diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 41bb482..533749a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ First 6 bytes of the Docker container id.
 
 Container id represented in the same format as in metrics of k8s pods - prefixed with `docker://`. This enables easy joins in Prometheus to kube_pod_container_info metric.
 
+### `container_name`
+
+If `io.kubernetes.container.name` label is set on the container, it's value
+will be set as the `container_name` label in the metric
+
 ### `name`
 
 Name of the container.
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ Image id represented in the same format as in metrics of k8s pods - prefixed wit
 If `io.kubernetes.pod.name` label is set on the container, it's value
 will be set as the `pod` label in the metric
 
+
 ### `namespace`
 
 If `io.kubernetes.pod.namespace` label is set on the container, it's value
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..546e29e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version: "3.9"
+services:
+  web:
+    build: .
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/event_handler.go b/event_handler.go
index 301c4fd..37aeaff 100644
--- a/event_handler.go
+++ b/event_handler.go
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type container struct {
-	id        string
-	name      string
-	imageID   string
-	pod       string
-	namespace string
+	id             string
+	name           string
+	imageID        string
+	pod            string
+	namespace      string
+	container_name string
 }
 
 func (c *container) labels() prometheus.Labels {
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ func (c *container) labels() prometheus.Labels {
 		"image_id":            fmt.Sprintf("docker-pullable://%s", c.imageID),
 		"pod":                 c.pod,
 		"namespace":           c.namespace,
+		"container_name":      c.container_name,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -58,14 +60,14 @@ func (c *container) destroy() {
 type eventHandler struct {
 	containers                  map[string]*container
 	mu                          *sync.Mutex
-	getContainerPodAndNamespace func(string) (string, string)
+	getContainerInfo func(string) (string, string, string)
 }
 
-func newEventHandler(getContainerPodAndNamespace func(string) (string, string)) *eventHandler {
+func newEventHandler(getContainerInfo func(string) (string, string, string)) *eventHandler {
 	return &eventHandler{
 		containers:                  map[string]*container{},
 		mu:                          &sync.Mutex{},
-		getContainerPodAndNamespace: getContainerPodAndNamespace,
+		getContainerInfo: getContainerInfo,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ func (eh *eventHandler) addContainer(id, name, imageID string) *container {
 		return cnt
 	}
 
-	pod, namespace := eh.getContainerPodAndNamespace(id)
+	pod, namespace, container_name := eh.getContainerInfo(id)
 
 	c := &container{
 		id:        id,
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ func (eh *eventHandler) addContainer(id, name, imageID string) *container {
 		imageID:   imageID,
 		pod:       pod,
 		namespace: namespace,
+		container_name: container_name,
 	}
 
 	c.create()
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 79679ee..ee533e1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func main() {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "while listing containers")
 			}
 
-			h := newEventHandler(func(containerID string) (pod string, namespace string) {
+			h := newEventHandler(func(containerID string) (pod string, namespace string, container_name: string) {
 				res, err := dc.ContainerInspect(context.Background(), containerID)
 				if err != nil {
 					return "", ""
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ func main() {
 
 				pod = res.Config.Labels["io.kubernetes.pod.name"]
 				namespace = res.Config.Labels["io.kubernetes.pod.namespace"]
-				return pod, namespace
+				container_name = res.Config.Labels["io.kubernetes.container.name"]
+				return pod, namespace, container_name
 			})
 			for _, c := range containers {
 				ci, err := dc.ContainerInspect(ctx, c.ID)
diff --git a/prometheus.go b/prometheus.go
index 01b3b67..142e47e 100644
--- a/prometheus.go
+++ b/prometheus.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 
 var labelNames = []string{
 	"container_id",
+	"container_name",
 	"container_short_id",
 	"docker_container_id",
 	"name",