diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/hooks/prepare-job.ts b/packages/k8s/src/hooks/prepare-job.ts
index 89202dcc..cf04a484 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/hooks/prepare-job.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/hooks/prepare-job.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export async function prepareJob(
       core.debug(`Adding service '${service.image}' to pod definition`)
       return createContainerSpec(
         service,
-        generateContainerName(service.image),
+        generateContainerName(service),
         false,
         extension
       )
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ function generateResponseFile(
 
   if (args.services?.length) {
     const serviceContainerNames =
-      args.services?.map(s => generateContainerName(s.image)) || []
+      args.services?.map(s => generateContainerName(s)) || []
 
     response.context['services'] = appPod?.spec?.containers
       ?.filter(c => serviceContainerNames.includes(c.name))
diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
index e46af8b8..0dd0b258 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as k8s from '@kubernetes/client-node'
 import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as yaml from 'js-yaml'
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
-import { Mount } from 'hooklib'
+import { ServiceContainerInfo, Mount } from 'hooklib'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import { v1 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
 import { POD_VOLUME_NAME } from './index'
@@ -160,14 +160,28 @@ exec ${environmentPrefix} ${entryPoint} ${
   }
 }
 
-export function generateContainerName(image: string): string {
+export function generateContainerName(service: ServiceContainerInfo): string {
+  const image = service.image
   const nameWithTag = image.split('/').pop()
-  const name = nameWithTag?.split(':').at(0)
+  let name = nameWithTag?.split(':').at(0)
 
   if (!name) {
     throw new Error(`Image definition '${image}' is invalid`)
   }
 
+  if (service.createOptions) {
+    const optionsArr = service.createOptions.split(/[ ]+/)
+    for (let i = 0; i < optionsArr.length; i++) {
+      if (optionsArr[i] === '--name') {
+        if (i + 1 >= optionsArr.length) {
+          throw new Error(`Invalid create options: ${service.createOptions} (missing a value after --name)`)
+        }
+        name = optionsArr[++i]
+        core.debug(`Overriding service container name with: ${name}`)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   return name
 }