shown if network metrics are enabled              |
-| Application (all)              | `k8s.pod.start_time`         | shown if network metrics are enabled              |
-| Application (all)              | `k8s.pod.uid`                | shown if network metrics are enabled              |
-| Application (all)              | `k8s.replicaset.name`        | shown if network metrics are enabled              |
-| Application (all)              | `k8s.statefulset.name`       | shown if network metrics are enabled              |
-| Application (all)              | `k8s.cluster.name`           | shown if network metrics are enabled              |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.daemonset.name`         | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.deployment.name`        | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.namespace.name`         | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.node.name`              | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.owner.name`             | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.pod.name`               | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.pod.start_time`         | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.pod.uid`                | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.replicaset.name`        | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.statefulset.name`       | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
+| Application (all)              | `k8s.cluster.name`           | shown if kubernetes metadata is enabled           |
 | Application (all)              | `service.name`               | shown                                             | 
 | Application (all)              | `service.namespace`          | shown                                             | 
 | Application (all)              | `target.instance`            | shown                                             |
diff --git a/pkg/transform/k8s.go b/pkg/transform/k8s.go
index 0e3d3589a..554c520ec 100644
--- a/pkg/transform/k8s.go
+++ b/pkg/transform/k8s.go
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ func (md *metadataDecorator) appendMetadata(span *request.Span, info *kube.PodIn
 		span.ServiceID.Metadata[attr.Name(info.Owner.LabelName)] = info.Owner.Name
 		topOwner := info.Owner.TopOwner()
 		span.ServiceID.Metadata[attr.Name(topOwner.LabelName)] = topOwner.Name
+		span.ServiceID.Metadata[attr.K8sOwnerName] = topOwner.Name
 	}
 	// override hostname by the Pod name
 	span.ServiceID.HostName = info.Name
diff --git a/test/integration/k8s/common/k8s_metrics_testfuncs.go b/test/integration/k8s/common/k8s_metrics_testfuncs.go
index eddd36964..c99432bf8 100644
--- a/test/integration/k8s/common/k8s_metrics_testfuncs.go
+++ b/test/integration/k8s/common/k8s_metrics_testfuncs.go
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ func FeatureHTTPMetricsDecoration(manifest string) features.Feature {
 				"k8s_node_name":       ".+-control-plane$",
 				"k8s_pod_uid":         UUIDRegex,
 				"k8s_pod_start_time":  TimeRegex,
+				"k8s_owner_name":      "^testserver$",
 				"k8s_deployment_name": "^testserver$",
 				"k8s_replicaset_name": "^testserver-",
 				"k8s_cluster_name":    "^beyla$",
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ func FeatureGRPCMetricsDecoration(manifest string) features.Feature {
 				"k8s_node_name":       ".+-control-plane$",
 				"k8s_pod_uid":         UUIDRegex,
 				"k8s_pod_start_time":  TimeRegex,
+				"k8s_owner_name":      "^testserver$",
 				"k8s_deployment_name": "^testserver$",
 				"k8s_replicaset_name": "^testserver-",
 				"k8s_cluster_name":    "^beyla$",
diff --git a/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go b/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
index e678e0c41..81803c185 100644
--- a/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_traces_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func TestBasicTracing(t *testing.T) {
 						{Key: "k8s.node.name", Type: "string", Value: ".+-control-plane$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.uid", Type: "string", Value: k8s.UUIDRegex},
 						{Key: "k8s.pod.start_time", Type: "string", Value: k8s.TimeRegex},
+						{Key: "k8s.owner.name", Type: "string", Value: "^otherinstance$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.deployment.name", Type: "string", Value: "^otherinstance$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.namespace.name", Type: "string", Value: "^default$"},
 						{Key: "k8s.cluster.name", Type: "string", Value: "^beyla$"},
diff --git a/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_z_metrics_test.go b/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_z_metrics_test.go
index f6d718f30..faa63d704 100644
--- a/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_z_metrics_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/k8s/daemonset/k8s_daemonset_z_metrics_test.go
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ func TestProcessMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		"k8s_deployment_name": "^otherinstance$",
 		"k8s_replicaset_name": "^otherinstance-.*",
 		"k8s_pod_name":        "^otherinstance-.*",
+		"k8s_owner_name":      "^otherinstance$",
 	}))
 }