diff --git a/providers/os/connection/docker_container.go b/providers/os/connection/docker_container.go
index bd5f5d5eb3..4326f32648 100644
--- a/providers/os/connection/docker_container.go
+++ b/providers/os/connection/docker_container.go
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ func NewDockerEngineContainer(id uint32, conf *inventory.Config, asset *inventor
 		conn.PlatformIdentifier = containerid.MondooContainerID(ci.ID)
 		conn.Metadata.Name = containerid.ShortContainerImageID(ci.ID)
 		conn.Metadata.Labels = ci.Labels
+		conn.Asset().Name = ci.Name
 		return conn, nil
 	} else {
 		log.Debug().Msg("found stopped container " + ci.ID)
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ func NewDockerEngineContainer(id uint32, conf *inventory.Config, asset *inventor
 		conn.PlatformIdentifier = containerid.MondooContainerID(ci.ID)
 		conn.Metadata.Name = containerid.ShortContainerImageID(ci.ID)
 		conn.Metadata.Labels = ci.Labels
+		conn.Asset().Name = ci.Name
 		return conn, nil
 	}
 }