diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.go
index 18bbedd048cc..3003c86e9b9d 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.go
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ type ExtractConfig struct {
 	//   k8s.node.name, k8s.namespace.name, k8s.pod.start_time,
 	//   k8s.replicaset.name, k8s.replicaset.uid,
 	//   k8s.daemonset.name, k8s.daemonset.uid,
-	//   k8s.job.name, k8s.job.uid,
-	//   k8s.statefulset.name, and k8s.statefulset.uid
+	//   k8s.job.name, k8s.job.uid, k8s.cronjob.name,
+	//   k8s.statefulset.name, k8s.statefulset.uid
 	//
 	// Specifying anything other than these values will result in an error.
 	// By default all of the fields are extracted and added to spans and metrics.
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go
index 5e783a0f6893..3615414e22ae 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ type WatchClient struct {
 	informer          cache.SharedInformer
 	namespaceInformer cache.SharedInformer
 	replicasetRegex   *regexp.Regexp
+	cronJobRegex      *regexp.Regexp
 	deleteQueue       []deleteRequest
 	stopCh            chan struct{}
 
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ type WatchClient struct {
 // format: [deployment-name]-[Random-String-For-ReplicaSet]
 var rRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(.*)-[0-9a-zA-Z]+$`)
 
+// Extract CronJob name from the Job name. Job name is created using
+// format: [cronjob-name]-[time-hash-int]
+var cronJobRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(.*)-[0-9]+$`)
+
 // New initializes a new k8s Client.
 func New(logger *zap.Logger, apiCfg k8sconfig.APIConfig, rules ExtractionRules, filters Filters, associations []Association, exclude Excludes, newClientSet APIClientsetProvider, newInformer InformerProvider, newNamespaceInformer InformerProviderNamespace) (Client, error) {
 	c := &WatchClient{
@@ -72,6 +77,7 @@ func New(logger *zap.Logger, apiCfg k8sconfig.APIConfig, rules ExtractionRules,
 		Associations:    associations,
 		Exclude:         exclude,
 		replicasetRegex: rRegex,
+		cronJobRegex:    cronJobRegex,
 		stopCh:          make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 	go c.deleteLoop(time.Second*30, defaultPodDeleteGracePeriod)
@@ -296,7 +302,7 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractPodAttributes(pod *api_v1.Pod) map[string]string {
 		c.Rules.DaemonSetUID || c.Rules.DaemonSetName ||
 		c.Rules.JobUID || c.Rules.JobName ||
 		c.Rules.StatefulSetUID || c.Rules.StatefulSetName ||
-		c.Rules.Deployment {
+		c.Rules.Deployment || c.Rules.CronJobName {
 		for _, ref := range pod.OwnerReferences {
 			switch ref.Kind {
 			case "ReplicaSet":
@@ -328,6 +334,12 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractPodAttributes(pod *api_v1.Pod) map[string]string {
 					tags[conventions.AttributeK8SStatefulSetName] = ref.Name
 				}
 			case "Job":
+				if c.Rules.CronJobName {
+					parts := c.cronJobRegex.FindStringSubmatch(ref.Name)
+					if len(parts) == 2 {
+						tags[conventions.AttributeK8SCronJobName] = parts[1]
+					}
+				}
 				if c.Rules.JobUID {
 					tags[conventions.AttributeK8SJobUID] = string(ref.UID)
 				}
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client_test.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client_test.go
index 5a877d36c7eb..ab3c94899539 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client_test.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client_test.go
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func TestExtractionRules(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					APIVersion: "batch/v1",
 					Kind:       "Job",
-					Name:       "pi",
+					Name:       "auth-cronjob-27667920",
 					UID:        "59f27ac1-5c71-42e5-abe9-2c499d603706",
 				},
 				{
@@ -545,7 +545,15 @@ func TestExtractionRules(t *testing.T) {
 			JobName: true,
 		},
 		attributes: map[string]string{
-			"k8s.job.name": "pi",
+			"k8s.job.name": "auth-cronjob-27667920",
+		},
+	}, {
+		name: "cronJob",
+		rules: ExtractionRules{
+			CronJobName: true,
+		},
+		attributes: map[string]string{
+			"k8s.cronjob.name": "auth-cronjob",
 		},
 	}, {
 		name: "statefulsetUID",
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/kube.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/kube.go
index 7b58ce55f680..52bea4d0f625 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/kube.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/kube.go
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ type FieldFilter struct {
 // ExtractionRules is used to specify the information that needs to be extracted
 // from pods and added to the spans as tags.
 type ExtractionRules struct {
+	CronJobName        bool
 	Deployment         bool
 	DaemonSetUID       bool
 	DaemonSetName      bool
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/options.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/options.go
index a248ed6ca176..0793f6e10016 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/options.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/options.go
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ func withExtractMetadata(fields ...string) option {
 				p.rules.JobName = true
 			case conventions.AttributeK8SJobUID:
 				p.rules.JobUID = true
+			case conventions.AttributeK8SCronJobName:
+				p.rules.CronJobName = true
 			case metadataNode, conventions.AttributeK8SNodeName:
 				p.rules.Node = true
 			case conventions.AttributeContainerID:
diff --git a/unreleased/k8sattributes-cronjob.yaml b/unreleased/k8sattributes-cronjob.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..5393bc90c39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unreleased/k8sattributes-cronjob.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: k8sattributesprocessor
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "Add support for discovering Kubernetes CronJob name"
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [141]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: