diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/config.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/config.go
index c8f9ff7c1600..3f3adc8f7e89 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/config.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/config.go
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// the collector does not have permission for.
 	MuteProcessIOError bool `mapstructure:"mute_process_io_error,omitempty"`
 
+	// MuteProcessCgroupError is a flag that will mute the error encountered when trying to read the cgroup of a process
+	// the collector does not have permission for.
+	MuteProcessCgroupError bool `mapstructure:"mute_process_cgroup_error,omitempty"`
+
 	// ResilientProcessScraping is a flag that will let the collector continue reading a process even when
 	// the collector does not have permission to read it's executable path (Linux)
 	MuteProcessExeError bool `mapstructure:"mute_process_exe_error,omitempty"`
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/documentation.md b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/documentation.md
index b8fbcbe66ff6..e182988ba097 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/documentation.md
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/documentation.md
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ Process threads count.
 
 | Name | Description | Values | Enabled |
 | ---- | ----------- | ------ | ------- |
+| process.cgroup | cgroup associated with the process. | Any Str | false |
 | process.command | The command used to launch the process (i.e. the command name). On Linux based systems, can be set to the zeroth string in proc/[pid]/cmdline. On Windows, can be set to the first parameter extracted from GetCommandLineW. | Any Str | true |
 | process.command_line | The full command used to launch the process as a single string representing the full command. On Windows, can be set to the result of GetCommandLineW. Do not set this if you have to assemble it just for monitoring; use process.command_args instead. | Any Str | true |
 | process.executable.name | The name of the process executable. On Linux based systems, can be set to the Name in proc/[pid]/status. On Windows, can be set to the base name of GetProcessImageFileNameW. | Any Str | true |
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_config.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
index 887b329d6cca..c7d0162ea993 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ func (rac *ResourceAttributeConfig) Unmarshal(parser *confmap.Conf) error {
 
 // ResourceAttributesConfig provides config for hostmetricsreceiver/process resource attributes.
 type ResourceAttributesConfig struct {
+	ProcessCgroup         ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"process.cgroup"`
 	ProcessCommand        ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"process.command"`
 	ProcessCommandLine    ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"process.command_line"`
 	ProcessExecutableName ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"process.executable.name"`
@@ -116,6 +117,9 @@ type ResourceAttributesConfig struct {
 
 func DefaultResourceAttributesConfig() ResourceAttributesConfig {
 	return ResourceAttributesConfig{
+		ProcessCgroup: ResourceAttributeConfig{
+			Enabled: false,
+		},
 		ProcessCommand: ResourceAttributeConfig{
 			Enabled: true,
 		},
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
index 007ffa2ec44a..d6428b1701e2 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilderConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					ProcessThreads:             MetricConfig{Enabled: true},
 				},
 				ResourceAttributes: ResourceAttributesConfig{
+					ProcessCgroup:         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 					ProcessCommand:        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 					ProcessCommandLine:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 					ProcessExecutableName: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilderConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					ProcessThreads:             MetricConfig{Enabled: false},
 				},
 				ResourceAttributes: ResourceAttributesConfig{
+					ProcessCgroup:         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 					ProcessCommand:        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 					ProcessCommandLine:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 					ProcessExecutableName: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ func TestResourceAttributesConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "all_set",
 			want: ResourceAttributesConfig{
+				ProcessCgroup:         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				ProcessCommand:        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				ProcessCommandLine:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				ProcessExecutableName: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ func TestResourceAttributesConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "none_set",
 			want: ResourceAttributesConfig{
+				ProcessCgroup:         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				ProcessCommand:        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				ProcessCommandLine:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				ProcessExecutableName: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
index 0a469f044a5a..b7f7849746e2 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			mb.RecordProcessThreadsDataPoint(ts, 1)
 
 			rb := mb.NewResourceBuilder()
+			rb.SetProcessCgroup("process.cgroup-val")
 			rb.SetProcessCommand("process.command-val")
 			rb.SetProcessCommandLine("process.command_line-val")
 			rb.SetProcessExecutableName("process.executable.name-val")
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
index 65440eb8560d..7af34e7d7ce1 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ func NewResourceBuilder(rac ResourceAttributesConfig) *ResourceBuilder {
 	}
 }
 
+// SetProcessCgroup sets provided value as "process.cgroup" attribute.
+func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetProcessCgroup(val string) {
+	if rb.config.ProcessCgroup.Enabled {
+		rb.res.Attributes().PutStr("process.cgroup", val)
+	}
+}
+
 // SetProcessCommand sets provided value as "process.command" attribute.
 func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetProcessCommand(val string) {
 	if rb.config.ProcessCommand.Enabled {
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
index 4f9873e4a515..316827f8299d 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(test, func(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg := loadResourceAttributesConfig(t, test)
 			rb := NewResourceBuilder(cfg)
+			rb.SetProcessCgroup("process.cgroup-val")
 			rb.SetProcessCommand("process.command-val")
 			rb.SetProcessCommandLine("process.command_line-val")
 			rb.SetProcessExecutableName("process.executable.name-val")
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			case "default":
 				assert.Equal(t, 7, res.Attributes().Len())
 			case "all_set":
-				assert.Equal(t, 7, res.Attributes().Len())
+				assert.Equal(t, 8, res.Attributes().Len())
 			case "none_set":
 				assert.Equal(t, 0, res.Attributes().Len())
 				return
@@ -36,7 +37,12 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.Failf(t, "unexpected test case: %s", test)
 			}
 
-			val, ok := res.Attributes().Get("process.command")
+			val, ok := res.Attributes().Get("process.cgroup")
+			assert.Equal(t, test == "all_set", ok)
+			if ok {
+				assert.EqualValues(t, "process.cgroup-val", val.Str())
+			}
+			val, ok = res.Attributes().Get("process.command")
 			assert.True(t, ok)
 			if ok {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "process.command-val", val.Str())
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
index 235b54919125..fab0758ec8d4 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ all_set:
     process.threads:
       enabled: true
   resource_attributes:
+    process.cgroup:
+      enabled: true
     process.command:
       enabled: true
     process.command_line:
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ none_set:
     process.threads:
       enabled: false
   resource_attributes:
+    process.cgroup:
+      enabled: false
     process.command:
       enabled: false
     process.command_line:
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/metadata.yaml b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/metadata.yaml
index 51fa89be2c3d..645116218955 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/metadata.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ resource_attributes:
     description: The username of the user that owns the process.
     enabled: true
     type: string
+  process.cgroup:
+    description: cgroup associated with the process.
+    enabled: false
+    type: string
 
 attributes:
   direction:
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process.go
index be5231652e3e..6c079c518ae3 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process.go
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ type processMetadata struct {
 }
 
 type executableMetadata struct {
-	name string
-	path string
+	name   string
+	path   string
+	cgroup string
 }
 
 type commandMetadata struct {
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func (m *processMetadata) buildResource(rb *metadata.ResourceBuilder) pcommon.Re
 	rb.SetProcessParentPid(int64(m.parentPid))
 	rb.SetProcessExecutableName(m.executable.name)
 	rb.SetProcessExecutablePath(m.executable.path)
+	rb.SetProcessCgroup(m.executable.cgroup)
 	if m.command != nil {
 		rb.SetProcessCommand(m.command.command)
 		if m.command.commandLineSlice != nil {
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ type processHandles interface {
 
 type processHandle interface {
 	NameWithContext(context.Context) (string, error)
+	CgroupWithContext(context.Context) (string, error)
 	ExeWithContext(context.Context) (string, error)
 	UsernameWithContext(context.Context) (string, error)
 	CmdlineWithContext(context.Context) (string, error)
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper.go
index f922031f663b..01d897fe6458 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper.go
@@ -203,8 +203,15 @@ func (s *scraper) getProcessMetadata() ([]*processMetadata, error) {
 			}
 			continue
 		}
+		cgroup, err := getProcessCgroup(ctx, handle)
+		if err != nil {
+			if !s.config.MuteProcessCgroupError {
+				errs.AddPartial(1, fmt.Errorf("error reading process cgroup for pid %v: %w", pid, err))
+			}
+			continue
+		}
 
-		executable := &executableMetadata{name: name, path: exe}
+		executable := &executableMetadata{name: name, path: exe, cgroup: cgroup}
 
 		// filter processes by name
 		if (s.includeFS != nil && !s.includeFS.Matches(executable.name)) ||
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_darwin.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_darwin.go
index 93f5911882ba..2f06e6421753 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_darwin.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_darwin.go
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ func getProcessName(ctx context.Context, proc processHandle, _ string) (string,
 	return name, nil
 }
 
+func getProcessCgroup(ctx context.Context, proc processHandle) (string, error) {
+	cgroup, err := proc.CgroupWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return cgroup, nil
+}
+
 func getProcessExecutable(ctx context.Context, proc processHandle) (string, error) {
 	cmdline, err := proc.CmdlineWithContext(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_linux.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_linux.go
index 923a73d1244b..17e5ac592976 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_linux.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_linux.go
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ func getProcessExecutable(ctx context.Context, proc processHandle) (string, erro
 	return exe, nil
 }
 
+func getProcessCgroup(ctx context.Context, proc processHandle) (string, error) {
+	cgroup, err := proc.CgroupWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return cgroup, nil
+}
+
 func getProcessCommand(ctx context.Context, proc processHandle) (*commandMetadata, error) {
 	cmdline, err := proc.CmdlineSliceWithContext(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_others.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_others.go
index 15c9ee9aafe2..e2b45ec7cd6e 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_others.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_others.go
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ func getProcessName(context.Context, processHandle, string) (string, error) {
 	return "", nil
 }
 
+func getProcessCgroup(ctx context.Context, proc processHandle) (string, error) {
+	return "", nil
+}
+
 func getProcessExecutable(context.Context, processHandle) (string, error) {
 	return "", nil
 }
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_windows.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_windows.go
index b9f68598c4b8..79ec41924f60 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_windows.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_windows.go
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ func getProcessName(_ context.Context, _ processHandle, exePath string) (string,
 	return filepath.Base(exePath), nil
 }
 
+func getProcessCgroup(ctx context.Context, proc processHandle) (string, error) {
+	cgroup, err := proc.CgroupWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return cgroup, nil
+}
+
 func getProcessExecutable(ctx context.Context, proc processHandle) (string, error) {
 	exe, err := proc.ExeWithContext(ctx)
 	if err != nil {