diff --git a/internal/annotations.go b/internal/annotations.go
index d843246..05a334b 100644
--- a/internal/annotations.go
+++ b/internal/annotations.go
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	AnnotationPrefix       = "k8s.score.dev/"
-	WorkloadKindAnnotation = AnnotationPrefix + "kind"
+	AnnotationPrefix              = "k8s.score.dev/"
+	WorkloadKindAnnotation        = AnnotationPrefix + "kind"
+	WorkloadServiceNameAnnotation = AnnotationPrefix + "service-name"
 )
 
 func ListAnnotations(metadata map[string]interface{}) []string {
diff --git a/internal/convert/workloads.go b/internal/convert/workloads.go
index dd27921..59abe22 100644
--- a/internal/convert/workloads.go
+++ b/internal/convert/workloads.go
@@ -280,7 +280,10 @@ func ConvertWorkload(state *project.State, workloadName string) ([]machineryMeta
 }
 
 func WorkloadServiceName(workloadName string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", workloadName)
+	if d, ok := internal.FindAnnotation(spec.Metadata, internal.WorkloadServiceNameAnnotation); ok {
+		return d
+	}
+	return workloadName
 }
 
 func buildProbe(input scoretypes.HttpProbe) coreV1.ProbeHandler {