diff --git a/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/config/config.go b/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/config/config.go
index a853f5ef3128..3125a1939516 100644
--- a/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/config/config.go
+++ b/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/config/config.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 		switch resolver.Platform {
 		case PlatformEKS:
 			if resolver.Name == "" {
-				return errors.New("name must not be empty for eks resolver")
+				resolver.Name = "UNKNOWN"
 			}
 		case PlatformK8s:
 			if resolver.Name == "" {
diff --git a/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/config/config_test.go b/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/config/config_test.go
index 75762e214582..ba4654db9a72 100644
--- a/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/config/config_test.go
+++ b/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/config/config_test.go
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ func TestValidateFailedOnEmptyResolverName(t *testing.T) {
 		name     string
 		resolver Resolver
 	}{
-		{
-			"testEKS",
-			NewEKSResolver(""),
-		},
 		{
 			"testK8S",
 			NewK8sResolver(""),
diff --git a/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/internal/attributes/attributes.go b/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/internal/attributes/attributes.go
index e3af62ce6281..d739ddcae280 100644
--- a/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/internal/attributes/attributes.go
+++ b/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/internal/attributes/attributes.go
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ const (
 	AWSECSTaskID      = "aws.ecs.task.id"
 
 	// resource detection processor attributes
-	ResourceDetectionHostID   = "host.id"
-	ResourceDetectionHostName = "host.name"
-	ResourceDetectionASG      = "ec2.tag.aws:autoscaling:groupName"
+	ResourceDetectionHostID      = "host.id"
+	ResourceDetectionHostName    = "host.name"
+	ResourceDetectionASG         = "ec2.tag.aws:autoscaling:groupName"
+	ResourceDetectionClusterName = "k8s.cluster.name"
 )
diff --git a/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/internal/resolver/kubernetes.go b/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/internal/resolver/kubernetes.go
index 917d2bf895c8..5ff1eec7f15b 100644
--- a/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/internal/resolver/kubernetes.go
+++ b/processor/awsapplicationsignalsprocessor/internal/resolver/kubernetes.go
@@ -592,6 +592,20 @@ func newKubernetesResourceAttributesResolver(platformCode, clusterName string) *
 		attributeMap: DefaultInheritedAttributes,
 	}
 }
+
+// Attempt to get the `k8s.cluster.name“ attribute that should be populated from resourcedetectionprocessor.
+// If that attribute doesn't exist (e.g. resourcedetectionprocessor is not used or fails to get the k8s attributes),
+// fallback to the processor's configured clusterName (which is "UNKNOWN" if not specified).
+func (h *kubernetesResourceAttributesResolver) getResourceDetectorClusterName(resourceAttributes pcommon.Map) string {
+	clusterName := h.clusterName
+
+	if val, ok := resourceAttributes.Get(attr.ResourceDetectionClusterName); ok {
+		clusterName = val.Str()
+	}
+
+	return clusterName
+}
+
 func (h *kubernetesResourceAttributesResolver) Process(attributes, resourceAttributes pcommon.Map) error {
 	for attrKey, mappingKey := range h.attributeMap {
 		if val, ok := resourceAttributes.Get(attrKey); ok {
@@ -600,10 +614,10 @@ func (h *kubernetesResourceAttributesResolver) Process(attributes, resourceAttri
 	}
 	if h.platformCode == config.PlatformEKS {
 		attributes.PutStr(common.AttributePlatformType, AttributePlatformEKS)
-		attributes.PutStr(common.AttributeEKSClusterName, h.clusterName)
+		attributes.PutStr(common.AttributeEKSClusterName, h.getResourceDetectorClusterName(resourceAttributes))
 	} else {
 		attributes.PutStr(common.AttributePlatformType, AttributePlatformK8S)
-		attributes.PutStr(common.AttributeK8SClusterName, h.clusterName)
+		attributes.PutStr(common.AttributeK8SClusterName, h.getResourceDetectorClusterName(resourceAttributes))
 	}
 	var namespace string
 	if nsAttr, ok := resourceAttributes.Get(semconv.AttributeK8SNamespaceName); ok {
@@ -613,7 +627,7 @@ func (h *kubernetesResourceAttributesResolver) Process(attributes, resourceAttri
 	}
 
 	if val, ok := attributes.Get(attr.AWSLocalEnvironment); !ok {
-		env := generateLocalEnvironment(h.platformCode, h.clusterName+"/"+namespace)
+		env := generateLocalEnvironment(h.platformCode, h.getResourceDetectorClusterName(resourceAttributes)+"/"+namespace)
 		attributes.PutStr(attr.AWSLocalEnvironment, env)
 	} else {
 		attributes.PutStr(attr.AWSLocalEnvironment, val.Str())
@@ -623,7 +637,7 @@ func (h *kubernetesResourceAttributesResolver) Process(attributes, resourceAttri
 	// The application log group in Container Insights is a fixed pattern:
 	// "/aws/containerinsights/{Cluster_Name}/application"
 	// See https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-operator/blob/fe144bb02d7b1930715aa3ea32e57a5ff13406aa/helm/templates/fluent-bit-configmap.yaml#L82
-	logGroupName := "/aws/containerinsights/" + h.clusterName + "/application"
+	logGroupName := "/aws/containerinsights/" + h.getResourceDetectorClusterName(resourceAttributes) + "/application"
 	resourceAttributes.PutStr(semconv.AttributeAWSLogGroupNames, logGroupName)
 
 	return nil