diff --git a/core-dump-composer/src/config.rs b/core-dump-composer/src/config.rs
index eedc7ee..58ba12c 100644
--- a/core-dump-composer/src/config.rs
+++ b/core-dump-composer/src/config.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ pub struct CoreParams {
     pub hostname: String,
     pub pathname: String,
     pub namespace: Option<String>,
+    pub podname: Option<String>,
     pub uuid: Uuid,
 }
 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ impl CoreConfig {
             hostname,
             pathname,
             namespace: None,
+            podname: None,
             uuid,
         };
 
@@ -165,6 +167,10 @@ impl CoreConfig {
         self.params.namespace = Some(namespace)
     }
 
+    pub fn set_podname(&mut self, podname: String) {
+        self.params.podname = Some(podname)
+    }
+
     pub fn get_dump_info_filename(&self) -> String {
         format!("{}-dump-info.json", self.get_templated_name())
     }
diff --git a/core-dump-composer/src/main.rs b/core-dump-composer/src/main.rs
index 7bdafee..8ddbd4b 100644
--- a/core-dump-composer/src/main.rs
+++ b/core-dump-composer/src/main.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         .unwrap_or("unknown");
 
     cc.set_namespace(namespace.to_string());
+
+    let podname = pod_object["metadata"]["name"].as_str().unwrap_or("unknown");
+
+    cc.set_podname(podname.to_string());
+
     // Create the base zip file that we are going to put everything into
     let options = FileOptions::default()
         .compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Deflated)