diff --git a/pkg/internal/kube/informer_ip.go b/pkg/internal/kube/informer_ip.go
index a9ed77a3a..61ff002c9 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/kube/informer_ip.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/kube/informer_ip.go
@@ -191,3 +191,14 @@ func (k *Metadata) getHostName(hostIP string) string {
 	}
 	return ""
 }
+
+func (k *Metadata) AddServiceIPEventHandler(s cache.ResourceEventHandler) error {
+	_, err := k.servicesIP.AddEventHandler(s)
+	// passing a snapshot of the currently stored entities
+	go func() {
+		for _, svc := range k.servicesIP.GetStore().List() {
+			s.OnAdd(svc, true)
+		}
+	}()
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/internal/transform/kube/db.go b/pkg/internal/transform/kube/db.go
index 2ffaa4031..051a5f22e 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/transform/kube/db.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/transform/kube/db.go
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ type Database struct {
 	// ip to pod name matcher
 	podsMut  sync.RWMutex
 	podsByIP map[string]*kube.PodInfo
+
+	// ip to service name matcher
+	svcMut  sync.RWMutex
+	svcByIP map[string]*kube.ServiceInfo
 }
 
 func CreateDatabase(kubeMetadata *kube.Metadata) Database {
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ func CreateDatabase(kubeMetadata *kube.Metadata) Database {
 		containerIDs:     map[string]*container.Info{},
 		namespaces:       map[uint32]*container.Info{},
 		podsByIP:         map[string]*kube.PodInfo{},
+		svcByIP:          map[string]*kube.ServiceInfo{},
 		informer:         kubeMetadata,
 	}
 }
@@ -67,6 +72,20 @@ func StartDatabase(kubeMetadata *kube.Metadata) (*Database, error) {
 	}); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't register Database as Pod event handler: %w", err)
 	}
+	if err := db.informer.AddServiceIPEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
+		AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
+			db.UpdateNewServicesByIPIndex(obj.(*kube.ServiceInfo))
+		},
+		UpdateFunc: func(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
+			db.UpdateDeletedServicesByIPIndex(oldObj.(*kube.ServiceInfo))
+			db.UpdateNewServicesByIPIndex(newObj.(*kube.ServiceInfo))
+		},
+		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
+			db.UpdateDeletedServicesByIPIndex(obj.(*kube.ServiceInfo))
+		},
+	}); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't register Database as Service event handler: %w", err)
+	}
 
 	return &db, nil
 }
@@ -155,3 +174,45 @@ func (id *Database) PodInfoForIP(ip string) *kube.PodInfo {
 	defer id.podsMut.RUnlock()
 	return id.podsByIP[ip]
 }
+
+func (id *Database) UpdateNewServicesByIPIndex(svc *kube.ServiceInfo) {
+	if len(svc.IPInfo.IPs) > 0 {
+		id.svcMut.Lock()
+		defer id.svcMut.Unlock()
+		for _, ip := range svc.IPInfo.IPs {
+			id.svcByIP[ip] = svc
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (id *Database) UpdateDeletedServicesByIPIndex(svc *kube.ServiceInfo) {
+	if len(svc.IPInfo.IPs) > 0 {
+		id.svcMut.Lock()
+		defer id.svcMut.Unlock()
+		for _, ip := range svc.IPInfo.IPs {
+			delete(id.svcByIP, ip)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (id *Database) ServiceInfoForIP(ip string) *kube.ServiceInfo {
+	id.svcMut.RLock()
+	defer id.svcMut.RUnlock()
+	return id.svcByIP[ip]
+}
+
+func (id *Database) HostNameForIP(ip string) string {
+	id.svcMut.RLock()
+	svc, ok := id.svcByIP[ip]
+	id.svcMut.RUnlock()
+	if ok {
+		return svc.Name
+	}
+	id.podsMut.RLock()
+	pod, ok := id.podsByIP[ip]
+	id.podsMut.RUnlock()
+	if ok {
+		return pod.Name
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/pkg/transform/k8s.go b/pkg/transform/k8s.go
index d9ed96bd0..a69da4293 100644
--- a/pkg/transform/k8s.go
+++ b/pkg/transform/k8s.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func KubeDecoratorProvider(ctxInfo *global.ContextInfo) pipe.MiddleProvider[[]re
 // production implementer: kube.Database
 type kubeDatabase interface {
 	OwnerPodInfo(pidNamespace uint32) (*kube.PodInfo, bool)
+	HostNameForIP(ip string) string
 }
 
 type metadataDecorator struct {
@@ -73,6 +74,13 @@ func (md *metadataDecorator) do(span *request.Span) {
 		// do not leave the service attributes map as nil
 		span.ServiceID.Metadata = map[attr.Name]string{}
 	}
+	// override the peer and host names from Kubernetes metadata, if found
+	if hn := md.db.HostNameForIP(span.Host); hn != "" {
+		span.HostName = hn
+	}
+	if pn := md.db.HostNameForIP(span.Peer); pn != "" {
+		span.PeerName = pn
+	}
 }
 
 func appendMetadata(span *request.Span, info *kube.PodInfo) {
diff --git a/pkg/transform/k8s_test.go b/pkg/transform/k8s_test.go
index d83d4d038..fa5c4cb3c 100644
--- a/pkg/transform/k8s_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transform/k8s_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const timeout = 5 * time.Second
 
 func TestDecoration(t *testing.T) {
 	// pre-populated kubernetes metadata database
-	dec := metadataDecorator{db: fakeDatabase{
+	dec := metadataDecorator{db: &fakeDatabase{pidNSPods: map[uint32]*kube.PodInfo{
 		12: &kube.PodInfo{
 			ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name: "pod-12", Namespace: "the-ns", UID: "uid-12",
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestDecoration(t *testing.T) {
 			NodeName:     "the-node",
 			StartTimeStr: "2020-01-02 12:56:56",
 		},
-	}}
+	}}}
 	inputCh, outputhCh := make(chan []request.Span, 10), make(chan []request.Span, 10)
 	defer close(inputCh)
 	go dec.nodeLoop(inputCh, outputhCh)
@@ -127,9 +127,16 @@ func TestDecoration(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-type fakeDatabase map[uint32]*kube.PodInfo
+type fakeDatabase struct {
+	pidNSPods map[uint32]*kube.PodInfo
+	ipNames   map[string]string
+}
+
+func (f *fakeDatabase) HostNameForIP(ip string) string {
+	return f.ipNames[ip]
+}
 
-func (f fakeDatabase) OwnerPodInfo(pidNamespace uint32) (*kube.PodInfo, bool) {
-	pi, ok := f[pidNamespace]
+func (f *fakeDatabase) OwnerPodInfo(pidNamespace uint32) (*kube.PodInfo, bool) {
+	pi, ok := f.pidNSPods[pidNamespace]
 	return pi, ok
 }
diff --git a/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go b/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go
index 584e7ac4c..568139815 100644
--- a/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go
@@ -74,12 +74,21 @@ func trimPrefixIgnoreCase(s, prefix string) string {
 }
 
 func (nr *NameResolver) resolveNames(span *request.Span) {
+	var hn, pn string
 	if span.IsClientSpan() {
-		span.HostName, span.OtherNamespace = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Host)
-		span.PeerName, _ = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Peer)
+		hn, span.OtherNamespace = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Host)
+		pn, _ = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Peer)
 	} else {
-		span.PeerName, span.OtherNamespace = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Peer)
-		span.HostName, _ = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Host)
+		pn, span.OtherNamespace = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Peer)
+		hn, _ = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Host)
+	}
+	// don't set names if the peer and host names have been already decorated
+	// in a previous stage (e.g. Kubernetes decorator)
+	if pn != "" {
+		span.PeerName = pn
+	}
+	if hn != "" {
+		span.HostName = hn
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/k8s/common/k8s_metrics_testfuncs.go b/test/integration/k8s/common/k8s_metrics_testfuncs.go
index 9967bf1a3..13d929f14 100644
--- a/test/integration/k8s/common/k8s_metrics_testfuncs.go
+++ b/test/integration/k8s/common/k8s_metrics_testfuncs.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func FeatureHTTPMetricsDecoration(manifest string) features.Feature {
 				"k8s_replicaset_name": "^testserver-",
 			})).
 		Assess("all the span graph metrics exist",
-			testMetricsDecoration(spanGraphMetrics, `{server="testserver"}`, map[string]string{
+			testMetricsDecoration(spanGraphMetrics, `{server="testserver",client="internal-pinger"}`, map[string]string{
 				"server_service_namespace": "integration-test",
 				"source":                   "beyla",
 			}),